[J-ENT] Harrison Ford on “SmapxSmap”

In a column by Chris Betros for Japanfiles.com, Betros writes, “Did anyone see Harrison Ford being wined and dined by pop group SMAP on Fuji TV last Monday night? During the popular program, “SMAP x SMAP,” which runs from 10 p.m., guests appear on the BistroSmap segment where the boys cook for their visitor and perform silly skits and parodies, usually of the movie that the star is in Japan to promote.”

“Ford was good-natured about it all. First they asked him what he would like to eat. He requested robata cuisine, and while his dinner was being cooked, he engaged in idle talk with maitre d’ Masahiro Nakai. To keep him entertained, Shingo Katori, in Indy Jones get-up, spoofed “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” and in particular, that scene where Indiana Jones is chased by a big boulder through a cave. It must have been a walk down memory lane for the 65-year-old Ford as they also showed film clips from his “Star Wars” days, the first three Indiana Jones films and “The Fugitive,” before introducing his latest film, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.” Finally, it was time for dinner, and Ford – with the help of veteran interpreter and screen subtitler Natsuko Toda – dug in, pronouncing the food “very good” over and over. At one point, Katori cracked his whip after asking a startled Ford what he thought of the food.”

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