<DIV>Given that foreign companies are clearly making money from releasing subtitled editions of Japanese films, I think it's safe to say that Japanese companies could do the same, especially if they chose to release some of the highly-sought-after and currently unavailable films.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Your second point: are you referring to Korean editions or foreign editions? Every major UK retailer carries an increasing number of Korean films (including Tae Guk Gi!).<BR></DIV> <DIV>Jim Harper.</DIV> <DIV><BR><B><I>drainer@mpinet.net</I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"><BR>It's still a matter of economics, as simple as "the Japanese market is good, <BR>but the international market may prove to be not so good."<BR><BR>Even if Korean movies have English subtitles, tell me what major retail <BR>stores (not online DVD outlets) carry Korean movies other than "Tae Guk Gi" <BR>on!
a
regular basis?<BR><BR>-d<BR><BR>----- Original Message ----- <BR>From: "Stefan Nutz / Nuzumakifilms" <NUZUMAKI@GMX.NET><BR>To: <KINEJAPAN@LISTS.ACS.OHIO-STATE.EDU><BR>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:13 AM<BR>Subject: Re: English speakers generally do not understand Japanese<BR><BR><BR>>i would not say its a matter of economics, more its a fact that DVD<BR>> companie's focus<BR>> on the japanese market only. they don't care about international sales.<BR>> I once talked to Motohiro Katsuyuki about english subtitels and he pointed<BR>> out, that often<BR>> he has to insist on them on their R2 DVD releases. Sometimes a director <BR>> has<BR>> some influence and<BR>> sometimes not...<BR>> For example: Korea is completly different, as all (or at least 99%) of <BR>> their<BR>> Korean film releases feature eng. subtitels.<BR>> There are many reasons why, and one is that the KOFIC supports english<BR>> subtiteling ($). All in all the<B!
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situtation in Korea is completly different to Japan... sad but true.<BR>><BR>> Stefan <BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>http://www.flipsidemovies.com<br>http://jimharper.blogspot.com<p>
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