
This subway poster caught my attention. I don’t now what is more impressive: the immaculately teased hair, the strange expressions, the apparent lasciviousness, or the vision of one never-ending series of detached heads. The ad is for Lotte’s Acuo, perhaps a breath mint. Maybe my dear readers can identify the model?
Hana Kimi’s Toma Ikuta for 50points!
The name of the company is “Lotte,” which specializes in breath mint, gum, etc. Their famous sales tag is: お口の恋人ロッテ、which means “Lotte, the lover of your mouth.” Yes, it sounds a bit dirty in English.
You can see three different commercials related to this ad:
http://www.lotte.co.jp/products/brand/acuo/cm.html
I guess, the actor’s name is Ikuta Tohma 生田斗真–am I wrong?!
thanks, dean, for the rapid fire identification. Hana Kimi sounds like a fun drama.
and, kankuro, thank you for pointing to the TV ad link. the first one, where the young Johnny’s boy forces his male teacher to witness his long-lasting good breath, is bizarre and sexually inappropriate.