Orson Welles in a Japanese Whiskey Commercial

[placebo4yo]

WAAZAAAAAAA the japanese.

[TheIceOfAlice]

Why? Why Orson, whyyyyy? Why does a cinema genius stoop to a lame commercial? Wasn't his bank account large enough? Aaaaargh.

[DarthDefiler]

Made me think of Anchor Man.

[ZeusMantooth]

For a relaxing time... Make it Suntory time. 

[MrBuch169169]

I wouldn't direct any living actor like this in Shakespeare.

[AlessandraW19]

@MrBuch169169 LOL

[shroomingnewman]

this is baus

[joelmorley5]

More intensity!

[purvicide]

@vagrantsagan Or maybe "Suntory" times.

[jeffbrak]

This is fucking depressing. A great actor reduced to doing commercials for cheap whiskey and wine. Awful.

[PufferBluntman]

Mwaaah the Japanese nigga whiskey!

[filoscope]

Nigga Whiskey?

[AnthonyAmmo]

What is the name of the song playing in the background?

[MsMonsha]

@AnthonyAmmo It's the title theme from the film "the third man", can't tell you who played this piano cover though, sorry

[AnthonyAmmo]

@MsMonsha oh wow... you're right. It is. Between being a fan of that movie, and having heard a million covers of the song... I'm kind of embaressed to have asked the question :p

[chibidw]

Perfection....GG.

[Daniel91LC]

Damn... Orson Welles looks like he's about to break down and start crying.

[davek12]

If it had alcohol in it, he'd do their ad.

[KidFiction101]

ONE MORE TIME>>>>>>> WITH INTENSITYYYYY

Remind anyone of lost in translation?

[Popcultureguy3000]

WasI the only one who thought that commercial was incredibly sad rather than incredibly funny?

[JhonnyDaemon]

Now I really believe he loved this product.

[sserpent21]

Hello, I'm Orson Welles, I direct films-but not lately, thats why I now do commericals.

[ijustreview]

Why is he speaking out of sync with the video? Did they just not bother to fix it since the intended audience would just be reading the subs? Of course, I assume Mr. Welles' awesome voice can transcend any language barrier.

[RockoMyler]

@ijustreview A problem with the encoding, most likely.

[FetaCheese222]

Woah, wait, isn't that the theme from The Third Man?

[EpicBeard815]

I love how he looks around when he says "I direct films" as if they surround him at all times. And if that were the case, I wouldn't light a cigar near them

[SamBuddwing]

People are allowed to drink hard liquor on-camera in Japanese TV commercials? Who knew. (In the USA, they don't let people drink beer in commercials.)

[ZDrums24]

@SamBuddwing The US is also the only free world country with a government agency like the FCC.

[foomp]

This made me want to watch Lost in Translation again.

[FerneJohn]

For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.

[Gastergensis]

@FerneJohn Nikka! NIKKA!

You die now!

[epsteinsmutha1]

G and G Peaness

[edraith]

NIGGA WHISKEY!!

[datsik]

Nigga whiskey?

[Sincopare]

Priceless. Perfection in a testimonial.

[eclectrixnet]

His expressions are brilliantly delivered



[osharemind]

@eclectrixnet I feel kind of sad watching this for some reason. We all know he was a genius....but to succumb to that...I guess he couldn't avoid selling himself to make a living. People will do anything for money and whiskey.

[gongo3090]

A Japanese commercial with no weird shit happening... good lord what have I watched

[spamviking]

@gongo3090 I think all the weirdness was used up in whatever outtakes there were, knowing mr Welles.

[Demendred1605]

I must buy some now

[SmashBro415]

O-ru-son Wer-ruz.

[Picklesnipe]

Looks like a big chubby owl in this commercial.

[daven58100]

Bill Murray in "Lost in Translation" just popped in my head.

[DrGull1888]

And for the magic I make this jug disappear.

[Filmzie]

mwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaa the japanese whiskey known it's uncanny ability to make you rat arsed and agree to do transformers movie....

