“We were all really aware and wanted to make it super inclusive and international,” said Leitch, who directed “Deadpool 2” and “Atomic Blonde” and served as an executive producer on two “John Wick” movies. Yet even in Isaka’s novel there are Western references: One of the assassins is obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine, a detail that is preserved in the movie.
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“People who haven’t necessarily seen the movie will be surprised to find out that the plot pretty much kind of is about the Japanese characters and their story lines getting that resolution,” Olkewicz said, though the characters aren’t at the center of the film. David Inoue, the executive director of the Japanese American Citizens League, told AsAmNews that “this movie seeks to affirm the belief that Asian actors in the leading roles cannot carry a blockbuster, despite all the recent evidence indicating otherwise, beginning with ‘ Crazy Rich Asians ’ and extending to ‘ Shang-Chi.’”ĭavid Leitch, the director of “Bullet Train,” and its screenwriter, Zak Olkewicz, said they wanted to preserve some of the novel’s most important characters - three generations of one Japanese family. There have already been complaints in the Asian American media about whitewashing, though the cast of “Bullet Train” includes Black, Latino and Japanese actors. Unlike global phenomena from South Korea like “ Squid Game” and “ Parasite,” Japan has enjoyed art-house acclaim for films like the recent Oscar winner “ Drive My Car” and the Cannes Palme d’Or-anointed “ Shoplifters,” but rarely international box office success. Despite the popularity of manga graphic novels and anime cartoons outside Japan, few live-action movies or television shows with all-Japanese casts have become international hits in recent years. Turning Isaka’s novel into an American-style action movie with a mixed cast from the United States, Britain and Japan was part creative license, part business decision. “It’s not like I understand that much about Japan, either.” “I don’t have any feeling of wanting people to understand Japanese literature or culture,” Isaka said.
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