NHK on Youtube

[Michael Kerpan]

> So Japanese film companies are indirectly supporting the spread of other Asian
> cinema?

It sure looks that way.  But I do note that the recent Chinese DVD of Feng Xiaogang's Aftershock did NOT have the English subs that were initially supposed to be included. 

While some of the frothier genre-esque stuff from Japan may eventually wind up with subbed HK releases, I cant imagine that the really good stuff (e.g. Sweet Little Lies) will get released in HK.

MEK

--- On Fri, 12/10/10, Eija Niskanen <eija.niskanen at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Eija Niskanen <eija.niskanen at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: NHK on Youtube
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Date: Friday, December 10, 2010, 12:55 AM

Which makes it virtually impossible to use Japanese DVDs for teaching...and makes the teacher teach rather Asian cinema than Japanese cinema - after all, it is easy to find Hong Kong, Korean etc. films with English subs. 

So Japanese film companies are indirectly supporting the spread of other Asian cinema?

Eija

On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 9:51 AM, Michael Kerpan <mekerpan at verizon.net> wrote:

Aren't almost all Japanese marketing decision of this sort stupid these days?


I've been stunned by the virtually total disappearance of English subs on Japanese DVDs (even Shochiku dropped subs on Yoji Yamada's new film -- after including subs for almost 10 years on new YY films).


MEK

--- On Thu, 12/9/10, Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu> wrote:


From: Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
Subject: NHK on Youtube
To: "KineJapan" <KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu>

Date: Thursday, December 9, 2010, 10:39 PM

Mark Schilling reports on Variety that.....

NHK Enterprises, a subsid of pubcaster NHK that sells and acquires programming, is partnering with YouTube Japan to offer NHK programs on the site free of charge.
The programs on offer include popular NHK dramas and educational shows.The service, called NHK Program Collection, launched on Monday with 200 uncut shows, as well as 30 three-minute edited highlights from programs, with new content to be added regularly. It can only be viewed on PCs in Japan, though it may expand to cell phones as well.
Not offering it globally is simply stupid.
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