Sideways (2009 film)

Sideways
Sideways
	Theatrical release poster
Kanji	サイドウェイズ
Literal meaning	Sideways
Directed by	Cellin Gluck
Screenplay by	Uesugi Takayuki
Story by	Alexander Payne; Jim Taylor;
Based on	Sideways (2004); Sideways (novel); by Rex Pickett
Produced by	Chihiro Kameyama; Toru Miyazawa; Kazutoshi Wadakura;
Starring	Fumiyo Kohinata; Katsuhisa Namase; Kyôka Suzuki; Rinko Kikuchi;
Cinematography	Gary Waller
Edited by	Jim Munro
Music by	Jake Shimabukuro
Production; company	Fuji TV
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	September 27, 2009 (Wine Country Film Festival); October 31, 2009 (Japan);
Running time	123 minutes
Countries	Japan; United States;
Languages	Japanese; English;
Budget	$3 million
Box office	$1.5 million

Sideways (Japanese: サイドウェイズ, Hepburn: Saidoweizu) is a 2009 comedy-drama film directed by Cellin Gluck that is a remake of the 2004 Academy Award–nominated film Sideways. Unlike its predecessor that was set in the Santa Barbara wine country, it is primarily set in the Napa Valley wine region.^[1]

Plot

Michio Saito is a middle-aged Japanese screenwriter with little success. He is a former foreign student who returns to California to attend the wedding of his best friend, Daisuke Uehara, to an Alli, an American. Uehara is a former actor who has lived in California since college and is now a restaurant manager.^[3]^[4] Before the wedding, the two men take one last bachelor trip to the Napa Valley wine country,^[1]^[4] where they meet a woman that Saito once tutored and admired, Mayuko Tanaka, and her barista friend, Mina Parker. Tanaka and Saito rekindle their acquaintance, and Parker and Uehara become romantically entangled.^[3]

Cast

The actors include:^[3]^[5]

Fumiyo Kohinata as Michio Saito
Katsuhisa Namase as Daisuke Uehara
Kyôka Suzuki as Mayuko Tanaka
Rinko Kikuchi as Mina Parker
Anna Easteden as Alli

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Karpel, Ari (March 19, 2009). "'Sideways' Returns, Uncorked for Japan". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
^ "Sideways (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Schilling, Mark (2009-11-06). "Sideways". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
^ ^a ^b Vine, Richard (2014-04-27). "Saidoweizu: the Japanese remake of Sideways and other unlikely films". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
^ "Saidoweizu (2009) - Full Credits". Turner Classic Movies. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.

External links

[Karpel_2009-1] Karpel, Ari (March 19, 2009). "'Sideways' Returns, Uncorked for Japan". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 27, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2020.

[2] "Sideways (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 17, 2021.

[Schilling_2009-3] Schilling, Mark (2009-11-06). "Sideways". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-09-04.

[Vine_2014-4] Vine, Richard (2014-04-27). "Saidoweizu: the Japanese remake of Sideways and other unlikely films". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-09-04.

[Turner_Classic_Movies_2009-5] "Saidoweizu (2009) - Full Credits". Turner Classic Movies. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.

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Sideways
Theatrical release poster

Kanji	サイドウェイズ
Literal meaning	Sideways

Directed by	Cellin Gluck
Screenplay by	Uesugi Takayuki
Story by	Alexander Payne Jim Taylor
Based on	Sideways (2004) Sideways (novel) by Rex Pickett
Produced by	Chihiro Kameyama Toru Miyazawa Kazutoshi Wadakura
Starring	Fumiyo Kohinata Katsuhisa Namase Kyôka Suzuki Rinko Kikuchi
Cinematography	Gary Waller
Edited by	Jim Munro
Music by	Jake Shimabukuro
Production company	Fuji TV
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release dates	September 27, 2009 (2009-09-27) (Wine Country Film Festival) October 31, 2009 (2009-10-31) (Japan)
Running time	123 minutes
Countries	Japan United States
Languages	Japanese English
Budget	$3 million^[1]
Box office	$1.5 million^[2]

Sideways (2009 film)

Plot

Cast

References

Further reading

External links