Saidoweizu

Saidoweizu (2009) (サイドウェイズ in Kanji, Sideways in English) is a Japanese comedy-drama film that is a remake of the 2004 Oscar-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]

Saidoweizu
サイドウェイズ
Sideways
Directed byCellin Gluck
Produced byChihiro Kameyama
Toru Miyazawa
Screenplay byUesugi Takayuki
Story byAlexander Payne
Jim Taylor
Based onSideways (2004)
Sideways (novel)
by Rex Pickett
StarringFumiyo Kohinata
Katsuhisa Namase
Kyôka Suzuki
Rinko Kikuchi
Music byJake Shimabukuro
CinematographyGary Waller
Edited byJim Munro
Production
company
Distributed by20th Century-Fox
Release date
2009-10-31
Running time
123 minutes
Country Japan
 United States
LanguageJapanese
English
Budget3 million US[1]

Plot

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.[2][3] Before the wedding, the two men take one last bachelor trip to the Napa Valley wine country,[1][3] 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.[2]

Cast

The actors include:[2][4]

References
  1. Karpel, Ari (2009-03-19). "'Sideways' Returns, Uncorked for Japan". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  2. Schilling, Mark (2009-11-06). "Sideways". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  3. Vine, Richard (2014-04-27). "Saidoweizu: the Japanese remake of Sideways and other unlikely films". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
  4. "Saidoweizu (2009) - Full Credits". Turner Classic Movies. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.

Further reading
  • Griffin, Jeffrey L. (2014-12-01). "Turning Japanese: From Sideways to Saidoweizu: An examination of the Japanese remake of a Hollywood film". Film International. Intellect. 12 (4): 84–98. doi:10.1386/fiin.12.4.84_1. ISSN 1651-6826. OCLC 5810894097.
  • Kuipers, Richard (2009-09-11). "Sideways". Daily Variety. 305 (26): 5. ISSN 0011-5509.
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