Comments on: Gene Hackman Japanese Beer Ads http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/ Drinking Adventures in Japan Mon, 04 Jun 2012 02:07:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Orson Welles’ G & G Whisky Ads « Gaijin Tonic http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-6277 Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:28:51 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-6277 [...] written in the past about the embarrassing Japanese commericals of Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and Gene Hackman. Those guys were at the peak of their careers and shamelessly making a fast buck, but in the 1970s, [...]

]]> By: roaf http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5946 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:00:08 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5946 Cool, I’ll have to seek those out on Youtube!

So, Konishiki married a cute starlet?
There’s hope for me yet!

]]> By: Tangy http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5941 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:55 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5941 Peter Falk did an add in which he played a bartender who consoles a Japanese man who’s just turned 30. He gives him whiskey. Works all the time.

]]> By: Tangy http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5940 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 23:00:08 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5940 Tom Berrenger did an add for a cigarette company in which he played a Bond-esque character escaping through European streets in a sports car.

]]> By: Tangy http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5939 Mon, 02 Jun 2008 22:59:12 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5939 Back in the early 90′s, Arnold Schwarzenegger did an add with a pop starlet of the day, Miyazawa Rie, who married 500-pound rikishi Konishiki, for one of the revitalizing drinks sold in the little bottles. The tag line for the CM was “Daijo-bui” and they made a “V” sign at the camera. I remember Arnold’s clothing as ridiculously gaudy. All this around the time Terminator 2 was coming out! Good stuff.

]]> By: Japandering « Gaijin Tonic http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5528 Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:10:18 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5528 [...] in embarrassing and weird commercials in Japan (the likes of which I’ve posted before here.) Check it [...]

]]> By: roaf http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5363 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 07:59:08 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5363 Right!
The most embarrassing was the series of ads with Dennis Hopper searching for a rubber ducky.

]]> By: pudgym http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5360 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:16:19 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5360 At least it is beer. Pathetic Tommy Lee Jones is relegated to coffee. ;)

]]> By: roaf http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5300 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 12:56:53 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5300 Yeah, it would have been amazing then!
I wonder if this was the inspiration for Bill Murray’s whiskey commercial in Lost in Translation.

]]> By: Mike http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5299 Tue, 22 Jan 2008 06:06:55 +0000 http://gaijintonic.com/2008/01/13/gene-hackman-japanese-beer-ads/#comment-5299 Poor ol’ Gene. Laughed till I almost cried.
Wish I was here in the 80s….

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