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[DeathyBoy]

But are his methods supernatural?

 

[jett]

I'm indifferent to Asano/Watanabe, but the other casting change is a serious downgrade.

 

[robotzombie]

Adam Driver being in anything at all is astounding to me.

But at least for this casting change, they didn't go for new "go to" japanese guy Hiroyuki Sanada

 

[kamorra]

That's a good thing. Tadanobu Asano is great.

 

[gutter_trash]

Liam Neeson playing a missionary jesuit priest again?

 

[CrocMother]

Why did DDL and Del Toro drop out?

 

[Akahige]

Asano Tadanobu joining the film is great to me, strong actor whose every western role has been shit, Vital and Last Life in the Unverse are top tier performances.

 

[Akira]

He's had a good run as Japanese guy but we need to start training the next one or else who will be the Japanese guy when a script calls for one?

There's plenty of white actors in Hollywood to fill the Asian roles!

 

[El Daniel]

Asano is amazing. And he's not known for Mongol. He's Kakihara . It's a career defining role

Looks like an interesting film.

 

[Just_myles]

That lead change is horrendous. What a downgrade imo. They may still give compelling performances of course but, man oh man.

 

[hirokazu]

Watanabe is doing The King and I on Broadway?

I do like the guy, but I've had serious trouble understanding his English dialogue in the last few films he's been in. I don't think I would enjoy watching The King and I with him in the role of king.

He's just become the go-to guy if they want to chuck in an Asian with an accent. :/

 

[Ridley327]

Looks like an interesting film.

I'm not the biggest fan of the film, but you have no idea.

 

[bistromathics]

Never heard of this film but Asano is the GOAT Japanese actor

 

[Odrion]

Asano is amazing. And he's not known for Mongol. He's Kakihara . It's a career defining role

Okay, how the FUCK did they pull that off?

 

[Akahige]

Okay, how the FUCK did they pull that off?

CGI according to the Asano interview on the Ichi the Killer dvd.

 

[Helmholtz]

I haven't seen Watanabe in many films, but I haven't cared for his english speaking ones. Dude is seriously hard to understand. I did enjoy his constant serious face in Godzilla though.
Losing DDL and Del Toro as leads is pretty rough though. What a downgrade there.
Is Del Toro seriously in a position to be turning down Scorsese films at this point in his career? Seems to me he could use a jumpstart.

 

[True Savior]

Looks like an interesting film.

Watch it. It's marvelous. It can be a little sickening if you take it too serious.

 

[Ratrat]

Asano is amazing. And he's not known for Mongol. He's Kakihara . It's a career defining role

This. Almost vomited reading the op.

 

[Forkball]

Asano is an incredible actor. He has a great range and is able to play outlandish "character actor" type roles while also showing reserve and nuance in others.

Must watch Asano films:

Maboroshi
Taboo
Last Life in the Universe
Mongol
The Taste of Tea
Zatoichi (2003)
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Ichi the Killer (not a good movie but uh... you will remember it)

 

[faridmon]

I never imagined myself for being way less excited for a Scorsese but this happened. The plot synopsis just screams boring.

 

[Discotheque]

i like andrew garfield but lol holy crap that's such a downgrade for the two leads.

i remember hyping this when i joined neogaf...lol. it's probably not even going to film. just move on to something else.

 

[Rydeen]

I never imagined myself for being way less excited for a Scorsese but this happened. The plot synopsis just screams boring.

It's interesting the plot is as boring as it is when the film could've been about the way more interesting story about a former black slave turned member of Oda Nobunaga's court. He was with similar Jesuit missionaries in Japan around the same time period.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

 

[overcast]

Man, Garfield for DDL hurts so bad.

 

[inm8num2]

Funding is secured and the movie is definitely happening.

The main takeaway here is that Scorsese now has full backing for his follow-up to the Oscar-nominated hit The Wolf Of Wall Street, in his longest-gestating project since Gangs Of New York. Said Scorsese: “I’ve wanted to make Silence for almost two decades, and it is finally a reality. It is heartening to have adventurous partners like Fabrica and SharpSword to work with on this picture.” Paramount will release domestically in 2016 with foreign markets distribution spearheaded by AI Films/IM Global.