English speakers generally do not understand Japanese

[drainer at mpinet.net]

If a foreign company releases a Japanese film the Japanese company makes 
money through licensing. It's the easiest route to take, unless the parent 
company is a multi-national with channels of distribution.

Tae Guk Gi will be easy to find, but I wonder if you could really find much 
else. I wouldn't be surprised if you could find more movies in London, given 
the nature of the city, but do major retailers really carry more than 10 
movies?

-d

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Harper" <jimharper666 at yahoo.co.uk>
To: <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:40 AM
Subject: Re: English speakers generally do not understand Japanese


> Given that foreign companies are clearly making money from releasing 
> subtitled editions of Japanese films, I think it's safe to say that 
> Japanese companies could do the same, especially if they chose to release 
> some of the highly-sought-after and currently unavailable films.
>
>  Your second point: are you referring to Korean editions or foreign 
> editions? Every major UK retailer carries an increasing number of Korean 
> films (including Tae Guk Gi!).
>
>  Jim Harper.
>
> drainer at mpinet.net wrote:
>
> It's still a matter of economics, as simple as "the Japanese market is 
> good,
> but the international market may prove to be not so good."
>
> Even if Korean movies have English subtitles, tell me what major retail
> stores (not online DVD outlets) carry Korean movies other than "Tae Guk 
> Gi"
> on a regular basis?
>
> -d
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stefan Nutz / Nuzumakifilms"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:13 AM
> Subject: Re: English speakers generally do not understand Japanese
>
>
>>i would not say its a matter of economics, more its a fact that DVD
>> companie's focus
>> on the japanese market only. they don't care about international sales.
>> I once talked to Motohiro Katsuyuki about english subtitels and he 
>> pointed
>> out, that often
>> he has to insist on them on their R2 DVD releases. Sometimes a director
>> has
>> some influence and
>> sometimes not...
>> For example: Korea is completly different, as all (or at least 99%) of
>> their
>> Korean film releases feature eng. subtitels.
>> There are many reasons why, and one is that the KOFIC supports english
>> subtiteling ($). All in all the
>> situtation in Korea is completly different to Japan... sad but true.
>>
>> Stefan
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