Sideways (2009 film)

2009 comedy-drama film by Cellin Gluck

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 (2009-9-27) (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 (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

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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

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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

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1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "Sideways (2009)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
3. ^ a b c Schilling, Mark (2009-11-06). "Sideways". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
4. ^ a b Vine, Richard (2014-04-27). "Saidoweizu: the Japanese remake of Sideways and other unlikely films". the Guardian. Retrieved 2020-09-04.
5. ^ "Saidoweizu (2009) - Full Credits". Turner Classic Movies. 2020-09-04. Retrieved 2020-09-04.

## Further reading

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* Griffin, Jeffrey L. (2014-12-01). "Turning Japanese: From Sideways to Saidoweizu: An examination of the Japanese remake of a Hollywood film". Film International. 12 (4). Intellect: 84–98\. doi:10.1386/fiin.12.4.84_1. ISSN 1651-6826. OCLC 5810894097.84-98&rft.date=2014-12-01&rft_id=info:oclcnum/5810894097&rft.issn=1651-6826&rft_id=info:doi/10.1386/fiin.12.4.84_1&rft.aulast=Griffin&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey+L.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sideways+(2009+film)" class="Z3988">
* Kuipers, Richard (2009-09-11). "Sideways". Daily Variety. 305 (26): 5. ISSN 0011-5509.

## External links

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* Official website
* Sideways at IMDb
* Saidoweizu at Rotten Tomatoes

Authority control databases

International|

* VIAF

National|

* United States
* Japan