The online completion event for the film “Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Dash Through the Metropolis” (opening September 18) was held in an online-only format on September 6 after the in-person venue event was canceled due to severe weather. Lead actor Yuji Oda spoke about how it felt to return to set now that he’s the same age Chosuke Ikariya, who has since passed away, was when he played the character Wakui — and revealed it brought tears to his eyes. On 5ch, the topic sparked a flurry of reactions touching on the relationships within the comedy group The Drifters and Ikariya, the box-office outlook for the series, and the current state of Fuji TV.
Yuji Oda on First New “Bayside Shakedown” Film in 14 Years: “It Brought Tears” — On Ikariya-san: “I’m Now About the Same Age as Wakui”
A live online broadcast for the film “Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Dash Through the Metropolis” (directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, opening on the 18th) was held on the 6th from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, bringing together lead actor Yuji Oda (58) and the rest of the star-studded cast.
A completion press event had originally been scheduled at the same venue that day, but was canceled due to severe weather.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
So Ikariya was the root cause of it all lol
It's simple — Shimura and Ikariya had a falling out, and the group just split into Kato on Shimura's side versus Takagi and Nakamoto on Ikariya's side.
Kato didn't dislike Ikariya enough to cut ties with him, but he respected Shimura and let him do things his own way.
No idea how Shimura felt about Ikariya, but before he passed away, Ikariya secretly paid out of his own pocket to go see one of Shimura's stage shows, so he clearly still cared.
Apparently he'd also happily bring up Shimura in conversations with his son.
Once they started churning out movies and spinoffs, it got boring.
The spinoffs really were dull.
The free stream of Initial D the other day was also wall-to-wall cigarettes, which killed the mood too.
Back in the day, Wakui felt way more like an old man to me.
Wakui's character was written as 60, but Cho-san (Ikariya), who played him, was actually 65.
No way — 3 billion would already be a win.
Last year's Muroi spinoff movie only did about 1.5 billion.
Because he ended up ticking off a lot of people.
The production budget's only a few hundred million yen, so hitting 1 billion would roughly break even after everything's deducted.
If it hits 2 billion, that's a big enough hit that they'd start talking sequel.
Even with GTO, I figured a smash hit was a stretch but assumed it'd at least lock in a solid 7-8% rating — instead it came in at just 3-something percent.
With this Bayside Shakedown movie too, part of me hopes for something like 5 billion yen, but realistically it might land just under 3 billion.
Lived through World War II in the '40s
Played as the opening act for the Beatles in the '60s
Became hugely popular in the '70s on "8 O'Clock, All Present!"
Won over a whole new generation in the '90s with Bayside Shakedown
He's basically a living witness to the 20th century.
Today's actors just can't replicate the aura that generation has.
Even when they look successful and happy, there's always a faint shadow to them.
https://ameblo.jp/soichiro-kitamura/entry-12974826695.html
Honestly this one's better than Bayside Shakedown.
That was a great drama.
Oda, Zaizen, the two small-time thugs, Mikio Azuma, Taima — everyone in it was so likable.
The Muroi spinoff pulled in just under 2 billion, so surely the main series entry will do even better than that, right?
They've still got two Demon Slayer releases and Chiikawa left 💦
Still enjoyable though, with Yusuke Santamaria and Yui Natsukawa in it.
Yeah, it got all garbled and hard to hear.
Brings back memories.
Background and Key Points of the Discussion
“Bayside Shakedown” is one of Japan’s most iconic film franchises — the first theatrical film in 1998 grossed roughly 10.1 billion yen, and the 2003 sequel brought in about 17.3 billion yen — and this latest release marks the first new mainline entry in 14 years. Thread opinions were split on box-office prospects, with some optimistic based on the series’ track record and others more skeptical given the underwhelming performance of recent spinoff films. As for Chosuke Ikariya, a long-running rumor holds that The Drifters were plagued by internal discord, but some posters testified that the real friction was mainly between Ikariya and Ken Shimura rather than bad blood across the whole group — worth noting the gap between the public image and firsthand accounts.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread ‘[Entertainment] Yuji Oda on “Bayside Shakedown”: First New Film in 14 Years, “It Brought Tears…” — On Ikariya-san: “I’ve Come Back at About the Same Age as Wakui”.’
