Veteran actor Jack Nicholson, who has not visited Japan in 14 years, jokes
about the Japanese subtitle for his latest film "The Bucket List"
during a film promotion event in Tokyo, Japan.

TOKYO, JAPAN (APRIL 30, 2008) REUTERS -

 Three-time Oscar winner Jack Nicholson attended a film promotion
event in Tokyo on Wednesday (April 30) in time for the Japan opening of his
latest film "The Bucket List," starring Nicholson and Morgan
Freeman.
    "We always have this problem you know when you go to a foreign
country," said Nicholson, who hasn't visited Japan in 14 years, when his
interpreter told him that the Japanese subtitle for the film is "How To
Find A Best Life."
    "I often think that a foreign or exotic term, it's like 'Rashomon'
is a word in English, how they didn't have to change the title, and so I'm
always sort of against changing the title, but it's not my job," added
Nicholson as the reporters broke into laughter.
    Nicholson and Freeman, both Oscar winners, both in their 70s and
champions of their craft, play cancer patients, who share the same cramped
hospital room and same incurable disease, looking to live their last days to
the fullest.
    The film opened in the U.S. on January 11 and has sold 19.5 million
U.S. dollars worth of tickets during the first three days of the opening
weekend.    
    Nicholson plays the millionaire owner of a hospital chain whose motto
is two patients to every room. He then gets trapped into a friendship with
Freeman, the black owner of a garage, who had to drop out of college early to
support his family, when the two are assigned the same room.
    Freeman's character has the idea of making a "bucket list" of
all the things he'd like to do before dying and Nicholson finances the trip
for both of them as their friendship blossoms.
    Though Nicholson claims he does not have an actual "Bucket
List," he mentioned that he would like to have "one last big
romance" and other wishes to be included.
    "I thought in the shower today it'd been many political things I'd
like but of course I'm not in control of that," Nicholson told reporters
noting that he would also like for the "muslim-muslim conflicts" to
end. "I'd like to see my children graduate from college, you know regular
things," he added.
    Nicholson has recently assembled some of his more famous film roles in
an Internet video endorsing U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary
Clinton that has been viewed more than 1 million times.
    The video uses clips of the three-time Oscar winner in movies like
"Chinatown" and "The Shining" to praise Clinton's
health-care plan and ability to lead the country at a time of war.