From left: German actor Daniel Brühl, Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, retired Japanese baseball slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara, and film director Ron Howard pose after cracking open a sake barrel at a press conference to promote the film "Rush" at Roppongi Hills on Tuesday. The movie, which opens in Japan on Feb 7, tells the story of the 1970s Formula One rivalry between James Hunt (Hemsworth) and Niki Lauda (Bruhl). Hemsworth, making his first visit to Japan, is also promoting "Thor: The Dark World."
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daisan
6 months is the norm now? they had the chance to release this at the time of the japanese grand prix last year but no, and what about at least choosing someone related to the sport to promote it? not of course
IronBeard
This is already available to buy and rent on the UK iTunes store. Why would I pay to go and see it in the cinema?
theResident
@IronBeard: If you're Japanese , don't speak English and need the subtitles you would. You may have spotted you are on a website called 'Japan Today'.
sighclops
What the hell does this guy have to do with the movie OR F1 in general? He's just some baseball has-been!
Japanese marketing at its finest!
jinjapan
the japanese marketing that is weird to us, works well for its attended audience. the japanese !
kaimycahl
Wow Oppie in Japan that's pretty far from May berry! I'm sure he will see many Barney Fifes!!