Orson Welles in Japanese whisky commercials

A couple classic Nikka Whisky commercial featuring Orson Welles:

[via Watashi to Tokyo]

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9 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - November 17, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Categories: Foreigners in Japan, Japanese TV Tags: Orson Welles

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Comment by 2JPN

2008-11-17 14:43:33

Awesome. Wonder if that was inspiration for the Bill Murray “Lost in Translation” whiskey ad…

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Comment by szantaii

2008-11-17 15:58:40

I wanted to post the same thing you just wrote. Sofia Coppola made a good research on Japan and japandering and I think Lost in Translation was a very good movie. I love it.

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Comment by feitclub

2008-11-17 16:06:57

I suspect Sofia Coppola was more inspired by the commercials her father made in Japan years ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xz7fQCE_icU

As for these, I like my Orson Welles booze ads to feature more drunken incoherence – a lot more.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3qg4i22×9M

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Comment by sputnik

2008-11-17 16:57:03

heh, I also thought of Bill Murray “Suntory time”

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Comment by Victoria

2008-11-18 01:19:43

Gah, you beat me to it!

“Mo-a… intensity!”

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Comment by ponta

2008-11-18 02:54:44

I like Sammy Davis Jr. better on Suntroy “white”

http://jp.youtube.com/results?search_query=%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC+%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AF%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88&search_type=&aq=f

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