Don't confuse Tokyo with Japan though.. Most of Japan is very unlike Tokyo... people who experience only Tokyo can't really say they've experienced Japan... Lost in Translation the movie was great, but I wished they had also gone way further into the country side... the experience there would have been very different and way more funny with Bill Murray interacting with the environment and the people.
@jmminu You missed the entire point of Lost in Translation. Japan really has nothing to do with the film at all, it could have been any foreign country really.
@romanticists I beg to differ. If you don't have any affinity with Tokyo and Japan, you cannot produce what Sofia Copolla did. You may not know that Sofia's choice of Tokyo is not by chance. She loves Tokyo and has her own brand and physical store over there, from way before the movie. She's a person who can easily pick up things about the place and that shows in the movie. If you can't see those things, you missed half the movie and missed the point completely. sorry to say.
@jmminu Surely not by coincidence, but the sole points and themes of the film doesn't have a direct correlation with Japan and could have easily taken place in another metropolitan, foreign country, while tweaking other parts and certain scenes. What I derived from the film were themes of loneliness, cultural differences, alienation, and most of all, disconnection (both people and your physical surroundings). If they had gone into the country side the entire film would have been lost completely.
@jmminu Id also like to point out that while I do not believe that Japan was essential, the metropolitan area was. If they had gone into the countryside, all those themes that I listed above would have been shattered. The sort of barrier you feel in the rustle and bustle of the city, is something that the film really focuses on. There would have been no reason for them to go into the countryside, and would only weaken its message. This film isn't a film about Japan, it's a film about alienation
Yes, for example when the guy walks in the trainstation it is sharply bigger that Japanese and he touches almost the ceiling, it is evident that it is made exmeadows to laugh at the size of the Japanese
Have you ever been to Japan? Most people ARE shorter than the average gaijin. Granted, it's not the nation of dwarfs some people seem to think it is. When I lived over there I knew a guy that tall; it didn't mean he was making fun of Japanese, it made him fucking tall. This video's just emphasizing his height to emphasize his gaijinness. It's not about making fun of Japanese people, it's about making fun of lost gaijin. That's why it's called, you know, "Lost in Trainstation"
I can't believe someone went through that much effort to make this video. Not funny, not even amusing, just plain lame
urcritic 2 years ago
no.
aenimalogy 2 years ago
I found it funny.
IdrinkCocaCola 2 years ago
stupid. Waste of time
crackerjack39602 2 years ago 2
Sorry, but kinda lame...
coasterkid345 3 years ago 8
oh, I hear you! Hate tokyo`s stations, hate Tokyo streets. and maps suks also
aandreya 3 years ago
Out of all the subway systems in the world Tokyo has to be one of the most confusing
tdanis 3 years ago 2
Out of all the subway systems in all the world, she had to come into mine.
ohbusiness 3 years ago
This is basically what it's like to be a white guy in Japan.
blahk04 3 years ago
Don't confuse Tokyo with Japan though.. Most of Japan is very unlike Tokyo... people who experience only Tokyo can't really say they've experienced Japan... Lost in Translation the movie was great, but I wished they had also gone way further into the country side... the experience there would have been very different and way more funny with Bill Murray interacting with the environment and the people.
jmminu 2 years ago 2
@jmminu You missed the entire point of Lost in Translation. Japan really has nothing to do with the film at all, it could have been any foreign country really.
romanticists 1 year ago
@romanticists I beg to differ. If you don't have any affinity with Tokyo and Japan, you cannot produce what Sofia Copolla did. You may not know that Sofia's choice of Tokyo is not by chance. She loves Tokyo and has her own brand and physical store over there, from way before the movie. She's a person who can easily pick up things about the place and that shows in the movie. If you can't see those things, you missed half the movie and missed the point completely. sorry to say.
jmminu 1 year ago
@jmminu Surely not by coincidence, but the sole points and themes of the film doesn't have a direct correlation with Japan and could have easily taken place in another metropolitan, foreign country, while tweaking other parts and certain scenes. What I derived from the film were themes of loneliness, cultural differences, alienation, and most of all, disconnection (both people and your physical surroundings). If they had gone into the country side the entire film would have been lost completely.
romanticists 1 year ago
@jmminu Id also like to point out that while I do not believe that Japan was essential, the metropolitan area was. If they had gone into the countryside, all those themes that I listed above would have been shattered. The sort of barrier you feel in the rustle and bustle of the city, is something that the film really focuses on. There would have been no reason for them to go into the countryside, and would only weaken its message. This film isn't a film about Japan, it's a film about alienation
romanticists 1 year ago
Rofl : D
furasu 3 years ago
omg! SO TRUE! Everytime I go to Japan I ALWAYS get lost trying to figure out those trains! Great job with this!
parcelsisters 3 years ago 2
hehe, yeah, those trains are something else :)
BinaryReader 3 years ago
I've never had any problems with them?
