Director | Mike Maguire |
Director | Kuntz & Maguire |
Director of Photography | Neil Shapiro |
Music | Pink Noise Music |
Editor | Carlos Arias |
Genre | Comedy |
Line Producer | Geoff Cornish |
Production Company | Rick Hess |
Production Company | Propaganda Films |
Country | USA |
Film Producer | |
Full Story | A japanese family embraces western hip hop linguistics. |
Notes | Trivia from the imdb: _This pilot is actually an American made parody of a Japanese TV show. There are several perhaps intentional mistakes in the pilot: The lable of the green coffee bag is upside down katakana, but only says jibberish. The news channel being shown is in Chinese, not Japanese. The actors are badly trying to hide their North American accent. The daughter is speaking Japanese in obvious North American accent. The crew listed in the credits all have American sounding names. They are just written in katakana. In the title, the city skyline is that of Downtown Los Angeles, with the old Transamerica (now SBC) building prominent._ |
Production costs | ca. US-$ 25,000 |
Set Location | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Sound Mix | Stereo |
Talent | David Fujino (Grandfather) |
Talent | Dawn Obokata (Mother) |
Talent | Ben Hur (Son) |
Talent | Peter Kosaka (Father) |
Talent | Mark Mills (Delivery Guy) |
Technical Specifications | colour - 35mm/1.85:1 |
The spoof sitcom is a parody of the Japanese perception of day-to-day doings of an American family, with an emphasis on the skewed emulation of a perceived black culture. Characters use the term "nigga" with unusual frequency and familiarity. The film appeared in numerous film festivals and also spread as an Internet phenomenon.