Comments on: Japan’s Power Animal, Richard Gere

By: Sarah Elizabeth Alexander

Sarah Elizabeth Alexander — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 00:06:00 +0000

That Orangina commercial doesn’t really make me want to drink it more, but I’m not Japanese, so go figure. I’d like to know more about Tommy Lee Jone’s Japanese connection. I feel like I see him everywhere, but maybe just because we have a lot of Boss machines in our area.

By: Hashi

Hashi — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 17:01:00 +0000

I don’t think so. I read that his Japanese lines in Rhapsody in August were just memorized phonetically, I don’t think he actually learned Japanese for the role.

Then again, it’s been like thirty years since that movie was filmed, so maybe he’s picked up some Japanese along the way.

By: Raymond Chuang

Raymond Chuang — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 04:17:00 +0000

One thing the article forgot to mention: isn’t Gere also fluent in Japanese, too?

By: Hashi

Hashi — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:19:00 +0000

Whoops, guess I’m not as well versed in Kurosawa films as I thought. My bad.

By: Hashi

Hashi — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:19:00 +0000

I’ve heard of SGI before, but I didn’t know that Gere was a member.

By: Hashi

Hashi — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:18:00 +0000

Hamsters?