Brad Pitt serves a sumo in Softbank's spots

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In the grand tradition of Americans doing wacky Asian ads, Brad Pitt is back with a few more commercials for Japan’s Softbank. In the new spots, directed by Spike Jonze, Pitt plays a personal assistant to sumo champ Musashimaru. The tagline is, “Serving you in any way necessary,” which in Pitt’s case involves Pitt feeding sushi to the 520-pound Samoan (in the ad above) and daintily carrying him when his shoe breaks (in the ad below).

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