THrmn 3 years ago
lmfaoooo nice
sultan7 3 years ago 2
lol
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pethidine87 3 years ago
hirarious!!!!!
gazh446 3 years ago
Ew. Can you imagine if they did really make a sequel? I would see it of course but seriously?? It wouldn't do the first one justice.
XxsilentninjaxX 3 years ago
haha
Tetsuoha 3 years ago
i wonder y the guy is soo tall, i hope that doesnt mean something bad about asian people being short...
girl25100 3 years ago
hoho. i guess he is just lost in the subway...
ninjinkami 3 years ago
burp...
Shroomiz5446 3 years ago
how tall is that guy??? i'm 6ft tall, and some of the ceilings in stations are low, but i never have to duck that much....he must be 6'6'' or 7 ft!
samwright8380 3 years ago
hehe...
Atenejin 3 years ago
that wuz gay
degrassifan666 3 years ago
hahaha,
thats gunna be me soon.
cant wait
221091brian 3 years ago
grrrr
3274030 3 years ago
lost giant
foom5 3 years ago
Love it...
Japan is AWESOME!
log6778 3 years ago 3
lol
loukana 3 years ago
>hahaha. I am Japanese. Obviously the guy in the vid is tooo tall
>..um, not really.
LOL
krisztafoldi 3 years ago 2
Hahaha that's funny
coolantmanuscript 3 years ago
hahahahah so funnyyyy
vickyika 3 years ago 2
nicely done, funny.
beezneez911 3 years ago
hahaha. I am Japanese. Obviously the guy in the vid is tooo tall
gorokusa 4 years ago
this video make fun of japanese people
FaMaS9france9 4 years ago
...um, not really.
NeoEllis 4 years ago
Yes, for example when the guy walks in the trainstation it is sharply bigger that Japanese and he touches almost the ceiling, it is evident that it is made exmeadows to laugh at the size of the Japanese
LORENZO34lupoDIroma 4 years ago
Have you ever been to Japan? Most people ARE shorter than the average gaijin. Granted, it's not the nation of dwarfs some people seem to think it is. When I lived over there I knew a guy that tall; it didn't mean he was making fun of Japanese, it made him fucking tall. This video's just emphasizing his height to emphasize his gaijinness. It's not about making fun of Japanese people, it's about making fun of lost gaijin. That's why it's called, you know, "Lost in Trainstation"
NeoEllis 4 years ago
sorry but I don't know what's gaijin
FaMaS9france9 4 years ago
"Gaijin" 「外人」: The Japanese word for "foreigner", usually white or a westerner.
NeoEllis 4 years ago
Ok ok
FaMaS9france9 4 years ago
what a loada shite
TrissFish 4 years ago
fucking funny.
cano100cyb 4 years ago 2
Kinda sucks yeah.
Surronded 4 years ago
i feel ill
Sydn33 4 years ago
not my favorite
druiz87 4 years ago
wow, this sucks
highlander4444 4 years ago
I'm sure that sounded much better on paper...
CrazedBird 4 years ago
Wow was that unfunny
thatrader 4 years ago
Gee I wonder why its called Lost in Translation 2?
MDK231 4 years ago
lol holy crap, i agree with you 100%!!!
TheWeekendWolf 4 years ago
I have lived here in Japan for two years, and I SO understood this. Thanks! Arigato gozaimasu!
aimus8888 4 years ago 4
Oh wow, lol! XD
shadows0614 4 years ago
Yeah, Japanese people are so short. XD
thesisrevoked 4 years ago
Leave Japan alone you american farkwits, u have farked them over enough
Akumaowns 4 years ago
hello again men i like your video, good men
Tomasdistefano 4 years ago
hahhaa!! hilarious!
idiotnoobbum 4 years ago
I think it is a camera trick!
Micheletti11 4 years ago
that guy is huge! funny stuff. and, what a looker!
andycam333 4 years ago
haha
gravybread 4 years ago
Great job Andy!! I hope you find your way home...we all miss you.
jwaruszewski 4 years ago
OMG! I know how it is!!! Those lines in Japan DO NOT MAKE SENSE!! Seriously, even if you CAN read Japanese they still don't. Hilarious!
jonmchu 4 years ago