[TheJoeShow08]

Maaaaaaah, the Japanese.

...Wait, what?

[xgmb45]

more passion

[fkylw]

But with E&J… you can hang with the homies.

[kimgordonspanties]

Sigh.

[omegaman59]

Olivier did camera commercials in the States in the 70's with the proviso they weren't shown in the UK. Orson like everyone else had bills to pay........................

[pntm]

He didn't spit it out...his greatest acting ever.

[sUPer1upQUEEN]

Good Lord, a dignified Japanese commercial. I have witnessed an oxymoron.

[SkullFilms]

Satori time.

[Dojack]

Fuck, this is depressing.

He's like "I used to be a great actor and director..look where I am now!". Orson seems like he's on the verge of crying.

[reluctantpopstar]

"Hello, I'm Orson Welles. I direct films, and act in them...or at least I used to, before I became old and drunk and obese, and the only possible work I could get was appearing in televsion adverts for cheap table wine and Japanese whiskey, and doing voice-overs for frozen peas...God, I hate myself...death, where are you?"

[speedafk]

MUAAAAHHHHHHHH THE FRENCH

[ghostwhiskey]

"it was his sled,the name of his sled,there i just saved you 2 boob free hours"-P.G.

[krimskrams]

i wonder if this inspired the bill murray lost in translation whiskey commercial scene ;)

[gjc82071]

@krimskrams Quite a few "older" actors have done them. Sean Connery, Wells, etc. Probably that did.

[gjc82071]

@krimskrams Suntory was one of the first Asian companies to specifically employ American celebrities. One of the most notable is Sammy Davis, Jr., who did commercials in the early 1970s. In the late 1970s, Akira Kurosawa directed a famous series of commercials featuring American celebrities on the set of his film Kagemusha. One of these featured Francis Ford Coppola (an executive producer of the film), which later inspired his daughter Sofia Coppola in her writing of Lost in Translation.

[krimskrams]

@gjc82071 that certainly explains it! thanks for the information! :)

[gjc82071]

@krimskrams I was a little surprised at reading that too. Kinda cool how things work out sometimes. BTW, if you don't know, Akira Kurosawa was kinda of like the Steven Speilberg of Japan. A very respected, renowned director in & also outside of Japan, who made several great/classic films (The 7 Samurai is 1 & was the basis for The Magnificent 7). Anyway, I'd like to see the commercials he directed. They are probably cool since Kagemusha was a great film about feudal Japan, samurais, etc.

[Leuopold]

Hello I'm Orson Wells and thank god it's real whiskey I'm drinking to get through this commercial. Anyone got some peas?, wait this is terrible I'm leaving. Tell me how to emphasize perfection, and I'll go down on you.

[deussolinvictus]

Hell yes! "The Third Man"!!

[GoblinXXX]

@deussolinvictus It's not the same if it's not on a zither, though. ;)

[Jkfilms7]

Did anyone else geek-out at the fact that they're playing the Harry Lime theme from the "The Third Man"?

[mokshalovely]

myyyaaaaarghhh the french

[videogamenostalgia]

He looks high as fuck...

[eariesmile1]

i want to see the outtakes. you can see the anger in him 

[pleaseoceancloud]

Why would the Japanese care what Raymond Burr had to say about their Whiskey?

[jigsaw9919]

"hello. i'm orson welles. i eat"

[odylih]

It's as if God were forced into advertising... When I'm hungry after creating light, I always buy Birds Eye Fish Fingers.... And It was SOOOO good.

[GreatBritishGamers]

This reminds me so much of when bill murray did this in lost in translation :D

[PufferBluntman]

Mwaaa, the Japanese!!

[Freizeitgeipel]

What does he say in the end? Sounds like *N-word* Whiskey?!

[eariesmile1]

@Freizeitgeipel sounded like nika

[theEnclaveoftheBear]

for the first 10 seconds he forgot where he was. mwhaaaa the Japanese

[aztecatl1]

lost in translation?????..............­..

