Permanent Nobara

[Jonathan M. Hall]

With all due respect to Don, I would suggest that the film's title is on mark. The Japanese and then the English titles play well with the sense of permanence in waiting, hoping, dreaming and fantasizing that resides in the alternative temporality of the insane. This perm is a real head job, and its title knows it. It was the perfect translation for the title. 


Jonathan M Hall
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差出人: owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu [owner-KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu] は Michael Kerpan [mekerpan at verizon.net] の代理
送信日時: 2011年1月11日 10:29
宛先: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
件名: Re: Permanent Nobara

Thanks.  I just got the DVD of this film today -- so I haven't even had a chance to preview the film yet. I do note (sadly) from the box that this is yet another unsubbed DVD release.

--- On Tue, 1/11/11, Don Brown <ryuganji at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Don Brown <ryuganji at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Permanent Nobara
To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Date: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 1:18 AM

The title doesn't work well as a direct translation - it's actually the name of the hairdressing salon owned by the mother of the protagonist, and the "permanent" refers to a permanent wave, or perm, which is the hairstyle commonly worn by her mother's clients (and her mother). I don't remember if Nobara is the protagonist's surname, as she and her mother are only referred to by their first names, but if it is I think that would make more sense.

Don Brown

2011/1/11 Michael Kerpan <mekerpan at verizon.net</mc/compose?to=mekerpan at verizon.net>>
Yoshida's new film Pamanebto nobara is simply being called Permanent Nobara in English. But, it seems to me that "nobara" (野ばら) could mean something like "wild rose". Am I right (might I be right)?



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