Kaze Wo Atsumete
I was listening to the awe inspiring soundtrack for Lost in Translation today when I realised I was singing along to a track without having a clue what I was singing about so I decided to look up the lyrics for “Kaze Wo Atsumete” by Japanese folk band ‘Happy End‘ to see if I couldn’t find a translation. I wasn’t the only one who had this idea apparently 
Lost in Translation is an amazing film. The scene where Bob Harris is being filmed doing the commercial for Suntory Whisky is really funny and I always wanted to know what it was the director said when Bob was being coached for the camera and thanks to this website I can.
kase wo asumete
damn good
I feel that it is both important that you don’t know what Harris (Murray) is being told by the director in the Whisky commercial, and also essential and a credit to the film that you want to know. After all the film is called “Lost in Translation”. This also mirrors the unheard whisper to Charlotte (Jahanssen) as this is likewise “lost”.
“Kaze Wo Atsumete” appears only once as the backdrop to the iconic “head-on-shoulder” scene during their night out. This brief moment is possibly one of the most memorable of the film.
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