where buy Japanese DVD on the web ?

[Stuart Galbraith IV]

On a related note, have >any< of the DVDs that have been released in Japan thus far (e.g., some of the "Tora-san" films) have English subtitles and/or are not region encoded?  

Just Wondering,

Stuart Galbraith IV



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On Mon, 16 Aug 1999 16:49:43   Randy Man wrote:
>Mario,
>
>Both Amazon.com and Ken Crane's Laserdisc/DVD sell every Japanese language
>feature currently available on DVD at 30% off list price. They both have
>very useful online catalogues that include announcements of forthcoming
>titles. Fox Lorber's DVD of Kurosawa's RAN is spectacular. It's never looked
>so good. Not all of Criterion's Japanese films have yet made the transition
>from laserdisc to DVD, and it's not a foregone conclusion that they will.
>Image is also getting into the act with all three parts of Kobayashi's THE
>HUMAN CONDITION for $25 each list. The largest Japanese collections on video
>are still probably those of New Yorker and Homevision and are VHS only for
>the forseeable future. I don't know about World Artists or Kino or
>Milestone. Dennis, are you reading this?
>
>Randolph Man
>Moving Image Arts
>College of Santa Fe
>e-mail ranman at csf.edu
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mario Desiderio <mandm at flashnet.it>
>To: KineJapan list <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>Sent: Saturday, August 14, 1999 6:46 AM
>Subject: where buy Japanese DVD on the web ?
>
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I tried many major dvd selling websites ( dvdboxoffice, dvdexpress ) but
>> the only Japanese movies, or any movies but with Japanese audio or
>> subtitles that they have are anime or documentaries.
>>
>> Please give me some web sites in which I may find movies.
>>
>> Tell, where have you bought them and what titles have you bought.
>>
>> Thanks a lot,
>>
>> Mario Desiderio
>
>


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