Number Ten Blues

Number Ten Blues (Japanese: ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン, Chinese: 第十藍調, Vietnamese: Đệ-thập lam-điệu) or Goodbye Saigon (Japanese: サヨナラ・サイゴン, Chinese: 告别西貢, Vietnamese: Giã-biệt Sài-gòn) is a 1975 Japanese 35mm fujicolor film directed by Norio Osada. 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.

Number Ten Blues ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン Tình-khúc thứ mười
Directed by	Norio Osada Lưu Bạch Đàn
Written by	Norio Osada
Produced by	Shōichi Amino
Starring	Yūsuke Kawazu Thanh Lan
Cinematography	Shiizuka Akira
Edited by	Ohashi Nobuyo
Music by	Toshiaki Tsushima
Distributed by	Presario Corporation NHK
Release date	2013 (2013)
Running time	97 minutes
Countries	Japan South Vietnam
Languages	Japanese Vietnamese English

Plot

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 (Kenji Isomura), 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?

The 20th-century was marked by war and turbulence. As the Vietnam War sunk deeper into morass, another story of love and violence played out. Japanese were ecstatic to be thought of at the time as 'No. 1' in the world. By contrast, 'No. 10' signaled the opposite meaning.

Production

Art

• Type : Action, adventure, crime, mystery, suspense
• Studio : Presario Corporation
• Music : Toshiaki Tsushima
• Theme song Paces of the rosy love (Bước tình hồng) by Nguyễn Trung Cang, with Thanh Lan's singing

Cast

• Yūsuke Kawazu ... Toshio Sugimoto - Japanese businessman
• Thanh Lan ... Lan - Saigonnese singer
• Kenji Isomura ... Taro - Sugimoto's partner
• Tú Trinh ... Hạnh
• Hidekazu Kikuchi ... Ota
• Eiichi Kikuchi
• Cao Huỳnh ... Huân
• Đoàn Châu Mậu ... Trần - Godfather
• Bảo Lâm
• Tùng Lâm

Awards

• 24 January 2013 : International Film Festival Rotterdam
• 2 August 2013 : Fantasia International Film Festival
• 14 September 2013 : Fukuoka International Film Festival
• 5 October 2013 : War on Screen International Film Festival
• 15 November 2013 : Osaka European Film Festival
• 23 March 2014 : Offscreen Film Festival
• 12 April 2014 : Anaheim Viet Film Fest
• 30 May 2014 : Frankfurt Nippon Connection Festival

Reception

This 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.

See also

• Fall of Saigon
• Vietnam War

External links

• ナンバーテンブルース さらばサイゴン / Number Ten Blues on Facebook
• Number Ten Blues at IMDb
• Behind scenes of Goodbye Saigon - Lê Quang Thanh Tâm (Saigon Screen)
• ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン – 日本映画情報システム （文化庁）
• ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン – 映連データベース （日本映画製作者連盟）
• ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン – 東京国立近代美術館フィルムセンター
• ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン – 日本映画データベース
• Number Ten Blues – ロッテルダム国際映画祭 (in Dutch)
• number10blues.com(archive) – 公式ウェブサイト
• Goodbye Saigon at the Viet Film Fest 1 2
• Goodbye Saigon – Phim truyện màu công chiếu khắp thế giới
• Tài tử Thanh Lan đến Nhật : Bộ phim Goodbye Saigon đoạt Audience Award 2013
• Vocalist Thanh Lan with movie Goodbye Saigon
• Goodbye Saigon in singer Thanh Lan's memory