Noto Railway and Tommy Lee Jones- Suntory Boss Can Coffee CM

[bikkuri bahn]

This time Tommy is a station master:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSY40OZJZP4

 

Location is Noto Nakajima station.

[CaptOblivious]

I love these Tommy Lee Jones ads. This billboard will be totally finding a home on my layout.

 

http://www.travelpod.com/travel-photo/fxdacat/1/1258130355/tommy-jones-in-a-lot-of-ads-for-boss-coffee.jpg/tpod.html

[cteno4]

These are great! I'll have to add the videos to the video board for the layout and make some billboards.

 

So what gives with tommy in japan? Is it he just personifis the guy in charge?

 

Thanks

 

Jeff

[marknewton]

Hmm. Seems it doesn't matter where you go in the world, most TV ads are 'ken stupid. 

 

Cheers,

 

Mark.

[bikkuri bahn]

So what gives with tommy in japan? Is it he just personifis the guy in charge?

 

He plays an alien visiting earth incognito (more or less), and working in various everyman's jobs, making observations about human character.  I also like this commercial, parodying the NHK series "Project X" (btw excellent series, including one about the dvpt.of the Shinkansen).  Here he plays a tunnel worker, who gets to detonate the last portion of excavation:

 

[cteno4]

ahh i see there is a bigger plot. kind of funny him always playing such a good ole southern boy then trying to be japanese! hard to not hear him with a souther drawl in his japanese!

 

thanks

 

jeff

[miyakoji]

 

He plays an alien visiting earth incognito (more or less), and working in various everyman's jobs, making observations about human character.  I also like this commercial, parodying the NHK series "Project X" (btw excellent series, including one about the dvpt.of the Shinkansen).  Here he plays a tunnel worker, who gets to detonate the last portion of excavation:

 

 

Looks like Osugi Ren there as well.  That's great, after all it's like national law or something that he's in everything.

[bikkuri bahn]

Just saw this recently on TV, the latest in the long running series featuring Tommy Lee Jones as the alien "Jones" observing the triumphs and travails of human existence. Hokkaido Shinkansen and enka singers Ishikawa Sayuri and Kitajima Saburo, long associated with this region, either by song or origin, or both.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=f78fvddOiKk

[cteno4]

Guess he is still popular! love the head butt!

 

jeff

 

moved to the original thread.

Edited February 8, 2016 by cteno4

[JR 500系]

So I assume Boss can coffee will be sold on board H5 eh?  :)

 

Seriously I wonder how strong that head-butt is to make all that snow fall.....  

[bikkuri bahn]

So I assume Boss can coffee will be sold on board H5 eh? 

 

Maybe.  Certainly at the station kiosk or vending machines.  Personally, the hot coffee served from a trolley wagon thermos would be better.