Comments on: Big Dreams Little Tokyo: A Half Japanese Comedy

By: wes

wes — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:46:06 +0000

Its pretty funny but its really from a western perspective. I like any comedy by Ken Shimura, yeah, sometimes its really corny but it really is life in Japan
http://www.japansugoi.com/wordpress/ken-shimura-1980s-comedy-skits/

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By: mica-to

mica-to — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 03:37:34 +0000

Unrelated:

What happened to moefactor?

By: Crest

Crest — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:09:04 +0000

Identity is always pretty a good topic to do movies on.

But stop the presses! DM HAS A GIRLFRIEND?

By: tomoko

tomoko — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:30:55 +0000

oh my goodness, that rice bowl this sumo wresler grabs is Koreans! not Japanese…anyway, I dunno if I could watch this in Tokyo Cinemas, too.

In fact, Japan’s changing rapidly. We did not see many “non Japanese” on the street 10 yrs ago, but these days you could see non Japanese every corner of the town, Convenience Stores, Offices or in Izakaya, it’s already become “daily scenes” to see foreigners who speaks fluent Japanese. 1/100 of Tokyo residents are already non Japanese now.

By: Tsubaki

Tsubaki — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:35:35 +0000

beagledorp, if you want to screen it in Singapore, I believe my school- Lasalle Puttnam School of Film will probably be glad to screen such an interesting film. Do drop me an email if you are interested. written.by.nic at gmail dot com. Cheers!

By: beagledorp

beagledorp — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:55:33 +0000

I hope it makes it to Australia and Singapore. AFI is supposedly taking the film on a tour of Asia this November, so we’ll see what happens. We aren’t selling any overseas territories until the US release.

By: Loba

Loba — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:37:29 +0000

Singapore should have japantown too!!

You have a girlfriend?

By: Winny

Winny — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 02:24:57 +0000

Wow, i live in sydney and i didn’t even know there was a Japantown. Sounds interesting, i wonder if it will make it to australia

By: beagledorp

beagledorp — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 21:33:54 +0000

Hey! Thanks for the good review. Glad you liked it. Posted a link to your blog on the press page for the movie.

A side note: I was indeed inspired by the Sydney Japantown, but the one in the movie is a combination of San Jose, San Francisco and Salt Lake City (oddly enough, there used to be a Little Tokyo in Utah)