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My Japanese Video Final from Highschool. Let the Embarrassment Begin.

Started by tofugu · 1 year ago

The other day I came across a copy of the video I made (with a few other folks) for my Japanese final at the end of high school. I’m probably wrong, but I feel like video finals in Japanese high school classes are very common. It’s something that links us all together somehow.

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69 comments

  • ken-chan

    1 year ago

    It could just be me, but did most of the part about training come from Kill Bill? I couldn't help but see similarities b/t Melvin and Pai Mei...
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    Yep, good observation. We were still a little hyped up from watching Vol. 2 a couple months earlier.
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    You dick.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    hahaha, good times, eh? Maybe this video will help us find Tom :P
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    I can't believe it's still there on Google Video....


    Best part is the mailbox scene.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    well, i re-added it to remove the credits at the end, but the old one was there until i took it down today.
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  • Jesse

    1 year ago

    I can see why your teacher gasped. Buddha getting shot and all.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    ah, i was thinking of Melvin, Great Warrior of the East. At least Buddha was attacking the guy :)
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  • Fredy

    1 year ago

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
    Oh man...
    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
    I honestly thought it was funny. Hahaha. Well the abridged version.
    Maybe I should just make a video. Maybe I'll do it while in Japan with the students I'll meet. Maybe me and my exchange family can make one. Hahaha.
    I also thought that was Viet before the video.
    I think my favorite thing was the decisions on the background music. Was that the Naruto theme I heard?
    As for videos, i never got to do something like that for Spanish and I was very disappointed because of it. We did a bunch of improve and those were hilarious. Some were really good and I wish I had a camera. My friends in their classes did little videos on various topics like food.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    It could be naruto music. I edited about half of it. Myself and Sean (listed in the credits) took turns throughout the night before it was due sleeping and editing. It was on his computer, which basically means I'd look for random music on his computer. Good times that was.
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  • randi

    6 months ago

    I do believe that was Naruto theme music.... god knows we heard it in all the not-very-important battle scenes in the filler episodes of the series...(thank our lucky stars for shippuuden)
    i also believe i detected a theme from Death Note...but people use the dramatic opera thing for a lot of stuff..
    loved the vid...totally awesome. well done! funny, it makes u appreciate mentos a lot more, even if u dont like them, like me!
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  • David

    1 year ago

    Your video is alright. It is very funny though.
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    Haha good seppuku reference. I guess you are still bitter that you and Sean couldn't replicated the awesomeness we did in our だんじり祭 presentation.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    Glad you caught the reference ;P
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    Maybe if the Tofugu audience is lucky, you'll show them your samurai business man video, too. Honestly, though, I think some things should be kept private, eh?
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  • Fitz

    1 year ago

    For the love of god keep that one in your HD... no internet... same goes to the Celeb Chef vid...
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    Ah, it is so tempting.
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  • 8Dhi

    1 year ago

    Those special effects were EPIC.

    I totally forgot how awesome and catchy those mentos commercials were * 0*
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  • Mizuu

    1 year ago

    仏はすごい馬鹿でした　XDDD
    That's the part I LMAO'd and couldn't stop laughing hard till the end.

    Oh, soetimes doing things "FOR TEH LULZ" is the best thing to do.
    Thanks for sharing!
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  • zattsu-ooru

    1 year ago

    Quick guestion for Tofugu;

    Do the Japanese get circumcised?










    P.S. ...nice video.
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    The usual answer to that question is no, not too commonly (especially not during infancy), but I have a feeling that it is becoming more popular among Japanese men. Why'd you want to know?
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  • zattsu-ooru

    1 year ago

    Just out of curiosity. I have no idea what's Asia's view on this matter. Never heard about it. Not mentioned in their history either. I sound like a pediatrician, don't i? The matter has recently sprung up in Greece too, that's how it got into my head.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    circumcision was a very 70s / 80s thing. even now it is becoming much less popular in the United States as well. It isn't very popular in much of the rest of the world, either, though there are definitely exceptions.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    by the way, super random. haha.
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  • Kitsune_the_Feytouched

    1 year ago

    Off hand, the best part for me was "The tree of Reisen"... Let's just say I was expecting a different Reisen. LOL. And finishing it off with the mentos... It's just sort of thrown in there as though you'd forgotton until the last moment that you were supposed to be making a commercial! Definately Epic!
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  • Rinrin

    1 year ago

    This had to be the best 19 minutes and thirty two seconds of mentos commercial I've ever seen.
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  • Vier

    1 year ago

    My friends made one, but not in high school.

    The Adventures of Jacket-san 2

    It's on google video, but I don't know how to link it. It references Densha Otoko and whatnot
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    You link by copy / pasting the URL, here it is, I'm gonna watch it now :)

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-555402...
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  • Bence

    1 year ago

    What a polite video.
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  • gueru

    1 year ago

    great soundtrack *o*
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  • WOTDsctoo

    1 year ago

    Awesome.

    We're actually in the process of writing the script for our movie in class now, but I don't think our fight scene is going to measure up to that. XD The Mortal Combat theme = win.
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  • Rua

    1 year ago

    *rotfl* XcD
    Sugar rush + ADD = this...

    Guns, guns, guns!
    Make the world go round.
    Explodes a lovely wonderful sound.
    Up in the air!
    Leaves holes everywhere.
    Guns, guns, guns!
    Are fun!

    Mommy!
    Daddy!
    May I have one please?
    So that I may massacre all my enemies.
    If I cannot have one I'll hold my breath.
    I just wanted to put bullets in my pet Duckie's head.

