{"id":25979,"date":"2026-01-05T17:34:39","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25979"},"modified":"2026-01-05T17:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T09:34:39","slug":"apple-tvs-drops-of-god-stars-tomohisa-yamashita-and-fleur-geffrier-go-deeper-in-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=25979","title":{"rendered":"Apple TV+\u2019s Drops of God stars Tomohisa Yamashita and Fleur Geffrier go deeper in season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">For his latest small-screen starring role, Japanese actor Tomohisa Yamashita went deep: emotionally and literally.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI went to 15 metres [underwater],\u201d he says. \u201cIt was a hard shoot, but I think it helped.\u201d<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Yamashita is in London discussing the forthcoming second season of Apple TV+\u2019s <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Drops of God<\/em>, a multilingual thriller set in the international wine world that draws on French vinicultural expertise and is based on the <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Japanese manga<\/span> series of (almost) the same name by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">It would have been understandable if Yamashita had made that 15-metre dive in the search for peace and quiet, simply based on the fact that so many cultural strands are woven into the series\u2019 production, including dialogue in English, French, Japanese and occasionally Italian. The real reason he did it was different.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-inline-container e1a5rv550 css-1llrc1m e1yqhwb40\" data-qa=\"Component-renderMap-StyledDiv\">\n<div class=\"image-inline caption e1fvabeq0 css-19sk4h4 ea9pn0s0\" data-qa=\"Component-Container\">\n<figure class=\"image-inline caption ea9pn0s1 css-1qeofuq e1gf69pb0\" data-qa=\"ArticleImage-ArticleImageContainer\">\n<div data-qa=\"ArticleImage-handleRenderImage-ImageContainer\" class=\"css-0 e1gf69pb3\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tomohisa Yamashita in a still from Drops of God season two. Photo: Apple TV+\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/img.i-scmp.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/fit=contain,width=1024,format=auto\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/01\/05\/b689ec4a-e55e-4400-acf4-77d19a6e9a16_24011521.jpg\" title=\"Tomohisa Yamashita in a still from Drops of God season two. Photo: Apple TV+\"\/><\/div><figcaption data-qa=\"ArticleImage-DescriptionContainer\" class=\"css-1ixmelf e1gf69pb1\">Tomohisa Yamashita in a still from Drops of God season two. Photo: Apple TV+<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">His character, Issei Tomine, is a highly paid Tokyo oenologist. He is also taciturn, permanently grumpy and, thanks to an affluent upbringing, indifferent to the opinions of the corporate clients seeking his professional advice. An imposing, affection-free mother inspires his sullen attitude to life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3338716\/apple-tvs-drops-god-stars-tomohisa-yamashita-and-fleur-geffrier-go-deeper-season-2?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For his latest small-screen starring role, Japanese actor Tomohisa Yamashita went deep: emotionally and literally. \u201cI went to 15 metres [underwater],\u201d he says. \u201cIt was&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[156,14527,1054,15203,15204,3543,668,4424,15201,1587,15202],"class_list":["post-25979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-apple","tag-deeper","tag-drops","tag-fleur","tag-geffrier","tag-god","tag-season","tag-stars","tag-tomohisa","tag-tvs","tag-yamashita","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25979\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}