Following the release of special footage for the film ‘Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.,’ reactions from cast members poured in on 5ch’s Geinou/Sports News+ board. While some lamented that Eri Fukatsu and Toshio Kakei weren’t among the names mentioned, the discussion also reignited debate over whether Muroi Shinji and Sumire actually died in the previous installments.
The gang reunites
[Video] ‘Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.’ — Yusuke, Miki Maya, Miki Mizuno and other familiar faces gather for special footage capturing the “present day”
‘Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.’ — Yusuke, Miki Maya, Miki Mizuno and other familiar faces gather for special footage capturing the “present day”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
It's all old folks, huh
Still, it'll probably rake in decent box office
Plenty of seniors and middle-aged people will go see it
Still, it'll probably rake in decent box office
Plenty of seniors and middle-aged people will go see it
If Eri Fukatsu's not in it, though…
Was Kohei Matsushita even in this series?
>>8
He was in the Muroi movie
He was in the Muroi movie
Did he never get promoted?
Waku never made it up the ranks before retirement?
Aren't cops supposed to get promoted by seniority?
Waku never made it up the ranks before retirement?
Aren't cops supposed to get promoted by seniority?
>>9
Well, he's the guy who puts in the effort and only ever fails
Well, he's the guy who puts in the effort and only ever fails
This must be what it felt like for grandpa watching Mito Komon (a long-running samurai TV series) on repeat forever
So Kakei's not in it either?
>>14
Retired to Atami
Retired to Atami
>>14
Even as chief, he got shipped off to Akita
Even as chief, he got shipped off to Akita
Yuki Uchida and that crew weren't needed from the start
This show ran on Yanaba, Fukatsu, and Ikariya
And none of them are in it
Generally, shows and movies that are dying just keep piling on more characters
Kakei and Miki Maya, fine, keep them
But don't invent new characters for the on-the-ground cop roles
Like Yuki Uchida or Chibi Norida
This show ran on Yanaba, Fukatsu, and Ikariya
And none of them are in it
Generally, shows and movies that are dying just keep piling on more characters
Kakei and Miki Maya, fine, keep them
But don't invent new characters for the on-the-ground cop roles
Like Yuki Uchida or Chibi Norida
>>18
The precinct's the setting, Waku's gone, Mashita got promoted, Yukino got married and retired — how do you do this without new characters?
The precinct's the setting, Waku's gone, Mashita got promoted, Yukino got married and retired — how do you do this without new characters?
>>18
Uchida was actually there from the early TV specials though
Uchida was actually there from the early TV specials though
So seriously, where's Eri Fukatsu?!
>>24
She'll probably be in the Aoshima slot from the Muroi movies
My guess: just a brief cameo right at the very end
She'll probably be in the Aoshima slot from the Muroi movies
My guess: just a brief cameo right at the very end
>>33
The fact that everyone's saying she's not in it up to this point is suspicious
Oda showed up at the very end even in the Muroi Shinji movie
The fact that everyone's saying she's not in it up to this point is suspicious
Oda showed up at the very end even in the Muroi Shinji movie
Kind of pointless to have killed off Muroi if this is how it goes
>>26
Toshiro Yanagiba said he'd only come back if they let his character die
Toshiro Yanagiba said he'd only come back if they let his character die
Haven't watched anything since part 2, but apparently Muroi and Sumire died
Feels like finding out a character died in some long-running Western drama you stopped watching ages ago
Feels like finding out a character died in some long-running Western drama you stopped watching ages ago
Should've just ended it with the first movie
>>39
Had a rough time explaining the plot contradictions to someone who watched the first movie for the first time recently
Had a rough time explaining the plot contradictions to someone who watched the first movie for the first time recently
>>38
Sumire didn't die
She just quit the police and went back to the countryside
Sumire didn't die
She just quit the police and went back to the countryside
>>43
Doing that whole ghostly send-off scene and then never bringing her back for the rest of the movie, only to reveal she was alive the whole time — that's a bit cringe, no?
Doing that whole ghostly send-off scene and then never bringing her back for the rest of the movie, only to reveal she was alive the whole time — that's a bit cringe, no?
>>48
And apparently they told Eri Fukatsu to act that scene believing her character had died
Maybe they changed it once a sequel got greenlit and they had no choice
And apparently they told Eri Fukatsu to act that scene believing her character had died
Maybe they changed it once a sequel got greenlit and they had no choice
>>48
They never actually said she died in the main story
I think all the ghost stuff was just a cover for a visual effect that didn't come out right
(Also, don't put ghosts in what's supposed to be a normal cop drama)
They never actually said she died in the main story
I think all the ghost stuff was just a cover for a visual effect that didn't come out right
(Also, don't put ghosts in what's supposed to be a normal cop drama)
Bayside Shakedown, GTO, Emergency Room 24 Hours…
All just old shows
All just old shows
>>45
Is Naomi next?
Is Naomi next?
Isn't Miki Maya already past retirement age?
Did she become a Diet member or something?
Did she become a Diet member or something?
>>55
Even going by the actress's real age, she's still got a few years left
Even going by the actress's real age, she's still got a few years left
So is Muroi actually dead?
>>60
Died for absolutely nothing, literally
Died for absolutely nothing, literally
>>60
Living out a quiet retirement in the countryside
Living out a quiet retirement in the countryside
>>62
Whoa, I had no idea
Whoa, I had no idea
>>64
He got on the brass's bad side and was ordered transferred to Akita, refused, and retired instead (Shinjo got sent off in his place)
Holed up in the countryside living with a foster kid, then got dragged into trouble with the kid's parents
Long story short, he had a heart attack in the snowy mountains and died
He got on the brass's bad side and was ordered transferred to Akita, refused, and retired instead (Shinjo got sent off in his place)
Holed up in the countryside living with a foster kid, then got dragged into trouble with the kid's parents
Long story short, he had a heart attack in the snowy mountains and died
>>53
For a movie billed as 'the final chapter,' staging it to look like he died when he's actually alive seems pointless — who does that even benefit?
For a movie billed as 'the final chapter,' staging it to look like he died when he's actually alive seems pointless — who does that even benefit?
>>68
That scene itself didn't mean anything anyway
Makes you wonder why they went with such a weird bit of staging
That scene itself didn't mean anything anyway
Makes you wonder why they went with such a weird bit of staging
Watching all this makes you appreciate how clean 'Taiyo ni Hoero!' (a classic detective drama) was, killing off its near-lead at the height of his popularity
Nobody wants to see the Macaroni or Jeans character go soft with age
Nobody wants to see the Macaroni or Jeans character go soft with age
>>72
You don't see that pattern much these days — swapping out the 'young lead detective' role like that
You don't see that pattern much these days — swapping out the 'young lead detective' role like that
>>72
Back then, the whole 'hit TV show becomes a movie' business model didn't really exist yet
Though it did exist for anime
Actors at the time drew a sharp line between movies and TV dramas as separate worlds
Fuji TV was the one that erased that distinction through the '90s
Back then, the whole 'hit TV show becomes a movie' business model didn't really exist yet
Though it did exist for anime
Actors at the time drew a sharp line between movies and TV dramas as separate worlds
Fuji TV was the one that erased that distinction through the '90s
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Movie] ‘Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.’ — Yusuke, Miki Maya, Miki Mizuno, Soichiro Kitamura and other familiar faces gather! Special footage capturing the present day released.”
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