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Number Ten Blues

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Number Ten Blues
ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン
Tình-khúc thứ mười
Directed byNorio Osada [Wikidata]
Lưu Bạch Đàn[1]
Written byNorio Osada [Wikidata]
Produced byShōichi Amino [Wikidata]
StarringYūsuke Kawazu
Thanh Lan
CinematographyShiizuka Akira
Edited byOhashi Nobuyo
Music byToshiaki Tsushima
Distributed byPresario Corporation
NHK
Release date
  • 2013 (2013)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesJapan
South Vietnam
LanguagesJapanese
Vietnamese
English

Number Ten Blues[2] (Japanese: ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン, Chinese: 第十藍調, Vietnamese: Đệ-thập lam-điệu) or Goodbye Saigon (Japanese: サヨナラ・サイゴン, Chinese: 告别西貢, Vietnamese: Giã-biệt Sài-gòn) is a 1975 Japanese 35mm fujicolor film directed by Norio Osada [Wikidata]. This movie, shot between December 1974 and April 1975, remained unfinished and was considered lost for many years. It was finally completed and released in 2013.[3][4][5][6][7]

Plot

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Saigon in February 1975, during the final stage of the Vietnam War, there is another story of love and violence. Japanese businessman Sugimoto (Yūsuke Kawazu) accidentally kills a Vietnamese man. He loses all title and social status that supported his wealthy position in Vietnam. He decides to escape from Vietnam. He heads North on the military road under battle conditions, with his lover, Lan (Thanh Lan), and Taro (Kenji Isomura [Wikidata]), who is the half-blood son of an ex-Japanese soldier and a Vietnamese woman since World War II. Who knows what awaits them: is it liberation or total catastrophe?

The 20th-century was marked by war and turbulence. As the Vietnam War sunk deeper into morass, another story of love and violence played out. Japanese were ecstatic to be thought of at the time as 'No. 1' in the world. By contrast, 'No. 10' signaled the opposite meaning.

Production

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Art

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Cast

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Awards

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Reception

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This never-shown film was found in the basement of the National Film Center in Tokyo. Completely shot in Vietnam over 850 kilometers in the midst of the war. Location is Huế, Hải Vân Gorge, Road No. 1, Long Hải and Saigon.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Đạo diễn Lưu Bạch Đàn: Người khởi đầu phim nhựa màu Việt Nam Cộng Hòa
  2. ^ Trailer
  3. ^ ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴンインターネット・ムービー・データベース (in English)、2014年5月8日閲覧。
  4. ^ "ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン". 東京国立近代美術館フィルムセンター. Retrieved 8 May 2014.[dead link]
  5. ^ ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴンKINENOTE, 2014年5月8日閲覧。
  6. ^ ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴンallcinema, 2014年5月8日閲覧。
  7. ^ ベトナム戦争渦中で撮影された日本映画、37年ぶりにフィルムが発見され公開へ、シネマトゥデイ、2013年2月5日付、2014年5月8日閲覧。
  8. ^ Thanh Lan with Goodbye Saigon
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