Sideways (2009 film) explained

Sideways
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none Kanji: サイドウェイズ L: Sideways
Director:	Cellin Gluck
Screenplay:	Uesugi Takayuki
Based On:	Sideways (2004)
Music:	Jake Shimabukuro
Cinematography:	Gary Waller
Editing:	Jim Munro
Studio:	Fuji TV
Distributor:	20th Century Fox
Runtime:	123 minutes
Budget:	$3 million^[1]
Gross:	$1.5 million^[2]

is a 2009 comedy-drama film directed by Cellin Gluck that is a remake of the 2004 Academy Award–nominated film Sideways. Unlike its predecessor that was set in the Santa Barbara wine country, it is primarily set in the Napa Valley wine region.^[1]

Plot

Michio Saito is a middle-aged Japanese screenwriter with little success. He is a former foreign student who returns to California to attend the wedding of his best friend, Daisuke Uehara, to an Alli, an American. Uehara is a former actor who has lived in California since college and is now a restaurant manager.^[3] Before the wedding, the two men take one last bachelor trip to the Napa Valley wine country,^{[1] [3]} where they meet a woman that Saito once tutored and admired, Mayuko Tanaka, and her barista friend, Mina Parker. Tanaka and Saito rekindle their acquaintance, and Parker and Uehara become romantically entangled.^[4]

Cast

The actors include:^{[4] [5]}

• Fumiyo Kohinata as Michio Saito
• Katsuhisa Namase as Daisuke Uehara
• Kyôka Suzuki as Mayuko Tanaka
• Rinko Kikuchi as Mina Parker
• Anna Easteden as Alli

Further reading

• Griffin . Jeffrey L. . Turning Japanese: From Sideways to Saidoweizu: An examination of the Japanese remake of a Hollywood film . Film International . Intellect . 12 . 4 . 2014-12-01 . 1651-6826 . 10.1386/fiin.12.4.84_1 . 84–98 . 5810894097.
• Kuipers . Richard . Sideways . Daily Variety . 2009-09-11 . 305 . 26 . 5 . 0011-5509.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ari . Karpel . 'Sideways' Returns, Uncorked for Japan . . March 19, 2009 . September 4, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180127093540/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/movies/22karp.html . January 27, 2018.
2. Web site: Sideways (2009) . . May 17, 2021.
3. Web site: Richard . Vine . Saidoweizu: the Japanese remake of Sideways and other unlikely films . the Guardian . 2014-04-27 . 2020-09-04.
4. Web site: Schilling . Mark . Sideways . The Japan Times . 2009-11-06 . 2020-09-04.
5. Web site: Saidoweizu (2009) - Full Credits . Turner Classic Movies . 2020-09-04 . 2020-09-04.