Number Ten Blues ( ja, ナンバーテン・ブルースさらばサイゴン, zh, link=no, 第十藍調, vi, Đệ-thập lam-điệu) or Goodbye Saigon ( ja, サヨナラ・サイゴン, zh, link=no, 告别西貢, vi, Giã-biệt Sài-gòn) is a 1975 Japanese

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film directed by . 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. ''ナンバーテン・ブルースさらばサイゴン''、インターネット・ムービー・データベース、2014年5月8日閲覧。 ''ナンバーテン・ブルースさらばサイゴン''、 KINENOTE, 2014年5月8日閲覧。 ''ナンバーテン・ブルースさらばサイゴン''、 allcinema, 2014年5月8日閲覧。ベトナム戦争渦中で撮影された日本映画、37年ぶりにフィルムが発見され公開へ
��シネマトゥデイ、2013年2月5日付、2014年5月8日閲覧。

Plot

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in February 1975, during the final stage of the

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, there is another story of love and violence. Japanese businessman Sugimoto (

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) accidentally kills a

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man. He loses all title and social status that supported his wealthy position in

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. He decides to escape from Vietnam. He heads

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on the military road under battle conditions, with his lover, Lan (

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), and Taro (), who is the half-blood son of an ex-Japanese soldier and a

woman since

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. Who knows what awaits them: is it liberation or total catastrophe?

Production

Art

* Type : Action, adventure, crime, mystery, suspense *

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: Presario Corporation * Music :

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* Theme song ''Paces of the rosy love'' (Bước tình hồng) by Nguyễn Trung Cang, with

's singing

Cast

... ''Toshio Sugimoto - Japanese businessman'' *

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/ref> ... ''Lan - Saigonnese singer'' * ... ''Taro - Sugimoto's partner'' * Tú Trinh ... ''Hạnh'' * Hidekazu Kikuchi ... ''Ota'' *

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* Cao Huỳnh ... ''Huân'' * Đoàn Châu Mậu ... ''Trần - Godfather'' * Bảo Lâm * Tùng Lâm

Awards

* 24 January 2013 :

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* 2 August 2013 :

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* 14 September 2013 : * 5 October 2013 : War on Screen International Film Festival * 15 November 2013 : * 23 March 2014 : Offscreen Film Festival * 12 April 2014 :

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Viet Film Fest * 30 May 2014 :

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Nippon Connection Festival

Reception

This never-shown film was found in the basement of the

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in Tokyo. Completely shot in

over 850 kilometers in the midst of the war. Location is

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, Hải Vân Gorge,

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, Long Hải and

References

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Behind scenes of ''Goodbye Saigon''
- Lê Quang Thanh Tâm (Saigon Screen)
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– 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
– 映連データベース（日本映画製作者連盟）
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– ロッテルダム国際映画祭 {{in lang, nl
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archive) – 公式ウェブサイト * ''Goodbye Saigon'' at the Viet Film Fest
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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''

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