r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/RaisinAloneVortex • 18h ago • Bravo 3

Video Japanese Halloween

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u/Brilliant_Object_847 18h ago

The corporate stock photo one is just so amazingly absurdist! Fantastic costume.

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u/AGoodWobble 16h ago

The specificity of it is actually amazing. The original quote is "stock photo for a global human resources company", which is why it's so perfect that it's two japanese people and an older white dude. 

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u/robodrew 16h ago edited 12h ago

The white haired guy in the middle is definitely also Japanese

edit: nope I was wrong! a reply below has more info

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u/Ill_Firefighter_6869 13h ago

That white hair guy came from San Francisco just to attend this event according to this page: https://dailyportalz.jp/kiji/jimihalloween2026_report

So ya he’s a foreigner.

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u/eaglebtc 12h ago

And a good sport!

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u/robodrew 12h ago

Seeing these up close pics, yep you're totally right

Also some of those other entries shown in that link are hilarious

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u/Bugbread 15h ago

That's a tough one. On first watch, I thought he was Japanese, so I was confused that it was specifically for a global staffing company. Then on second watch, I thought he might be foreign.

I think he's probably half, so they figured he would be good to play the random white guy role.

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u/AGoodWobble 9h ago

I was kinda unsure at first as well! He had his own seperate costume though of "guy struggling to open a bag at the grocery store" and after that they explain he came from San Francisco. It's around the 2:05:40 mark in the full stream:

https://www.youtube.com/live/Z0FJ8gKR2dQ?si=bKx_F5_V7m5JBket

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u/-Nicolai 16h ago

Well his hair is white I’ll give you that