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How did the film do in Japan, anyway?

#1 Post by jm » Tue Mar 15, 2005 11:54 pm

"Does anyone know?
Box office, or reaction?"
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#2 Post by jml98 » Wed Mar 16, 2005 11:28 pm

my guess would be that some thought it was offensive...just a guess though
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#3 Post by Silk » Mon Apr 11, 2005 7:16 am

Sofia (hey, I'm named Sofia too) said in some interview that her japanese friends that saw it got all the jokes and laughed out loud. But perhaps they found those western customs quite comical as well.

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#4 Post by Azshi » Fri May 06, 2005 9:19 pm

Indeed, while "Lost in Translation" opened all over the world last fall, it opened in image-conscious Tokyo only last weekend. Some sources say this is deliberate. Japanese decorum on culturally sensitive matters precludes angry protest or high-volume misgivings about images that might be considered unfair or "unpleasant," to use a local reviewer's term. But it is telling that the Academy-award-winning "valentine" can be seen here only in a small 300-seat theater in Shibuya, and critics warn that the film may hurt the feelings of ordinary Japanese.

That came from a Christian Science Monitor article http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0419/p07s01-woap.html
not sure how telling it is of final reception.

an article here
http://entertainment.excite.com/celebgo ... 004_1.html
says that the more negative critical response didn't seriously affect ticket sales. It stated that the number of theatres showing it rose to 70

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#5 Post by jm » Fri May 06, 2005 10:53 pm

"[quote:33cc4c4b5b="Azshi"]Indeed, while "Lost in Translation" opened all over the world last fall, it opened in image-conscious Tokyo only last weekend. [/quote:33cc4c4b5b]
I will read those later this weekend -- thank you. My thought is that it will be hard for it to achieve a similar emotional effect on Japanese, if not also on Japanese-familiar or on Japanese-speaking people, as it does for us Occidentalistics."

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