Everything I watch is either rented from Tsutaya, either in Shinjuku or
Shibuya, or sent over from HK or Korea. I only really buy stuff if I am
lucky enough to chance on something I really want in the secondhand chain
Book Off - the better branches of these tend to be in the bigger more
surburban areas like Tachikawa, Kichijouji or Machida- perhaps not worth
going out of your way for, but always worth a look if there's one near
by.<BR>But agreed, a region free player is essential. Start planning your
trip to HK, I would....<BR><BR>Jasper<BR><BR>--<BR>Midnight Eye: The Latest
and Best in Japanese Cinema<BR>www.midnighteye.com<BR><BR>===<BR><BR>Coming
in October from Stone Bridge Press:<BR>The Midnight Eye Guide to New
Japanese Film<BR>by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp<BR>Foreword by Hideo
Nakata<BR><BR><BR><BR>
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"KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu"
<KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu><BR>Subject: Re: half OT /
half...T (?)<BR>Date: 04/09/04 09:45<BR><BR><FONT face="Courier New"
size=2><BR>Rather than take on the futile task of looking for<BR>Region 2 or
PAL DVDs in Tokyo you would probably be<BR>better off buying a PAL/NTSC
Region-Free DVD player.<BR>You can find them at specialty video shops in
Japan<BR>for about 25,000 yen, but you can get them even<BR>cheaper from
eBay and have them shipped out from the<BR>States--I got mine for $100
including shipping.<BR><BR>As far as building a DVD collection goes, it
would<BR>probably be cheaper to buy a ticket to any major city<BR>in China
than to buy them in Japan. You can buy<BR>legitimate DVDs for $5-$7 and
bootlegs for $1-$2 each<BR>in Beijing. The selection is enormous and
that<BR>includes classics and arthouse films, not just<BR>Hollywood fare. If
that's not your cup of tea, try<BR>amazon.co.uk for PAL and facetsvideo.com
for really<BR>hard-to-find things (NTSC though). You can
also<BR>occasionally find rare films on eBay--that where I<BR>bought my VHS
copy of Au Hasard Balthazar, which was<BR>otherwise impossible to find in
the States when I was<BR>living there. DVDs in Japan are
generally<BR>exhorbitantly overpriced and (in terms of subtitles,<BR>choice
of prints, and extra goodies) not terribly high<BR>quality.<BR><BR>The video
store that Markus was referring to is called<BR>Meigaza and it really is
excellent (I used to live<BR>across the street from it). Phone is
03-3232-3326,<BR>but I'm afraid it's rental only. Tsutaya in Shibuya<BR>is
also great for rentals, probably the best in Tokyo.<BR>If you want to BUY
DVDs in Tokyo (again, not<BR>recommended) then Tower Records, HMV, and
Tsutaya, all<BR>in Shibuya, are sort of the Holy
Trinity.<BR><BR>-Kerim<BR><BR><BR>--- kelly <kelly.davis@notam02.no>
wrote:<BR><BR>> anybody know of a place that sells new or used,<BR>>
region-free or region-2<BR>> (PAL) dvds in Tokyo.<BR>> I'm
particularly looking for some Truffaut and<BR>> French New
Wave.<BR>><BR>> In order to bring this somewhat back on
topic...<BR>><BR>> I would be interested to hear what Japanese
films<BR>> made after 1995<BR>> everyone likes / suggests for
viewing?<BR>><BR>><BR>> では。。。<BR>><BR>>
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