{"id":22,"date":"2008-06-02T16:37:17","date_gmt":"2008-06-02T16:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fudebakudo.com\/blog\/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=66&blogId=1"},"modified":"2008-06-02T16:37:17","modified_gmt":"2008-06-02T16:37:17","slug":"big-dreams-little-tokyo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fudebakudo.com\/blog\/2008\/06\/big-dreams-little-tokyo\/","title":{"rendered":"Big Dreams Little Tokyo"},"content":{"rendered":"

There's a film out there that sadly hasn't been released in the UK (as far as I know) that would definitely appeal to fans of Fudebakudo: Big Dreams Little Tokyo<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

It's due to be released on DVD in July (although the stupidity of the DVD "region" mechanism means that's probably not true for law-abiding UK residents . . . really, DVD regioning is one of the most stupid and offensive ways of penalising people for not breaking the law). I haven't seen the film, although I knew about it through an earlier Japundit<\/a> review, but I am totally won over by the utter Japaneseness of this trailer:<\/p>\n

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Official site: http:\/\/www.bigdreamslittletokyo.com<\/a> . . . and there's a review in LA Splash<\/a> magazine, too.<\/p>\n

Incidentally, I thought Lost in Translation<\/a><\/em>, which somehow became the de facto<\/em> Japanese-Western culture-clash film (Richard Chamberlain's effort in Shogun <\/em>notwithstanding) was rather feeble. Maybe it was only clever if you hadn't been there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There's a film out there that sadly hasn't been released in the UK (as far as I know) that would definitely appeal to fans of Fudebakudo: Big Dreams Little Tokyo. It's due to be released on DVD in July (although the stupidity of the DVD "region" mechanism means that's probably not true for law-abiding UK residents . . . really, … <\/p>\n

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