Japanese movie DVD w english subtitles ?

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In a message dated 6/10/99 6:18:28 PM, sanjuro at kw.igs.net writes:

<<>Lots of luck! The only Japanese films already on DVD or announced for it 
are
>those held by Criterion (the Janus Films Collection). No other video company
>with significant Japanese collections, such as New Yorker or Homevision, has
>shown any signs of moving beyond VHS tape. >>


Not to dispute with Professor Man, especially after the nice things he said 
about Milestone a few years back, but I do have some inside info I'm sure I 
can share with the group.

New Yorker has sworn to me that they will be bringing out our DVD titles this 
summer,with Fireworks (Hana-Bi) being one of the first titles -- and I 
suspect Maborosi will also come out this year. Beyond that, I don't know 
which Japanese titles from their collection they will release on DVD, but I'm 
sure it will follow their list of VHS titles pretty closely.

Also, Kino is slowly getting into the DVD market themselves and they have a 
few excellent titles as well. And then there's Fox Lorber, though I'm not so 
impressed with their masters or their compression.

Dennis Doros
Milestone Film & TV