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The Yakuza and the Mermaid |
tripower
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Oct 18, 2005
Posts: 15 |  Posted: 2011-03-01 07:28 am Permalink
Hey there,
I don't post very often, but I've been lurking quite a while...
I thought some of you may like this trailer for my feature film The Yakuza and the Mermaid. Brian Lease (of Fisherman) composed the music for the movie, and did a killer job.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VYL8uZvUzs
I hope you dig it,
Thanks!
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Trailerpark Tiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 27, 2010
Posts: 321
From: Las Vegas
| Posted: 2011-03-01 3:25 pm Permalink
Cool trailer. Intriguing.
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10600
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-03-01 9:35 pm Permalink
I have always been a Samurai and Yakuza movie fan. Sidney Pollack's 1974 "Yakuza" is one of my all-time favorite American movies...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VpPX6RJWU2Q
The opening scene alone is worth my money:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf7z4FfYF44&feature=related
...and Takakura Ken is one of the coolest dudes that ever walked the earth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9509Linvpc&feature=related
As a cinematographer, I have always wondered when the digital camera revolution (small, affordable hi-rez cameras) will lead to a film genre of its own, so I applaud such efforts as this film. And I have no idea how the Tikis fit into the concept, but I am curious. 
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thePorpoise
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 732
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2011-03-01 9:44 pm Permalink
I've always loved Takashi Miike's "Rekka: Deadly Outlaw"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sO7DulwSLU
[ This Message was edited by: thePorpoise 2011-03-01 21:45 ]
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bigbrotiki
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Mar 25, 2002
Posts: 10600
From: Tiki Island, above the Silverlake
| Posted: 2011-03-01 9:51 pm Permalink
But, but...he's using a GUN !!?
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thePorpoise
Tiki Socialite
Joined: Jan 23, 2011
Posts: 732
From: Tampa Bay
| Posted: 2011-03-01 10:18 pm Permalink
tripower, your movie looks pretty cool. congrats on making a movie, that's quite an accomplishment.
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JOHN-O
Grand Member (first year) 
Joined: May 16, 2008
Posts: 2488
From: Dogtown, USA
| Posted: 2011-03-02 08:04 am Permalink
Based on that trailer, I'd pay to see that in the theater. The bob cut hottie in the skin tight cheongsam (in Japan ??) was the closer.
Plus there was a Tiki !! 
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On 2011-03-01 21:35, bigbrotiki wrote:
I have always been a Samurai and Yakuza movie fan. Sidney Pollack's 1974 "Yakuza" is one of my all-time favorite American movies...
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Well it's good to hear that someone else has even heard of that 1975 neo-noir sleeper. It flys low and under the radar even for Film Noir geeks...
http://www.tikiroom.com/tikicentral/bb/viewtopic.php?topic=33987&forum=6&vpost=488286
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tripower
Tiki Centralite
Joined: Oct 18, 2005
Posts: 15 | Posted: 2012-09-26 06:22 am Permalink
Hey Guys,
I thought I'd revive this old thread to let you know that my film, The Yakuza and the Mermaid will have a 2 week run at Cinema Village in NYC. It starts this Friday, Sept 28.
The soundtrack was done by the tiki band Fisherman, and is amazing!
Here's the trailer again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VYL8uZvUzs
If anybody wants to go, PM me and I'll get you comps.
Thanks!
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