    "NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" O_O
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  • kevinnwhat

    1 year ago

    that was the freaking best thing ive ever seen. im sorry but that was more entertaining that all your previous tofugu videos, that was amazing, hahahahha i loved it.
    (im kidding your other tofugu vids are entertaining as well.)
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  • mmnessa

    1 year ago

    there's candy on the tree! lol. I dont understand why koichi thinks this video is ridiculous , in fact, I think he should make more videos like that....without trying so hard
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  • Chimiko

    1 year ago

    I think so too.

    That was brilliant Koichi, and I wonder, why was Viet where he was during those odd moments when we could see his leg/body/shirt sleeve..?

    I wish it was more colourful. At least at the end where he eats the Mentos XD;;. Great job though. Do more~ XD
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    The directors didn't know how to control their sets properly. They'll say otherwise, but that's what it boils down to.


    :P
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  • Fitz

    1 year ago

    Actually, its called small view finder that doesn't show all whats being recorded, and it was my first time using Adobe Premiere... so no cropping of the footage.

    Also if Viet wants to back me up on this... Koichi was the 5th man on this project, he wasn't even in the class, this was after he came back from a 9 month stay Japan. He helped to edit at one point, but I deleted it and remade the video, since he was just playing around with Premiere for a few hours. Granted he helped a ton with the Japanese dubbing, but besides acting, that's all he did. Just pray he doesn't show the Samurai Business Man video... his edited version is even longer and slower then this one.

    You can debunk whatever I just said, Koichi, since I really don't want this video to haunt me in California. Plus I don't think you want to lose face in front of your online fans. Please find better and newer material to vlog about. No more of this >.<
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    i dunno, i might have been "fifth man," but I came up with pretty much the entire story, edited a big chunk of it, and did a bunch of the directing. I was also technically in the class, though I was a "fifth year Japanese" student that just hung around with Jung in your class :)

    Samurai businessman wasn't even in Japanese, so I wouldn't show it here, and when you say "his edited version," you mean the "only edited version." If I remember correctly, you only edited one or two scenes :P

    Don't be so hard on yourself, everyone knows this was made a long time ago and was for a mere high school project. In fact, nobody would know who you were except for the fact you keep bringing attention to yourself, and have now given away a good 75% of your entire name. bwahaha.

    And I agree with viet, we didn't know how to control our set properly. It was your second video and my first, you can't expect the world
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    けんか、けんか！
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    Yes... けんか in SSBB!
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    Unfortunately, when I came home, I brought my Wii with me. Also, since I don't technically have internet (don't ask), I can't play online with you, boo. I held my own that one time, though. Oh my, look how itty bitty our comment boxes are getting.
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  • starboy55555

    1 year ago

    This video is awesome. I can't wait until your next one.
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  • keikan16

    1 year ago

    I think this is a great video for the first time. Most high school students wouldnt even bother trying. Watashi wa daisuki desu ( Hope I said that right )
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  • ghindo

    1 year ago

    I too had to do a video final for high school Japanese. Our premise was "What would life be like if you were a Gundam?" It's here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=uTwPXPCL8eM

    Another group did a "making of" for their project, which was cool.
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  • Tofugu_Erin

    1 year ago

    I was wondering when you were going to show up.
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  • jtiger

    1 year ago

    hehe.. when budda comes with the sword, he drops the sheet, but then the next second he is holding it again.. hehe xD nice video.. possible to text it? :P arigato gozaimasu!
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  • Digger

    1 year ago

    Best parts (in no particular order)

    1. Silly plot
    2. Budda coming out of mailbox
    3. Tree of Riesen
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  • paranoid

    1 year ago

    Seesmic video reply from Disqus.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    that would be fourth year high school - i was in a "special" class, so I didn't have to talk. I was the buddha guy.
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  • Zaywex

    1 year ago

    I liked the part where Melvin kept yelling 'おい,ばか' at Buddha. x)

    Oh, btw, we watch your videos in class. : )
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  • amy

    1 year ago

    i'm not sure why you keep saying you're embarrassed
    that was pretty good
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  • Fitzy

    1 year ago

    He should be embarrassed, I'm embarrassed. We do so much better work these days... granted it took a day to make this as I remember. Pretty good I guess for a 24 hour or so clock in.
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  • Ryuk

    1 year ago

    funny vid!

    My favorite part was when Buddha came out of the mail box with a sword!
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  • japaneseethan

    11 months ago

    well not as retarded as i though it would be
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  • libii

    10 months ago

    What the hell.... you guys got really cared away. Funny though. xDD
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  • Maciel

    10 months ago

    yeah Koichi it wasnt boring at all lol especially with all the fight secenes
    but melvin and buddah getting shot were the funniest parts
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  • Sarah N.

    10 months ago

    WOW. Now than ever, I wish that New Hampshire high schools taught Japanese. :P
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  • Sarah N.

    10 months ago

    now more than ever*...[/fail]
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  • mody-kun

    9 months ago

    LOL XD THIS FTW !!
    just wonderin ,, what role did u play? XD
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  • koichi

    9 months ago

    well, the only one that didn't show my face :)
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  • the knight who says ni

    7 months ago

    i just realized this was supposed to be YOUR high school video final but you didn't say a single word lol
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  • Fitz

    1 year ago

    I want to kill you... I pray people from California never see this.
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  • Evil P.O.'ed Fitz

    1 year ago

    By the way... guns do solve everything... especially this.
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    kekekekekekekekekekekekeke
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  • Fitz's poo poo butter

    1 year ago

    I know where you live, unlike everyone else... feces in mail >.>
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    you know my new address??
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  • Fitz

    1 year ago

    Ha, I like how you just now took it off facebook.
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  • Viet

    1 year ago

    Guns killed Melvin!!
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  • koichi

    1 year ago

    poor melvin! tomoko sensei freaked out on that part
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