oh yes, i love all the ads that Madonna has done for foreign markets... have you seen the one where she's with the elephant?!

 

Honey, soju is KOREAN! You mean sake, no? Commercial is speaking Japanese.

 

never seen the commercial with Madonna and elephant! send me the link hotlunch!

zocalo - soju is KOREAN yes and is rancid but this is SHOCHU which is a Japanese sake see this link

http://www.sake-world.com/html/shochu-awamori.html

 

hey movetothis, i was unable to find the ad online on YouTube, but i believe it's for a skin cream. i have it on video somewhere, you'll have to come by and i can find it for you! :)

 

here are some other ones though, you've probably seen them:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvVYCs3aX0M

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qObZCQh-0yY

 

wow! never saw the Mitsubishi ones! She must have made a killing doing those ads!

 

ok that's really confusing....here's what the link says:

While shochu has its roots in either China or Korea, probably having come across during trading...

Korea also makes shochu, although it is called soju in Korean. And, Korean producers got to the US with it first. As such, in US legalese, the product is known as shochu. As far as I know, all Japanese shochu will be legally referred to as soju in the US. It is, in essence, the same thing. Judge it on its flavor, not its label.

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I think Koreans would be horrified to read this, LOL.