"Big Dreams Little Tokyo"

by **Mulboyne** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 4:54 pm

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Salt Lake Tribune: Cutting his filmmaking chops
In his debut film, "Big Dreams Little Toyko," Dave Boyle plays Boyd Wilson, a clueless young entrepreneur who believes his fluency in Japanese will help him in the Japanese-American business world. Wearing blocky spectacles and an ever-present gray suit, Boyd presents himself as an English tutor and author of an instructional book on the "power of words." But his humorless demeanor and affected, Japanese-wannabe mannerisms turn people off. "You're not Japanese!" one man tells him. "No matter how many times you bow when you speak, you'll never be Japanese!" Boyle will never be Japanese, either. But his forays into Nikkei language and culture have been much more fruitful. At 25, he already has written and directed two feature-length comedies - both shot in Utah - featuring Japanese-American actors speaking a mix of English and Japanese lines. "Big Dreams Little Tokyo" played film festivals around the country and will likely hit theaters early next year. Its follow-up, "White on Rice," a romantic comedy about a Japanese-American family featuring James Kyson Lee of the NBC hit "Heroes," wrapped shooting in Salt Lake City last month...more...

Another trailer:

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by **Taro Toporific** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 5:16 pm

Mulboyne wrote:"White on Rice," a romantic comedy about a Japanese-American family featuring James Kyson Lee of the NBC hit "Heroes,"

Ohhhh, the mega-dork Japanese hero's sidekick is a Korean! :shakeh:

by **Samurai_Jerk** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:19 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:Ohhhh, the mega-dork Japanese hero's sidekick is a Korean!

Well, if his IMDB profile is correct, we went to high school together.

by **American Oyaji** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:39 pm

Taro Toporific wrote:Ohhhh, the mega-dork Japanese hero's sidekick is a Korean!

Wow. His Japanese was darn near flawless.

by **jingai** » Mon Aug 20, 2007 3:08 am

If they keep this as a comedy it could be quite funny- I hope to see it.

by **Mulboyne** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:45 am

Gaijin Tonic liked the film and Japan Zone also has a feature on it.

by **GuyJean** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 4:25 pm

I saw a few more scenes, and I think it definitely looks entertaining.. Putting this on my list..

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This scene is pretty funny..
http://movielab.tv/big-dreams-little-tokyo,6060.html
"Say 'this morning, every morning' in Japanese..":p

Anyone seen it?

GJ

by **kusai Jijii** » Sat Jan 31, 2009 5:12 pm

Yeah, it looks kinda clever. I'll check it out for sure.

by **cot faulking** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:05 am

Japanese being dorky :banana:

sounds almost as much fun as watching food programs. You people have too much time. Anyone watching this film needs to rethink their social life or become a FG full time moderator. :clap:

by **GuyJean** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 12:27 am

cot faulking wrote:.. Anyone watching this film needs to rethink their social life..

Oh, so you've seen it? Wa-jya think?

GJ

by **jingai** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 1:41 am

It's on Netflix now I think.

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