[Sonjay89]

I love the theme of "The Third Man" in the background....it's mesmerizing

[darkinars]

O: I had no idea the whiskey ad scene in Lost in Translation was a pun to this

[pockychinchilla]

@darkinars It's actually a reference to Kurosawa's Whiskey commercials

[darkinars]

@pockychinchilla ooohhhhh I see. thanks for clearing that out

[pockychinchilla]

@darkinars 

[philiptwood]

"I... AM UNICRON."

[YoungNastyMan92]

For relaxing times....

Make it, Suntory time.

[helikestv]

He could really find the art in anything

[Joshmf]

2,000 yen a bottle? I can get you trashed on chu-hai for a tenth of the price.

[swami00]

AAAAAHHHHHI love whiskey

[SuperNitpicker]

Even though it wastes his talent he does commercials very well

[5ivepdx]

Is it just me, or does Orson look like he's paranoid for the first 20 seconds of this thing? :)

[mattmorg11]

anyone else reminded of Bill Murray in 'Lost In Translation' (i.e. Suntory Times wihisky commercial)?

[ScottfromTexas]

@mattmorg11 - yes - as soon as I saw the title! Cut-o! Cut-o! Cut-o!

[Curttehmurt]

Poor Orson

[matrixmonster110]

@Curttehmurt Poor Orson indeed. This was one of the only ways to fund his later films. He essentially whored himself to every opportunity of payment whether in the form of a commercial or appearing on a TV show. Quite a struggle...I'm not sure if this commercial was air during Orson's project "The Other Side Of The Wind." If it was, then even after all his commercials, broadcasts, interviews and TV appearances, it, like many other projects of his, was never finished. What a shame...

[Novak67766]

@matrixmonster110 Perhaps on the 100th anniversary of his birth The Other Side of the Wind will be released. It is still out there. Perhaps, using computers it can be completed. I just need to live another 5 years.

[bigjimsteelrod]

Without a doubt, the best acted Japanese Whiskey Commercial I've ever seen

[Arkethot]

MUAHAAA THE FRENCH.

[verzahaku]

Is that the "Harry Lime theme", from "The third man"?

[okuradani]

@verzahaku Yup. Can't remember the zither player tho...

[HH30991]

@okuradani Anton Karas

[unclesporkums]

Thanks for this rare find!

[xfuw]

DEFENDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jnorton1]

ahhh the french.

[treetoptop]

Myaaaaa haaaaaaaa the French

[muaythai193]

@treetoptop

lmfao I was waiting for him to go off

MWAAAAAAAAAA the JAPANESE!!!!

[rastabus]

Lost In Translation??????????????????

[AlejandroDelLoco]

@rastabus oh completely - it's way too similar for Bill Murray's character in Lost in Translation not to have been an homage to this

[massiveham]

Muuuuuuaaaaahhh the whiskey!

[NaprTuber]

That was the Citizen Kane of Japanese whiskey commercials.

[twon1610]

i kno, makes me wanna go get a crate of the stuff

[GoblinXXX]

@NaprTuber It turns out "nika" was the name of the sled!

[Davideogamer]

Haha, the Japanese really do place random American celebrities on some of their products. On the vending machines for "BOSS Coffee" (as well as a billboard) was a picture of Tommy Lee Jones just looking pensive. It was hilarious.

[christopherhoughton1]

The Scottish whiskey has always been celebrated for its excellence... but there is a Japanese whiskey by G&G that has that same excellence.

[ex1le444]

he did it to himself, it's sad in hindsight but Mr. Welles only had himself to blame.

[Jcolinsol]

How's that?

[blofeld39]

This is sad; Welles barely looks interested in the vapid lines he's being fed, and only perks up when he takes a sip of the whiskey... the tacky lounge piano version of "The Third Man" theme just completes the sobering portrait.

[johndaytonvidz]

Hello.. I'm Morrison Welles.

[sortedevaras]

And Orson Welles knows his wiskey.

[MAMA67]

um..okay

[KentAllard]

he did another one for them, doing a magic trick with Oja Kodar