Sideways (Japanese: サイドウェイズ, Hepburn: Saidoweizu) is a 2009 comedy-drama film directed by Cellin Gluck that is a remake of the 2004 Academy Award–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]
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| Kanji | サイドウェイズ |
| Literal meaning | Sideways |
| Directed by | Cellin Gluck |
| Screenplay by | Uesugi Takayuki |
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| Based on | Sideways (2004) Sideways (novel) by Rex Pickett |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Gary Waller |
| Edited by | Jim Munro |
| Music by | Jake Shimabukuro |
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 123 minutes |
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| Budget | $3 million[1] |
| Box office | $1.5 million[2] |
Plot
editMichio 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.[3][4] Before the wedding, the two men take one last bachelor trip to the Napa Valley wine country,[1][4] 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.[3]
Cast
edit- Fumiyo Kohinata as Michio Saito
- Katsuhisa Namase as Daisuke Uehara
- Kyôka Suzuki as Mayuko Tanaka
- Rinko Kikuchi as Mina Parker
- Anna Easteden as Alli
References
edit- ^ a b c Karpel, Ari (March 19, 2009). "'Sideways' Returns, Uncorked for Japan". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
- ^ "Sideways (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
- ^ a b c Schilling, Mark (2009-11-06). "Sideways". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ a b Vine, Richard (2014-04-27). "Saidoweizu: the Japanese remake of Sideways and other unlikely films". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
- ^ "Saidoweizu (2009) - Full Credits". Turner Classic Movies. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
Further reading
edit- Griffin, Jeffrey L. (2014-12-01). "Turning Japanese: From Sideways to Saidoweizu: An examination of the Japanese remake of a Hollywood film". Film International. 12 (4). Intellect: 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.
