<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">> So Japanese film companies are indirectly supporting the spread of other Asian<br>> cinema?<br><br>It sure looks that way. But I do note that the recent Chinese DVD of Feng Xiaogang's Aftershock did NOT have the English subs that were initially supposed to be included. <br><br>While some of the frothier genre-esque stuff from Japan may eventually wind up with subbed HK releases, I cant imagine that the really good stuff (e.g. Sweet Little Lies) will get released in HK.<br><br>MEK<br><br>--- On <b>Fri, 12/10/10, Eija Niskanen <i><eija.niskanen@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Eija Niskanen <eija.niskanen@gmail.com><br>Subject: Re: NHK on Youtube<br>To: KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<br>Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 12:55
AM<br><br><div id="yiv931824714">Which makes it virtually impossible to use Japanese DVDs for teaching...and makes the teacher teach rather Asian cinema than Japanese cinema - after all, it is easy to find Hong Kong, Korean etc. films with English subs. <div>
<br></div><div>So Japanese film companies are indirectly supporting the spread of other Asian cinema?<br><div><br></div><div>Eija<br><br><div class="yiv931824714gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Michael Kerpan <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:mekerpan@verizon.net" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=mekerpan@verizon.net">mekerpan@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="yiv931824714gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font: inherit;" valign="top">Aren't almost all Japanese marketing decision of this sort stupid these days?<br>
<br>I've been stunned by the virtually total disappearance of English subs on Japanese DVDs (even Shochiku dropped subs on Yoji Yamada's new film -- after including subs for almost 10 years on new YY films).<br><br>
MEK<br><br>--- On <b>Thu, 12/9/10, Mark Nornes <i><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:amnornes@umich.edu" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=amnornes@umich.edu">amnornes@umich.edu</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;">
<br>From: Mark Nornes <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:amnornes@umich.edu" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=amnornes@umich.edu">amnornes@umich.edu</a>><br>Subject: NHK on Youtube<br>To: "KineJapan" <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank" href="/mc/compose?to=KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu">KineJapan@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu</a>><br>
Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 10:39 PM<div><div></div><div class="yiv931824714h5"><br><br><div>Mark Schilling reports on Variety that.....<div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;"><blockquote type="cite">
NHK Enterprises, a subsid of pubcaster NHK that sells and acquires programming, is partnering with YouTube Japan to offer NHK programs on the site free of charge.<p style="margin: 20px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">
The programs on offer include popular NHK dramas and educational shows.</p><p style="margin: 20px 0px 1em; padding: 0px; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;">The service, called NHK Program Collection, launched on Monday with 200 uncut shows, as well as 30 three-minute edited highlights from programs, with new content to be added regularly. It can only be viewed on PCs in Japan, though it may expand to cell phones as well.</p>
</blockquote><div>Not offering it globally is simply stupid.</div><div><br></div><div>m</div><div><br></div></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></td></tr></tbody></table></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>
-- <br>Eija Niskanen<br>Baltic Sea - Japan Film Project<br>Kichijoji Honcho 4-12-6 <br>Musashino-shi<br>Tokyo 180-0004<br>
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