Odoru daisosasen the movie 2: Rainbow Bridge wo fuusa seyo! (2003)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Katsuyuki Motohiro

Writer:

Ryôichi Kimizuka (writer)

Release Date:

19 July 2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Crime | Action | Comedy

Tagline:

Rainbow Bridge wo Fuusaseyo!

Plot Keywords:

Local Blockbuster | Sequel | Yokohama Japan | Based On TV Series | Detective

Awards:

4 wins & 11 nominations

Cast

Yûji Oda	...	Shunsaku Aoshima
Toshirô Yanagiba	...	Shinji Muroi
Eri Fukatsu	...	Sumire Onda
Miki Mizuno	...	Yukino Kashiwagi
Yusuke Santamaria	...	Masayoshi Mashita
Sôichirô Kitamura
Takehiko Ono
Akira Saito
Kenta Satoi
Susumu Kobayashi
Masahiro Komoto
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kazuyoshi Hayashi
Chosuke Ikariya	...	Heihachiro Waku
Ryûnosuke Kamiki	...	Pickpocket Family: Son
Kôtarô Koizumi	...	Koike
Ayaka Komatsu	...	High School Girl #1
Shigemitsu Ogi
Takashi Okamura
Hiroshi Ôkôchi
Chisako Takashima

Also Known As:

Bayside Shakedown 2 (International: English title)
Odoru daisosasen 2 (Japan) (short title)
Odoru daisosasen 2: Bayside Shakedown 2 (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:128 min | Japan:138 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Singapore:NC-16

Filming Locations:

Tokyo, Japan

Company:

Fuji Television Network

Trivia:

With a gross of $158 million, this was worldwide the most successful film of 2003 that wasn't in the English language.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Kôshônin Mashita Masayoshi (2005)

Pretty good sequel! They're back and working together again as an entire team.

The same cast is back with a much bigger budget with their success on the first blockbuster movie! You can tell right off the start they spent a lot of money on this. It has the same style as the first with yet another awesome title intro and music score. I thought it was well crafted and much bigger than most Hollywood movies. I believe this movie was out in theaters in Japan while Battle Royale 2 was. And I can see why this movie was #1 and Battle Royale 2 was lower down the rank. Battle Royale 2 was a major disappointment, and was stressing to watch with the constant screaming and random shooting, a total Saving Private Ryan rip-off, and ridiculous ending! Well, I guess that is a totally different review but I can see why this movie was #1, as it was MUCH MORE enjoyable to watch. The pace of the movie moves pretty fast. I wanted to see more! But it had to end. The story wasn't completely mind blowing but it definitely had its moments and kept me focus all the way to the end. I don't know why but I actually got a bit teary in this one scene!

What was sort of a letdown was the criminals in this one did not stand out much. The idea of the criminal type was cool but I expected them to do more and be a little more strong and threatening. But this is more of a comedy so I guess they can't really go deep into that direction? Well, comedy and drama is a hard mix but they do a pretty good job.

If you plan on watching this movie with English subtitles, just be warned, they aren't done that great. Especially the subtitles in one scene, I guess isn't much of a big deal there, but the subtitles says apples when it's really suppose to be pear! That mistake stood out the most but there were others.

Bayside Shakedown 2 has an awesome soundtrack, fun and likable cast, great cinematography, and it's just a fun movie to watch that is not to be taken so seriously. It is mainly a comedy after all, not the "Dumb and Dumber" kind though. The making of the film was quite interesting to watch too!

Definitely worth a watch, especially if you've seen the first one.

Overall Rating: 7/10