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Jun Matsumoto visits USC for "Hidden Fortress" remake
Tue, April 29, 2008 (2:33am EDT)
Arashi's Jun Matsumoto made a public appearance on Sunday at the University of Southern California for a special screening of Shinji Higuchi's "Kakushi Toride no San Akunin: THE LAST PRINCESS," a remake of a classic Akira Kurosawa film. The university is the alma mater of George Lucas, whose "Star Wars" was inspired by the original Kurosawa opus. 

Matsumoto greeted the crowd in English, and he was joined on stage by actor Anthony Daniels, who played the character of C-3PO in Lucas' "Star Wars." The audience of 300 people consisted mostly of students, and among them were 36 members of a fan club naming themselves the "Arashi Secret Agency" (a reference to the group's show "Himitsu no Arashi-chan!"). 

The film opens in Japan on May 10, with future openings planned for Thailand and Taiwan. Negotiations are in progress for North American and European releases.

Japanzone: http://www.japan-zone.com/news/2008/04/29/matsumoto_jun_visits_usc.shtml

Matsumoto Jun Visits USC

April 29, 2008

Hidden FortressMatsumoto Jun (24) got a rapturous welcome from fans and students at USC yesterday. He was at the University of Southern California for a special screening of his latest movie, a remake of theKurosawa Akira classic "Kakushitoride no Sanakunin." The venue was chosen for its connection between Kurosawa's original and USC alumnus George Lucas's "Star Wars." Among the audience were future filmmakers and actor Anthony Daniels (62), who played the role of C3PO. At a discussion following the screening, the 300 attendees gave it a big thumbs up. "MatsuJun" said of his role as Takezo, "I put a bit of Spiderman, a bit of Captain Jack Sparrow, of all sorts of Hollywood heroes into the part. I wanted to capture the essence of Hollywood." A member of the idol group Arashi, who are somewhere in the middle of the Johnny's Jimusho hierarchy, he's probably better known in the U.S. as an actor, especially since a subtitled version of his 2005 TBS drama series "Hanayori Dango" was aired here. But among those welcoming him yesterday were 36 members of the Arashi Secret Agency fan club. The movie opens in Japan on May 10.

Blog post: http://deadfox.liquidblade.com/?p=1328

(PS - did he really tell the translator to shut-up? LOL!! How nice of him -- esp. if the translator was really rude! And also how DoS of him! XD )

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MatsuJunkie
Yeaaaah~! We were there, sweet! Thanks for the post!
Ame
Hahaha.. he didn't. I think the original poster was talking about how he'd asked if there was anyone who didn't speak English (which the translator mistranslated into Japanese.) He really was very kind, knowing that there were a lot of questions and only a limited amount of time. Since he and Shinji Higuchi had their own personal translating for them, he wanted to save as much time as possible for a dialog between the audience and themselves. Isn't that sweet?
Liz

oooh, HAHA. I wondered why so many people raised their hands when she asked, "Who speaks Japanese". Or maybe they really all did speak Japanese and I'm too lame to realize it.

But it was funny & cute how the question-ask-er guy and Anthony Daniels both raised their hands when she asked, "who doesn't understand Japanese," hehe.

That is super-sweet!!! ^___^

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