Number Ten Blues

Number Ten Blues^[2] (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  [Wikidata]. 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.^{[3][4][5][6][7]}

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 ( [Wikidata]), 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 :
• Music : Toshiaki Tsushima
• Theme song Paces of the rosy love (Bước tình hồng) by , with Thanh Lan's singing

Cast[]

Awards[]

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

References[]

• 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 - (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^{[permanent dead link]} – 映連データベース （）
• ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン –
• ナンバーテン・ブルース さらばサイゴン^{[permanent dead link]} –
• Number Ten Blues – (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