Yusuke Santamaria Calls for Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. Sequel at Odaiba Event
Yusuke Santamaria told a stage greeting at United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba on the 30th that he wants another Bayside Shakedown film, saying the real Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. starts next time.
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Why it matters
The sequel signal here came from the cast, not from an announcement, and the terms Santamaria set were about tone: serious scenes at about a 6:4 ratio against the rapid-fire comedy the film leans on.
Key Facts
- The stage greeting for Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Run Through the Metropolis was held on the 30th at United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba.
- Yusuke Santamaria said the real Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. starts next time and called for a sequel.
- Santamaria asked for serious scenes at a ratio of about 6:4 in any next film.
- Producer Chihiro Kameyama, screenwriter Ryoichi Kimizuka and director Katsuyuki Motohiro worked together on the film.
- Santamaria reprises Masayoshi Mashimo in the first new installment in 14 years.
The event thanked fans for Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Run Through the Metropolis, now in theaters. Miki Mizuno and Takahisa Masuda appeared as the Mashimo family, with Akapen Takigawa as MC. Santamaria also joked that the film's first 30 minutes run long.
Producer Chihiro Kameyama, screenwriter Ryoichi Kimizuka and director Katsuyuki Motohiro worked together again on Run Through the Metropolis. The television series began in 1997. In the film, Yuji Oda's Shunsaku Aoshima has been assigned to the First Investigation Division of the Metropolitan Police Department's Criminal Investigation Bureau. Santamaria, back as Masayoshi Mashimo in the first new installment in 14 years, apologized in his closing greeting for goofing around more than usual, then listed sequel requests until Takigawa cut him off: fewer rapid-fire comedy routines, serious scenes at roughly 6:4, the Mashimo family included. He asked fans to support the film when that time comes.
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- Cinema Today 『踊る大捜査線』続編、“真下”ユースケ・サンタマリアも意欲「本当のN.E.W.は次回から」