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Quentin Tarantino and Brad Pitt in a quirky Japanese commercial [video]
Yet another (*) Japanese television commercial with an american movie star doing something funny, because slightly out of place and Japanese-looking (but it’s funny to see non-Japanese people acting Japanese, even and especially for gaijin). This time, Tarantino in a SoftBank ad, and Ueto Aya as supporting act, because you need a cute/sexy talento somewhere if it’s a Japanese ad.
But as commercials go, Jean-paul Goude used Prokofiev’s “Romeo & Juliet” a bit more elegantly in the one he did for Chanel’s Egoïste.
(*) Bonus: Previously, also for SoftBank, Brad Pitt and a sumo wrestler.
An English translation for you to get the gist of the commercial comes from CNet is…
It starts with the older woman asking the dog if he’s going to a town called Tosa. The dog says yes. Then, the younger woman asks if Tarantino is going along, whereupon he declares “I am Tara!” At that point, in the long version, Tarantino does his samurai impression “Hai-ya! Samurai spirit!! Get him with the samurai sword! Ho-ha!” etc. The dog says “I’m determined to go to Tosa!” The older woman tells Tara to calm down, and he says “Yes”. Then, the phone rings, the younger woman says “It’s the phone”, and the older woman says “It’s your wife.” Tara gasps. The wife asks for Tara, he responds with another “I am Tara!”, then she yells “Get home right now!”
Posted on 05-Jan-10 at 5:42 am |