Hikaru Hayashi and Onibaba

[Giome]

Naw; I see them all over town over here too (Montreal, Canada).  Often in
their own section.  There's a big enough demand for them to justify it.  On
the other hand, I've never seen a single Japanese release instore.

Giome

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Larson <pete at bulbrecords.com>
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Sunday, November 02, 2003 5:08 PM
Subject: RE: Hikaru Hayashi and Onibaba


>Not to beat a dead horse but it looks to me like they average about $29.00.
>And I bought my Kurosawa Criterion disks at the mall here in Adrian, MI
(pop
>20,000) plus the video stores here seem to stock many of them. Maybe I live
>in a Criterion paradise....
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>[mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of Boum
>Productions
>Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 4:48 PM
>To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Re: Hikaru Hayashi and Onibaba
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>I doubt that Criterion stuff gets in many local video stores - let alone
the
>average mall...
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>They are EXTREMELY expensive releases
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Larson" <pete at bulbrecords.com>
>To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 9:01 PM
>Subject: RE: Hikaru Hayashi and Onibaba
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>> So you're implying that it's pointless to release DVD's in the US of
>> Japanese movies that have already been released in Japan? I think that's
>> alienating a very large audience. Most folks in the US won't order from
>> YesAsia, they'll either rent it from the local video store or buy it in
>the
>> mall.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> [mailto:owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu]On Behalf Of David
>> Lewis
>> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 3:55 PM
>> To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>> Subject: Re: Hikaru Hayashi and Onibaba
>>
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>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Larson" <pete at bulbrecords.com>
>> To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
>> Sent: 2003$BG/(B11$B7n(B2$BF|(B 15:26
>> Subject: RE: Hikaru Hayashi
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>> > Because we here in the US can't afford to buy it from Japan.
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>> It can be ordered, among others, from yesasia:
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>http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.aspx/pid-1002456002/did-0/code-j/section-v
i
>> deos/
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>> As for the price, well, the criterion might be a bit cheaper, but not by
>> much.
>>
>> David Lewis
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