J films on video w/ E subtitles

[Jonathan M. Hall]

Najib,

This is a response in awkward favor of a large corporation, but I have found
the Tsutaya in Shibuya to have an excellent collection of Japanese DVDs,
while the Shinjuku branch has a good stock of videos.  Among the Japanese
DVDS at Shibuya, about 10-15% seem have English subtitles with 90s
filmmakers such as Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Aoyama Shinji, and Koreeda Hirokazu
among the subtitled discs.  On a recent inspection of what was for sale, I
found more than 40 English subtitled DVDs on the shelves.  Prices are
prohibitively expensive with most discs around 4700 yen but the occasional
disc was 20% or even half off.

I'd be very happy to learn where online shoppers have been going. It would
be helpful if people adding to this thread can indicate whether they have
experienced any shipping territory limitations.

Jonathan Hall
U Chicago


From: Khash Najib <najibjp at yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 05:54:53 +0900 (JST)
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: J films on video w/ E subtitles




I hope to get some advice from list members on the best
sources for purchasing Japanese films with English
subtitles on video or DVD. I guess there would be too many
names, but where would you go for the largest collections
and best prices?
I live in Japan so please tell me about any such stores
here if available. Otherwise information on recommendable
online sellers here and in other countries would be great.

I checked Amazon.com and they do have a lot of stuff.
Also, I bought the film I mentioned in my other e-mail
today (Oshima Nagisa
’s “100 Years of Japanese Cinema”) from a British
company called Movie Mail (www.moviem.co.uk).


Many Thanks,
Najib El-Khash







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