Ken Watanabe Praises Tom Cruise's DIGGER Ahead Of Japan Opening
Watanabe's comment arrives in the same window as a promotional video built from the film's sharply divided overseas reviews, which puts a known Cruise collaborator in front of Japanese audiences before Cruise and Inarritu land in the country.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Ken Watanabe has released a comment on DIGGER, the Tom Cruise film directed by Alejandro G. Inarritu that opens in Japan on October 9. Watanabe, who saw it early, wrote that he traded blows with the film for 129 minutes with no guard up and was completely knocked out. The film opened in the U.S. on October 2, and Cruise and Inarritu are due in Japan from October 5 to 7.
The two have worked together since The Last Samurai in 2003, and Watanabe watched the film before its Japanese release. His comment is a short one: Tom got me. Trading blows for 129 minutes with no guard up, I was completely knocked out. You're amazing, Tom!!
Cruise has described the role as one he needed 40 years to be able to play. A new spot video cuts between opposing reactions, including masterpiece and unpleasant, greatest and bewildering, closing on the line that the same film looks different to each viewer. Cruise and Inarritu are in Japan from October 5 to 7.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Cinema Today 渡辺謙「凄いぜトム!!」盟友トム・クルーズ『DIGGER／ディガー』を絶賛！