US movies with foreign subtitles
06-19-05, 09:07 PM
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US movies with foreign subtitles
I was wondering if anyone knew where to get regular movies in America with extra subtitles. My girlfriend is Japanese and therefore prefers to have Japanese subtitles on while watching a movie. Most movies in America seem to have spanish and maybe french subtitles. Does anyone know where to get movies with Japanese subtitles? Is region 2 films from Japan the only way to get them? Thanks.
06-19-05, 10:48 PM
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Yes...from Japan. You might try www.amazon.co.jp
However, be warned I used to live in Japan and most DVDs as far as prices are concerned are a rip off usually in the 30-40$ range and that's in the country were DVDs were invented
Although prices for catalog titles can be found in the 1500Yen rage which is around 15$.
However, be warned I used to live in Japan and most DVDs as far as prices are concerned are a rip off usually in the 30-40$ range and that's in the country were DVDs were invented
Although prices for catalog titles can be found in the 1500Yen rage which is around 15$.
06-20-05, 09:46 AM
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Depending on what you're interested in, you might also check out some Columbia's older R1 releases (and maybe some of Sony's more recent ones). I seem to remember that "big" Columbia releases (like Lawrence of Arabia) had multiple optional subtitles. And I think Japanese was one of the options on a couple of titles. Amazon sometimes lists them all.
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I doubt many R1 carry Japanese subtitle... same goes for EUR R2.
On r3 it is not too unusual to have Japanese subtitle on japanese anime or japanese movie... I don't remember have seen any western movie with Japanese subtitle though
I guess you have to go with the JPN R2 in you really need those subtitle... very pricy option though.
BTW I wish I had a japanese girlfriend, would make learning japanese so much easier
On r3 it is not too unusual to have Japanese subtitle on japanese anime or japanese movie... I don't remember have seen any western movie with Japanese subtitle though
I guess you have to go with the JPN R2 in you really need those subtitle... very pricy option though.
BTW I wish I had a japanese girlfriend, would make learning japanese so much easier
06-23-05, 10:11 AM
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I guess that's the only way to go about it. I used to live in Japan as well and almost all the Japanese dvds had english subtitles available, so I was just wondering. I guess I'll order them from Japan. Any recommendations on a DVD player? Should I have my girlfriend bring one from Japan or get a multi-region one on-line?
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.
06-23-05, 02:23 PM
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Make her bring one from Japan. If she goes to Akihabara basically all the duty free shops cary region free players. They have all the brand names as well so you can go with a basic model all the way to the high end stuff. I got my player there and no regrets.
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phikapdilbert> Anime dvd and dorama DVD hardly ever carry english subtitle ! I don't know for the rest although I really doubt most Japanese movie to carry english sub too
