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Actor Yuji Oda attended a commemorative event on September 13 in Kita Ward, Osaka, for “Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Dash Through the Metropolis!” (opening September 18), telling a crowd of 5,000 fans — far exceeding the expected 3,000 — that he wants to make another sequel “as soon as possible.” It marked his first visit to Osaka as Detective Shunsaku Aoshima in 14 years, since 2012. On 5ch, discussion ranged over box-office projections tied to advance ticket sales, mentions of Jiro Sato’s absence from this installment, and how the story might be easier to write without Shinji Muroi, as users debated where the franchise goes from here.
Yuji Oda Declares Sequel Plans Before Massive Osaka Crowd — Event for Sept. 18 Release “Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Dash Through the Metropolis!”
Actor Yuji Oda (58) attended a commemorative event on the 13th at the Umekita Square of Grand Front Osaka in Kita Ward, Osaka, for his starring film “Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Dash Through the Metropolis!” (directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, opening on the 18th).
It marked his first visit to Osaka as protagonist Shunsaku Aoshima in 14 years, since 2012. Before 5,000 fans — well over the planned 3,000 — he declared his intent to make a sequel, saying, “I want to do it again soon.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
He was never in it to begin with lol
Satan Maria's right here (pun on actor Santamaria's name)
If it pulls in 30% of what Chiikawa makes, that'd be doing well
Already past 17,000 sold — that should make a 'half' [of the target box office] a safe bet, right?
Seems like it'll just coast on nostalgia and nothing else
Yeah, overstuffed in a bad way
And the actual case at the heart of it is probably going to be half-baked anyway
That's what will make or break this movie
The first two films, the Negotiator spin-off, and the TV finale all had that
Just look at the case in the Muroi movie
They hype it up so much in the first half, then Muroi takes a phone call and wraps it up in 5 minutes in the second half?
That screenwriter can't write a proper mystery anymore
Also, I still believe the theory that Jiro Sato was the culprit (lol)
It's got a loyal fanbase, and I'm going too
Whether it goes higher than that comes down to the content
There hasn't been a genuinely good Bayside Shakedown in 30 years, yet people are still hoping 'this time will be different'?
Good chance it'll be even worse than the two Muroi movies
Depending on the bonus goods, it might lose on the weekend
Wakui's in it, Sumire's in it, Muroi's even in it — just no Jiro Sato
Calling this a Bayside Shakedown sequel is a stretch
What, summoning them from the afterlife?
Probably Muroi asked them to, from beyond
Sounds like it totally bombed
Osaka crowds are generous with actors' jokes
They're tough on comedians though
I feel like he should've opened with 'Maido!' instead
Well, 'Massu' counts as a pretty strong Johnny's himself
Whatever the real reason, taking 14 years since the last one must mean it wasn't easy to put together smoothly
Going forward it's basically just Oda and the rest of the gang, so doesn't that make for an easier environment to work in?
Setting aside any behind-the-scenes friction, with Muroi around you could only really do the same kind of storyline
Getting assigned to the First Investigative Division probably wouldn't have worked with Muroi still around either
The 14-year gap was because attendance had dropped, so they made it a finale to avoid the series going into the red
If it becomes a money-losing series, it doesn't matter how easy sequels are to make — it won't survive
Even if it ties into the story somehow, wouldn't it make sense for him to say at least a little something like 'Yanagiba's gone from this one…' about someone's absence?
The trailer mentions something about a 'Muroi model,' so it'll probably get addressed in the film itself
Is this gonna be like Space Battleship Yamato, where the doctor looks straight at the camera and tells the audience 'That was my misdiagnosis,' and suddenly Captain Okita's alive again — except it's Muroi this time?
Even 'Suspect Muroi' back at the franchise's peak wasn't that big a deal
It's not going to flop hard like GTO did — just my guess, though
There's a die-hard fanbase after all
It can't be like the old Bayside Shakedown days, but I still think in the end it'll pull in ¥5 billion
On top of the content being terrible, they're not even cutting Jiro Sato's scenes, right?
There's no way it hits ¥5 billion
Then again, this is coming from the guy who was the lone voice insisting Yamazaki's Godzilla would be a masterpiece while all of Japan said it couldn't possibly be good
He's your typical hired-gun director though, so his actual cut is probably small
Bayside Shakedown has never actually been Japan's biggest domestic box-office hit
These events are usually always in Tokyo
They did do one in Tokyo too
Though it ended up getting rained out and switched to an online stream
Background and Talking Points
The “Bayside Shakedown” franchise returns with its first new installment in 14 years, and within the story, Toshiro Yanagiba’s character Shinji Muroi has died. The “moviecard” figures that came up in the thread refer to advance movie-ticket presales, a number often used to gauge early box-office momentum. A total of over 17,000 isn’t a low figure by any means, but since it’s unclear just how big a hit the “Chiikawa” film comparison point will be, opinions in the thread were split on how to read the numbers. Meanwhile, frustration over Jiro Sato’s absence from this installment tends to run strongest among longtime fans of the series — a friction point common to long-running franchises with shifting casts. It’s worth noting that the article alone doesn’t reveal how the film will actually perform at the box office.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Sokuhou+) thread “[Entertainment] Yuji Oda Declares Sequel Plans Before Massive Crowd in Umeda, Osaka! 5,000 Fans at Event for the Sept. 18 Release of ‘Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.’“
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