Best Performances & Voice Acting 2020
Second Runner-Up: Daisuke Tsuji as Jin Sakai (Ghost of Tsushima)
News Editor Giuseppe Nelva: Playing a samurai in a video game is no easy feat, as it means to give voice to a warrior trained from childhood to retain control of his emotions at all times and to display that calm and control in every action.
On the other hand, while performance capture has made great strides and Ghost of Tsushima certainly is an example of that, voices are still what give game characters a lot of their expressiveness compared to live-action.
Yet Daisuke Tsuji did a great job at portraying Jin Sakai‘s calm and controlled nature contrasting with the deep emotions generated by seeing his home invaded and devastated and his strongly-rooted principles challenged. It’s a masterful performance that certainly deserves acclaim in a scene that often favors overemotional characters and acting.
As a personal note, I’d also like to mention the equally great performance by Kazuya Nakai, who performed the same role in Japanese.
