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| Kanji | サイドウェイズ |
| Literal meaning | Sideways |
| Directed by | Cellin Gluck |
| Screenplay by | Uesugi Takayuki |
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| Based on | Sideways (2004) |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Gary Waller |
| Edited by | Jim Munro |
| Music by | Jake Shimabukuro |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox Japan |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
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| Budget | $3 million[1] |
| Box office | $1.5 million[2] |
Sideways (Japanese: サイドウェイズ, Hepburn: Saidoweizu) is a 2009 comedy-drama film directed by Cellin Gluck that is a remake of the 2004 Academy Award–nominated film Sideways. Unlike its predecessor that was set in the Santa Barbara wine country, it is primarily set in the Napa Valley wine region.[1]
Plot
[edit]Michio Saito is a middle-aged Japanese screenwriter with little success. He is a former foreign student who returns to California to attend the wedding of his best friend, Daisuke Uehara, to an Alli, an American. Uehara is a former actor who has lived in California since college and is now a restaurant manager.[3][4] Before the wedding, the two men take one last bachelor trip to the Napa Valley wine country,[1][4] where they meet a woman that Saito once tutored and admired, Mayuko Tanaka, and her barista friend, Mina Parker. Tanaka and Saito rekindle their acquaintance, and Parker and Uehara become romantically entangled.[3]
Cast
[edit]- Fumiyo Kohinata as Michio Saito
- Katsuhisa Namase as Daisuke Uehara
- Kyôka Suzuki as Mayuko Tanaka
- Rinko Kikuchi as Mina Parker
- Anna Easteden as Alli
Critical reception
[edit]The Japan Times, "So, though Gluck's "Sideways" is predictable and tame compared to Payne's, its message of openness and tolerance is hard to fault. And if it lures more Japanese tourists to California, now an economic basket-case in desperate need of their yen, it is serving a useful purpose. I raise my glass to it — sideways."[6]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Karpel, Ari (March 19, 2009). "'Sideways' Returns, Uncorked for Japan". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Sideways (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- 1 2 3 Schilling, Mark (November 6, 2009). "Sideways". The Japan Times. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- 1 2 Vine, Richard (April 27, 2014). "Saidoweizu: the Japanese remake of Sideways and other unlikely films". the Guardian. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ↑ "Saidoweizu (2009) - Full Credits". Turner Classic Movies. September 4, 2020. Archived from the original on March 20, 2025. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ↑ Schilling, Mark (November 6, 2009). "Japanese remakes of Hollywood hits hardly the way forward". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on November 9, 2009.
Further reading
[edit]- Griffin, Jeffrey L. (December 1, 2014). "Turning Japanese: From Sideways to Saidoweizu: An examination of the Japanese remake of a Hollywood film". Film International. 12 (4). Intellect: 84–98. doi:10.1386/fiin.12.4.84_1. ISSN 1651-6826. OCLC 5810894097.
- Kuipers, Richard (September 11, 2009). "Sideways". Daily Variety. 305 (26): 5. ISSN 0011-5509.
External links
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- 2000s road comedy-drama films
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- Films about wine
- Films set in California
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- English-language Japanese films
- Fuji Television
- Japanese remakes of American films
- Japanese comedy-drama films
- Japanese road movies
- Midlife crisis films
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- 2009 American films
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- Films produced by Kazutoshi Wadakura
- English-language road comedy-drama films
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