Tokyo Rendezvous. Jina Bacarr

days casting actors, consulting with legal regarding the contracts, getting the proper filming permits, checking with post to make sure they’d have the spot sweetened with music in time to give to the client on the pre-arranged date. Hectic, exhausting work with no time for play. A lunch date was exactly what I needed to rev up my energy.

      Tired and wet, we sat down on stools in a tiny shop and ordered a typical Japanese lunch of soba noodles. While we ate the noodles with chopsticks, I made every attempt to keep my mind on business as we discussed tomorrow’s shooting schedule for a genki, energy drink, commercial. When I asked Steve his opinion about the location of the shoot, he smiled.

      “The Tsukji fish market is my favorite place in Tokyo,” he said, slurping his soup, his tongue darting in and out of his mouth. “Slick, wet, and it smells of the sea.”