Hiragino Mincho Pro3333,3333,3333I
flicked on the television to surf and caught the last 30 seconds of
Takeshi's Konna hazu de!
(http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/konhazu/). Wished I had caught
the whole thing, as it was about Japanese stars that made it in
Hollywood. Apparently, the occasion for the theme was Watanabe Ken
being chosen to play a villain in the next
Batman installment. Here's the description off
the webpage:
日本人初のハリウッドスターは○○役だった!Times
Hiragino Mincho Pro3333,3333,3333来年夏、世界が注目するあのシリーズ第5弾「バットマン・ビギンズ」が公開決定。そこに大抜擢されたのが、我らがサムライ・渡辺謙。彼が挑む役は、影の軍団の黒幕。そう、バットマンの○○役なのです。ハリウッドの成功には欠かせない、○○役。しかし、その顔にはもう一つの意味があったのです。
3332,3332,3332Actually,
the reason I thought I'd post about this was the comment Takeshi ended
the show on. Went something like, "You know I had this film called
Brother that was set in the States. It won the
grand prize at the Iran International Film Festival. The reason is
that there are scenes were Japanese shoot Americans.
As an American, I think this is kinda funny. But if I were Iranian,
I'd be pissed.
Markus