Japan remaking Hollywood?

[drainer at mpinet.net]

 Poor kichijoji, come on, you know it's koenji you're talking about ;)

   

-----Original Message-----
>From: "Mark D. Roberts" <mroberts37 at mail-central.com>
>Sent: Nov 14, 2008 7:01 PM
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Re: Japan remaking Hollywood?
>
>
>On Nov 15, 2008, at 3:02 AM, Jerry Turner wrote:
>
>> It'll be funny if remaking American movies becomes a trend in  
>> Japan---and they turn out better than the originals.
>
>Not hopeful with this one.
>
>They could have done the story of two annoying hispters from Kichijoji  
>trading two Yamanashi-ken girls for true love in the bottle, but  
>instead it looks like this film is going for the nakedly-escapist  
>angle of putting the heros behind the wheel of a vintage Mustang  
>convertible in the Napa valley. Calistoga, even.