Posted by Kevin Ouellette at 5:39am on Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Filed under: Crime, Drama, Future releases, Trailer Updates
Here’s the full trailer for Kazuaki Ue‘s My Darling is a Foreigner. It starts out pretty much the same as the previously released teaser, but goes on to show a bit more of the dramatic side of the story. Cross-cultural relationships ain’t all screwball comedy, it seems.
The film is based on Saori Oguri’s autobiographical manga serial which detailed her relationship with American journalist Tony Laszlo. Their film counterparts are portrayed by 22-year-old Japanese actress Mao Inoue and 35-year-old California-born actor Jonathan Sherr.
“My Darling is a Foreigner” will be released by Toho on April 10, 2010.
Source: Official website
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That looks adorable. I must confess I’m always a bit wary of how a gaijin’s acting in Japanese movies, but Sherr seems to balance his personality somewhere between the two cultures.
This might help lift the whole stigma around ‘gaijin’ as a term - it all depends on who says it and how it is said.
Just found out about this movie from Peter at jlist com. He is also married, in this case he is the foreigner. It seems like a great movie, I just hope I can get a copy eventually to the States.
As a Japanese married to a foreigner (German), I cannot wait to watch this movie! And to everyone who criticized it, I feel like it’s the reality of Japan. My parents lived/worked broad and personally I feel it was bound to happen (for me to marry a non-Japanese). Yet, concerns were raised and it was not as easy to reassure them that it was alright. It’s not about racism (although maybe among some it plays a role, a la “Look who’s coming to dinner”) but in many cases, it’s just the possibility of having your child move half way across the world, away from her family, etc. and parents being concerned about her well being… I think :)
This looks like a good film, although it could be somewhat gimmicky. I’m still looking forward to it, I enjoy melodramatic films!