Came to Spain in the 90s ‘Yellow mood’, A Japanese show in which competitors dare the most diverse physical tests that could cost them their teeth (or honor): crossing a pond of fake stones, surviving a suspension bridge hit by balls, jumping down a waterfall. a bowl… The ‘spectacle’ is not only bursting with laughter from the blows of the participants, but also funny dubbing to Castile made by comedians Juan Herrera and Miguel Angel Coll, it had nothing to do with the original version. A few months ago the program was revived on Japanese television, and it arrived in Spain this Monday, July 10. Amazon Prime Videoalthough with a new name: “Takeshi’s Castle” (referring to its creator, filmmaker Takeshi Kitano).
“The essence remains the same, that part remains surrealism and the absurd“, comments Daniel Roviraresponsible for dubbing this new version Eva Soriano and Jorge Ponce. “Both the ’90s show and the show now are some bullshit that people fell for and we joked about. What they changed is names like ‘yellow humor’ and “Chinese Cudeiro”That doesn’t mean they’re terrible, but that they’re from another era,” adds Ponce. javier varela.
The new dubbing trio recreates the legendary expressions of the “show”. ‘Clam’ and battle cry “Nougat!”which appear in some scripts that pass rounds, but that they also change on the fly. “We had some great jokes in the text, but we didn’t want to lose what came to mind at the time,” admits Ponce. Backed by two of their predecessors, the comedians joked, “It’s important to improvise to offend, and we humiliate ourselves a lot. And it has to come from the heart.”
Japanese contestants… and Spanish
Fernando Costilla and Paco BravoReturning to Cuatro in 2006, the program gave the voices of two reporters who called it ‘Yellow Humor’, now interviewing the contestants. Japanese (some dressed up and even wearing thongs), but there are a few westerners too. even some Spaniards residents of that country who signed up for the ‘squad selection’ and dared to pass the tests.
According to Rovira, these are the real secrets of the success of this “show”. “90% of the credit goes to what’s on the screen. For me, Japanese is very similar to Spanish. joke. They have an ancient culture of respect, but at their core there is something of a constant bachelor party and they sign off on whatever needs to be done. That’s a great attitude and don’t think that everyone in Spain laughs like that or will do all that”, comments the hero of “Ocho apellidos vascos”.
Spanish version of “Takeshi’s Castle” also includes “streamer” Mr. Jaggerdisguised as the general giving speeches to the contestants, with the music duo nuns comeDeveloping the theme of the show and creating a song for each of the eight episodes filled with his own unique humor, Dr. Also, the actor Luis Tosar attends an episode that reads a poem to the show’s great hero: the host.
Source: Informacion
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