{"id":52936,"date":"2025-10-15T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=52936"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:52:55","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:52:55","slug":"silent-hill-f-actress-opens-up-about-losing-her-grip-on-reality-in-hinakos-role-i-only-remember-fragments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/silent-hill-f-actress-opens-up-about-losing-her-grip-on-reality-in-hinakos-role-i-only-remember-fragments\/","title":{"rendered":"Silent Hill f actress opens up about losing her grip on reality in Hinako\u2019s role. \u201cI only remember fragments\u201d\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before Silent Hill f<\/strong>‘s release, Japanese actress Konatsu Kato talked about how she felt her own sanity slipping<\/a> while providing the voice and motion capture performance for protagonist Hinako Shimizu. Now that enough time has passed, she has delved deeper into why she struggled with the role so much.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that major spoilers for Silent Hill f follow.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a recent interview with Famitsu<\/a>, Kato describes her initial recording sessions as \u201csmooth.\u201d However, much like the Silent Hill games themselves, subsequent recordings started to become more psychologically demanding as the story progressed and branched out. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kato recalls doing the same scenes more than once, but with noticeable changes to her lines and emotions, alluding to the cutscene differences in New Game Plus mode and those based on player choices. During these recording sessions, Kato says she found herself questing \u201cWhat am I, what is Hinako doing now, and where?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it came to recording the two versions of Hinako<\/a> (especially the parts where the two interact with each other), Kato became confused and lost track of who she was, both as Hinako and as real-life self.\u00a0\u201cThere were times when I would burst into tears without even thinking about anything. The more time I spent facing Hinako, the more my confusion grew. I remember there were days when I felt like I was going crazy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The process seems to have been genuinely psychologically overwhelming for Kato. When asked about Silent Hill f\u2019s story, the actress revealed that she doesn\u2019t remember much about the project and working on it, only that she recalls fragments. Her most vivid remaining memory of her role is the feeling of \u201cnot knowing where I was or who I was.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, Kato is impressed by Hinako\u2019s character, citing her diverse perspectives<\/a> despite still being a high school student. However, she never wants to meet Hinako or enter the world of Silent Hill f, commenting that the very thought of encountering the character makes her feel like she\u2019ll lose her mind. Should Kato ever find herself in such a world, she says she \u201cwould want to disappear in a second.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Silent Hill f is available for the PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X|S.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Silent Hill f\u2019s real-life location is already scary even before being put into an 18+ horror game, locals confirm<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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