宝焼酎「純」 Takara Shochu (Sake) "Jun" David Bowie

[MissLaceyNoel]

Um... What the hell... Did I just watch...

[whateveritsnoyes]

It must have been a funny/fascinating time for Bowie, or maybe it was dreadful/lonely like it was for Bill Murray's character in LiT. Bowie hardly ever traveled alone, even to Japan, but still. Kyoto, Japan, March 1980, filming a sake/shochu commercial inbetween Scary Monsters sessions haha.. One thing's for sure: The music 'Crystal Japan' (or Fuji San Moto) is a great instrumental. Most likely written and recorded during Lodger. It suits the commercial somehow. Fantastic track.

[Groblinfull]

surreal

[beatles5445]

also it'd be cool if more american commercials had david bowie ^_^

[beatles5445]

shit man, i wish american commercials were like this.

[starmanlover]

that right there, that is a beautiful man

They don't make them like that these days...

[MsMoonTheLoon]

filmed over a period of two weeks? god, poor david!

[whateveritsnoyes]

@MsMoonTheLoon It wasn't just one commercial, but three: advertising the same drink, Crystal Jun Rock.

[whateveritsnoyes]

@MsMoonTheLoon two commercials. sorry.

[favoritefella]

"I'm going to kill you with this glass"

[AngelGhostchild]

私はさけをのんでデヴィッドを見ますか？とてもすごいですね？(­Excuse my Japanese, I'm rusty). If by drinking that I see David Bowie...well, who wouldn't drink that? XD



[Carloshache]

Great commercial and song. But he isn't advertising sake, but shochu which is a traditional japanese vodka with a relatively low alcohol content (typically 25%-25% alcohol by volume)

[sijotakane]

shouchu and sake are other thing.

[RICKYYYYYYYYYYY1]

rare...

[MartyRotten]

The music was later released as B side as "Crystal Japan"



[SprocketTalker]

trololol!

He's just staring like, "no one will see this, I don't care" :)

[GCReptile]

More intensity!

[GCReptile]

More intensity!

[veikosoom]

hope it helped to sell!:) Bowie's great of course!

[Vicious516]

Bowie- "So what's my motivation for this scene?"

Director- "Um... I don't know, you're in Japan or... something?"

Bowie- "Sure, whatever, I'll make it work."

[yhlingard]

金髪外人が松尾橋の北300mあたりで撮影してるのを、何となく­対岸から見ていたんです。学校サボってね。彼とは分からずらず。­平日の午前で誰も付近にはいなかったなぁ。私ぐらいでした。ちょ­っと残念な思い出です。

[wingingerd]

このＣＭを見て、大島渚は「戦場のメリークリスマス」に出演を依­頼したそうだ。

[Bodacea1]

It's really funny how he stares omninously into the camera lens. But sexy too.

[Rachael1918]

I'm going to guess someone had their taxes due!!!

Thanks for posting thism, great quality!

[jkcrystal2]

can some tell me what is this about i know is david bowie , what he had in his hands??/

[moonismine123]

You mean the glass of sake? Sake is a very popular japanese drink made from rice. This is a commercial Tv for japan. Hope that helps :)

[moonismine123]

and it's alcoholic, by the way.

[nadjya0001]

WOW! ! Thanx Mr burton

[moonismine123]

Finally someone upload the ad in better quality, Thanks :)

There's another video on youtube of this that looks as disturbing as the one from the Ring. Kind of funny, though.

Reminds me of Bill Murray's character on Lost in Translation.

For relaxing times...

[Meouwww]

@moonismine123 You're so right about Lost in translation :) That's where their inspiration comes from :3

[0ckj]

ありがとうございます。空より