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From: danb@tesla.UUCP (Dan Blumenthal)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: VOLUNTEERS  - that Wantanabe guy
Message-ID: <602@tesla.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 2-Sep-85 01:51:28 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep  2 01:51:28 1985
Date-Received: Mon, 2-Sep-85 16:41:58 EDT
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In article <629@usl.UUCP> jla@usl.UUCP (Joe Arceneaux) writes:
>In article <2545@vax4.fluke.UUCP> moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>> credit MUST be given Gedde Watanabe, who plays Hanks' interperter and
>> general sidekick, and may have most of the really funny lines in the movie
>> (with his high, accented voice, even an cast-off joke can be pretty
>> humourous).  Between Watanabe, Candy and Hanks, the last half hour goes very
>
>I agree. This guy (Watanbe) is great!  I'm sure I've seen him in other stuff,
>can anyone remember?  Was he the undercover man who gets blown away in 
>"Year of the Dragon?"
>

I remember him as the Chinese exchange student in Sixteen Candles -
Long Duck Dong was his character's name. 

He was great in Volunteers, but 16 Candles didn't give him much of a role.

Dan B

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