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Made in Korea

posted 12 years ago by lovethathat
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I'm not Japanese, so I'm not sure if the fact that Bae Doona is Korean is relevant to the story. I thought it might be a joke about the quality of the doll, i.e. a cheaper version that comes from Korea.
If you are from Japan, does Bae sound Korean? In the film her bf asks her where she got her Osaka accent from (clearly she got that from her 'owner', Hideo). I wasn't sure whether this meant that Nozomi sounds to the Japanese audience like a person from Osaka, or does she sound like a foreigner who has a bit of an Osakan accent?

[–] aweary11 12 years ago

Bae Doona is a Korean actress that has become popular in Japan. I don't think that the fact that she is Korean has anything to do with her role in the film. In the part where she uses the Osaka accent she mimics Hideo, like she mimics others throughout the film. She only uses the Osaka accent at that part (ending the sentence with 'yaro' instead of 'da' or 'desu') and speaks like a person from Tokyo during the rest of the film.

[–] lovethathat 12 years ago

Interesting, thanks.
That just goes to show how talented she is. In Linda Linda Linda Bae played the role of a Korean in Japan struggling with the language. Four years later she is affecting an Japanese accent that sound convincing to the Japanese audience.

[–] oregondanne 11 years ago

I think part of the reason she was cast was to make the doll a tad more exotic. Bae definitely speaks with a Korean accent, but not a strong one. As people can't really identify it it makes her more mysterious. Regarding cheaper quality, I'd say the opposite! Korean women have an image (even in Japan) of being very beautiful, and Bae is certainly not an exception.

[–] tjanatjanadude 11 years ago

Bae Doona being Korean has nothing to do with her role in the film! She got the role because she is such a brilliant outstanding actress.