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7 Awesome Vidal Sassoon Promos You've Never Seen
Because they were big in Japan. To make a splash in the Japanese market, Vidal Sassoon recruited J-Pop queen Namie Amuro for an innovative ad campaign that sampled famous American songs.
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Video: Nicolas Cage’s Pachinko Commercials
So, Our friend Nicolas Cage once did downright insane ads in japan for Pachinko Machines. They are probably the most ridiculously hilarious things I’ve laid eyes on. I’ve said it once, and I’ll say it again. What the hell, Japan?!
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Video: James Brown Selling Miso Soup
Good gawd, break out the old button-ah, I feel good, like a cup 'o soup-ah! (via motherjones.tumblr.com)
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Video: Japanese Kids Freak Out
This may just be a commercial for McDonald's, but you just can't fake this kind of raw emotion. I need to find my metaphorical “Sponge Bob straw” in life.
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Video: Giga Pudding!
An epic commercial for Japanese pudding made in a bucket. Feel free to sing along with this one. No one will judge you.
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Video: Yay! Wristcutting!
This is how they sell razors in Japan. The fact that people can be this cute and happy DOES make me want to kill myself! So I guess the commercial worked.
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Video: How Sushi Is Made
This Japanese commercial really captures that insatiable craving for sushi I get sometimes. Watch until the end for an inventive new sexual position.
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Video: Japan Outdoes Itself (Again)
What is going on here? [Ed Note: I want some of those awesome hallucinogenic potato chips they're selling right now.]
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Epic Japanese Allergies Commercial
TV Buzz Japan deals with seasonal allergies MUCH more aggressively than America. (Via: Giagantor.)
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Video: Cheese Curry Commercial
If this Japanese commercial for instant cheese curry doesn't make you immediately want some, then you clearly don't much like instant cheese curry. (Via.)
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Video: “Very Smooth”
Via Degenerasian, a commercial that highlights the twin Japanese obsessions with being thorough and “very smooth”.
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Video: Rubberduckzilla
Just the sort of ad you would expect on Japanese TV, expect it's not on Japanese TV. It's crazy enough to make me want to drink Oasis (a Coca Cola Company product), which I don't really like - so job done by the advertisers then.
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Video: Bikini Body Bowling
This Japanese commercial for a hair removal product features The Greatest Sport That Never Was: bikini body bowling. Asian lady fetishists, time to polish your balls.
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Video: SoyJoy - More Japanese Commercial Weirdness
SoyJoy helps with constipation. I'm pretty sure that's what they're driving at.
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Video: Japanese Banana Man
A bizarre Japanese commercial for Dole bananas. Just think: if you lived in Japan, you'd actually want to watch the commercial breaks instead of flipping the channel.
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Video: Baby Mop Ad
Here's the video version of the baby mop in action. See how it cleans! From director Chris Milk, who also did that awesome Gnarls Barkley video.
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Video: How to Marry A Rich Foreigner
The moral of today's weird Japanese commercial: shocking a hospital patient will prevent you from marrying him. Otherwise, it's a diamond ring free-for-all. Shouldn't this be a Japanese game show already?
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Japander
Culture Buzz A site that compiles embarrassing Hollywood celebrity endorsements of Japanese products. If only the commercials on American television could be this bizarre and awkward.
