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I have been taking a little break to post my
writing recently because it is really wearing me out. I have my own company to
run but this writing is a really big job for me. And it is an even bigger job
than my everyday work. Hahaha. So if I spent my time for writing at the end of
week, I wouldn’t feel like I had a day off. You know what I mean?
But anyway, I know many people are visiting
my blog, so I felt obligation to post something.
I have just begun to write about “Why you
never can get any accurate information about Japan and East Asia as far as
relying on English language”
It takes so much time to collect
information and evidences to complete my writing.
In a meanwhile, I’m going to talk about
something else today.
You might not know this.
In Japan, one of the most wel-known and
preferred Hollywood movie stars is Clint Eastwood.
I am in 40s now. More than 20 years ago,
when I was in the US, I had an opportunity to talk to an American lady who was
probably in 60s.
I don’t clearly remember what was the
conversation we had because my English was way horrible than it is now. But I
clearly remember when the topic was about my favorite Hollywood movie star. I said
several stars such as Meg Ryan because she was on Japanese TV commercials all
the time and was one of the most preferred Hollywood figures back then. But
what really made me surprised most was the reaction from her when I said “Clint
Eastwood”. She immediately frawned and said “He is so mean!”
At that time, I didn’t know what “mean”
meant. After returning home, I checked it in my dictionary (There wasn’t
internet available back then) and found out what she meant. And I found myself
laughing a lot. I thought “How could she say that?”
Clint Eastwood was the most adored and
preferred Hollywood movie star in Japan. People in Japan were calling him “The
coolest Hollywood star” back then. I wasn’t expecting to see that kind of
negative reaction from the American lady which really made me surprised.
Right now, many satellite TV programs are
doing “Clint East Special” in Japan.
Entire month of July is dedicated for Clint
Eastwood movies.
When I was a kid, my father would tell me “Watch
this movie tonight. That’s a good one!” And most of them were western movies.
Especially those called “Macaroni western movies” were the greatest. “Macaroni”
meant Italian. Although the move was filmed as American movies, but they were
actually filmed in Italy so people in Japan called them “Macaroni (Italian) Western
movies”. Clint Eastwood was the representative of Macaroni Western movies.
His best macaroni western movies were “For
a few dollars more”, “The good the bad and the ugly”, and “A fistful of dollars”.
“A fistful of dollars” was a remake movie
of “Yojimbo” which was the hottest Samurai movie back then.
I also loved “Dirty Harry” series.
So I was going after Japanese swords and
pistols watching those movies when I was a kid.
I collected many model pistols and spent many
hours with those guns after school.
But the other day, (I think I was in junior
high school) after returning from school, I found all my collected guns were
gone. I felt like my life was over. And it turned out to be my mother was the
one who confiscated all my collections. And you know what? I could never see my collections again. Hahaha.
She was dead decades ago. I am sure she
dumped them. How cruel she was! Hahaha. “Where is human right? Where is my
right?” Hahaha.
Those were my treasures for 13 or 14 years
of my entire life! The most important things next to my life but she ruthlessly
dumped them! Hahaha.
I understand her feeling now. She wanted me
to spend my youth and passion for something else other than toy guns. I think
her decision was right.
Anyway, I recently bought gas air guns. See
the attached pictures.
These are my new collections. “Colt Peace Maker”
is the kind of gun I yearned after when I was a kid.
And I ordered a new one yesterday which is
silver color of the same gun. The price is about the same around $380. Plus an
option for walnut grip that cost about $35. So the total will be a little over
$400.
As I watch Clint Eastwood’s macaroni western
movies with those guns, I feel like my excitement is revived again when I was a
kid.
I didn’t notice it when I was a kid, but
Lee Van Cleef is as much of my favorite movie star as Clint Eastwood now.
Have a nice weekend!
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