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Boss Coffee 'Zeitaku Marathon' Commercial Preview Clip

Here's a preview clip of the commercial I was in a couple of weeks ago. I'm number 808. The actual commercial starts at 3:16, although this is apparently just a short version. Click photo for video.

Some still photos are also available here. That's me on the left in the bottom picture.

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