| Number Ten Blues ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン Tình-khúc thứ mười | |
| Director: | Lưu Bạch Đàn[1] |
| Starring: | Yūsuke Kawazu Thanh Lan |
| Music: | Toshiaki Tsushima |
| Cinematography: | Shiizuka Akira |
| Editing: | Ohashi Nobuyo |
| Distributor: | Presario Corporation NHK |
| Runtime: | 97 minutes |
| Country: | Japan South Vietnam |
| Language: | Japanese Vietnamese English |
Number Ten Blues[2] (Japanese: ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン, Chinese: link=no|第十藍調, Vietnamese: Đệ-thập lam-điệu) or Goodbye Saigon (Japanese: サヨナラ・サイゴン, Chinese: link=no|告别西貢, Vietnamese: Giã-biệt Sài-gòn) is a 1975 Japanese 35mm fujicolor film directed by . This movie, shot between December 1974 and April 1975, remained unfinished and was considered lost for many years. It was finally completed and released in 2013.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Saigon in February 1975, during the final stage of the Vietnam War, there is another story of love and violence. Japanese businessman Sugimoto (Yūsuke Kawazu) accidentally kills a Vietnamese man. He loses all title and social status that supported his wealthy position in Vietnam. He decides to escape from Vietnam. He heads North on the military road under battle conditions, with his lover, Lan (Thanh Lan), and Taro, who is the half-blood son of an ex-Japanese soldier and a Vietnamese woman since World War II. Who knows what awaits them: is it liberation or total catastrophe?
24 January 2013 : International Film Festival Rotterdam
2 August 2013 : Fantasia International Film Festival
14 September 2013 :
5 October 2013 : War on Screen International Film Festival 15 November 2013 :
23 March 2014 : Offscreen Film Festival
12 April 2014 : Anaheim Viet Film Fest
30 May 2014 : Frankfurt Nippon Connection FestivalThis never-shown film was found in the basement of the National Film Center in Tokyo. Completely shot in Vietnam over 850 kilometers in the midst of the war. Location is Huế, Hải Vân Gorge, Road No. 1, Long Hải and Saigon.