Quentin Tarantino loves Japanese stuff almost as much as he loves railing eight balls, so it’s no surprise that he got recruited by Softbank for a series of Japanese cell phone commercials. As always he’s a ball of sweat and nervous energy and a lot of fun to watch — video’s after the jump.
“Inglourious Basterds” is set to open in Japan on Nov. 20, around the time the commercials are expected to begin airing. The quirky “White Family” commercials, which feature a talking-dog father and an older brother character played by American Dante Carter, have been a hugely successful for Softbank, and about 60 have been made so far. Tarantino, a longtime Japanophile, is to appear as “Uncle Tara-chan,” dressed in a black kimono — a new addition to the unconventional family in a country where the nuclear family remains very much the norm. [THR]
Haha, get it? It’s funny because the West is frivolous and shameful. Anyway, I don’t know why no one’s done the obvious thing and cast Tarantino in a coffee commercial.
QUENTIN TARANTINO: Hi. I’m Quentin Tarantino here for Illy brand espresso beans. But you know what? They don’t need me to tell you how good their f-cking coffee is. You’re the ones who buy it, you know how f-cking good it is, okay? When Bonnie goes shopping, she buys sh-t.
BONNIE HUNT: It’s true! I’m such a klutz!
QUENTIN: But when you buy coffee, you wanna f-cking taste it. And that’s why you come to us.
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You know you’re being toilet trained in Japan when anthropomorphic tigers are singing “Poo poo, come out, come out.” Be sure to watch until the live-action segment at the end. GRR, TOILET TIGERS!
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Sorry for the multiple Friday Free for All posts, folks, but I just couldn’t let this one go.
For the September issue of play magazine, Ignition entertainment managed to get gorgeous Wii side-scroller Muramasa [Editor's note: ??] top billing on the front cover. Bottom billing, too. This amazing, dare we say sensual cover was drawn by Vanillaware’s George Kamitani, and yes, it’s a tip of the…hat to Hokusai’s sexy/creepy classic “The Dream of the Fisherman’s Wife“. Only this time with swords. [via Kotaku]
I call it tasteful yet understated, the kind of artwork a man could really airbrush on the side of his rape van. But I’m probably biased, my favorite Transformer was always Octopus Thong.
[PS - as posted in the comments section by Renton, here's the more, er, direct version]
This Japanese [of course it's Japanese] commercial was made in 1970, when Charles Bronson had already starred in classics like Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, and The Great Escape, and was yet to star in the Death Wish series. Charles Bronson was a total badass, maybe because, according to the New York Times, “his family was so poor that when he was 6 he was sent to school in a dress, a hand-me-down from an older sister.” That’ll toughen you up. Or get you free candy. Cool either way.
He was so badass his badassery and badassitute couldn’t be confined to just one commercial. There were at least eight of these bad boys, including one in which he catches a fish with his bare hands and another featuring him bonding with his, uh, son? Mmm . . . mandom.
So kick back, grab a pipe, throw your shirt in the air with a flourish, and pour half a pint of cologne on your chest and back. Now you’re ready to shoot something. Or smell like Bigfoot’s dick.
~ robopanda
Hey there. So. (*casually tracing finger across desk*) I got another Robogeisha trailer after the jump. You, uh, wanna see it? You’ll see some geishas transform into tanks and cut people with mouth swords and lactate, all set to a Muzak version of “Live and Let Die….” I mean… no big deal. It’s just, I thought you might like it, after the hard day you’ve been having and all. Take a load off. I’ll give you a massage. We can watch it together. Ahh, see? Isn’t that better? Do you feel your troubles melting away in a pool of Shrimp tempura to the eyeballs and creepy Silence of the Lambs voiceover? I knew you would. Now turn over, it’s time for your happy ending. Whoop, looks like you beat me to it.
