<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hmm, Jasper's quick hit puzzles. me. Maybe KineJapanners will rush to see it! It could be good material for a study in remakes. <div>Or in trans-Pacific productions. Foreign directors in the Japanese studio system. So I happily stand corrected.<div><br></div><div>But, I do want to put my opinion more directly: I saw the Japanese film. Dross is the best way to translate it into English. </div><div>I couldn't care less about the original--and didn't reference it in my post.</div><div>I care for good films, remakes or not. There are many far more interesting bad films to see. </div><div><br></div><div>Jonathan</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div><div>On 8 Sep 2009, at 14:04, Jasper Sharp wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; ">You are wrong, if were in Tokyo....<br>Just rewatched the original last weekend, and it reminded me the Japanese had done a remake. I'm sure they've really fouled up the original, but I am still curious to see it.<br><br>Midnight Eye: The Latest and Best in Japanese Cinema<br>www.midnighteye.com<br><br>More details about me on <a href="http://jaspersharp.com">http://jaspersharp.com</a>/<br><br><br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2009 13:53:49 +0200<br>> From: <a href="mailto:jmhall@uci.edu">jmhall@uci.edu</a><br>> To: <a href="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a><br>> Subject: Tokyo Screening: Sideways (Japanese version) 1 October 2009<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> I don't think KineJapanners will be rushing to see the Japanese<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Sideways, but just in case there are some interested parties, I'm<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> posting this other upcoming event at the FCCJ.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Special Preview Screening<br>> Time: 2009 Oct 01 19:00 - 21:30<br>> Place: Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan, 20F Yurakucho Denki<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Biru North, Tokyo<br>> for directions: <a href="http://www.fccj.or.jp/aboutus/map">http://www.fccj.or.jp/aboutus/map</a><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> As FCCJ events are private, you will need to RSVP to Karen Severns if<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> you wish to attend: <a href="mailto:kjs30@gol.com">kjs30@gol.com</a><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Respectfully submitted,<br>> Jonathan M Hall<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> For full details, see the url below:<br>> <a href="http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/4853">http://www.fccj.or.jp/node/4853</a><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Sneak Preview Screening: "Sideways "<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Time: 2009 Oct 01 18:00 - 21:10<br>> Summary:<br>> SIDEWAYS Japan, 2009. 123 minutes.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Directed by Cellin Gluck<br>> Produced by Chihiro Kameyama<br>> Starring Kyoka Suzuki, Rinko Kikuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Katsuhisa Namase<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Film courtesy of 20th Century Fox Japan.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Language:<br>> In Japanese, with English subtitles<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Description:<br>> Join us for this extraordinary event to mark the upcoming release of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> SIDEWAYS-the Japanese “reimagining” of the Oscar-winning American<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> film-with the film’s director, producer and star.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2009. 20th floor<br>> 6:00 - 7:00 Wine tasting with appetizers<br>> 7:05 - 9:10 Sneak preview screening of Sideways<br>> 9:15 - 10:00 Q&A with Cellin Gluck (director), Chihiro Kameyama<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> (producer),<br>> Fumiyo Kohinata (star)<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> SIDEWAYS Japan, 2009. 123 minutes.<br>> In Japanese, with English subtitles<br>> Q&A in Japanese and English, with English interpretation<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Directed by Cellin Gluck<br>> Produced by Chihiro Kameyama<br>> Starring Kyoka Suzuki, Rinko Kikuchi, Fumiyo Kohinata, Katsuhisa Namase<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Film courtesy of 20th Century Fox Japan.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> The New York Times called this film “an intriguing cross-cultural<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> experiment,”and the FCCJ is honored to provide this sneak preview so<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> that our members can be among the first in Japan to see just how<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> intriguing it is.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Filmed entirely on location in California with an all-American crew,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Sideways is the Japanese “reimagining” of the 2005 Academy Award-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> winning film of the same title. It is directed by Cellin Gluck, an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> American born and raised in Japan, and features a soundtrack composed<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> and supervised by Hawaiian-born ukulele artist Jake Shimabukuro,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> featuring such 1980’s hits as Cyndi Lauper’s “Time After Time.”<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> A coming-of-age movie for those past the point of no return, Sideways<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> is the heartwarming tale of two old friends, on a journey to<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> rediscover their friendship.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Michio (Fumiyo Kohinata) is a struggling scriptwriter. His best<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> friend, Daisuke (Katsuhisa Namase), is about to get married and has<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> planned one last fling as a bachelor. Together, they venture out on a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> weeklong road trip through Napa Valley, where they serendipitously<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> meet up with Mayuko (Kyoka Suzuki), whom Michio had tutored-and<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> fallen in love with-20 years earlier as an exchange student. Also<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> along for the ride is Mayuko’s free-spirited friend Mina (Oscar<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> nominee Rinko Kikuchi), who runs a local eatery.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Sideways was coproduced by Fuji TV, purveyor of Bayside Shakedown 2,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Japan’s highest grossing live action film ever, and 20th Century Fox,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> producer of the all-time box office champion Titanic.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Sideways star Fumiyo Kohinata began his career as a member of On<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Theatre Jiyugekijo before moving into movies and TV. His first<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> starring role was in Angel in the Box (2004). His recent films<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> include Hero (2007), I Just Didn’t Do It (2008), The Magic Hour<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> (2008), 20th Century Boys (2008) and A Pierrot (2009).<br><br><hr>New! Receive and respond to mail from other email accounts from within Hotmail<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/167688463/direct/01/" target="_new">Find out how.</a></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></body></html>