The Last Emperor (ラストエンペラー コレクターズ・エディション) 2012/11/2 Pre-order

[Deciazulado]

The Last Emperor Blu-ray

My Japanese is non existent, so using 2 googleboolean extractions it may be saying this has both theatrical and extended and in nearly full Scope ratio?

Would a kind Japanese soul confirm?

■甘粕正彦役兼音楽プロデューサーとして参加した坂本龍一が、日本人として初めてアカデミー賞作曲賞を受賞 したことも有名
■撮影監督であるヴィットリオ・ストラーロが監修し、レストアしたオリジナル劇場公開版(163分)を本邦 初収録! 更に、レストアされたノーカット全長版(218分)も別ディスクにて収録! 両バージョンをブルーレイ2枚組で収録するのは世界初!
■画郭が劇場公開時のオリジナルである「2.35:1」でブルーレイ化されるのはこれが両バージョンともに 世界初!

[blimey]

Yes. That's what it said. 2.35:1 for both versions. New transfer maybe?

[Deciazulado]

Thanks

[filmmusic]

But unfortunately only Japanese subtitles?

[ly000001]

Originally Posted by filmmusic

But unfortunately only Japanese subtitles?

The audio is in English, so unless there were scenes I forgot about where Chinese was spoken, the lack of English subtitles should only be a problem if you're hearing impaired, you have trouble understanding Chinese accents, or you watch movies with the sound turned down to avoid disturbing others.

[filmmusic]

well, I don't have English as my native language, so having English subtitles always is very helpful for me..
it's better to read subtitles than trying to understand only by the spoken words..

[Asiania]

Originally Posted by ly000001

The audio is in English, so unless there were scenes I forgot about where Chinese was spoken, the lack of English subtitles should only be a problem if you're hearing impaired, you have trouble understanding Chinese accents, or you watch movies with the sound turned down to avoid disturbing others.

Then there's me. I feel rather insulted watching movies where people talk the wrong language. (I suppose text floating in midair isn't natural either though.)

Fortunately, gzbeauty put out a dubbed Mandarin version as part of their "Follow Me" series. Not sure what Qing royals actually spoke, but it's good enough.

The gzbeauty release has English and Chinese subtitles and a 2.35 aspect ratio.

Some genius should try taking the Chinese audio and putting it with the Blu-ray video....

[Novecento]

Originally Posted by blimey

Yes. That's what it said. 2.35:1 for both versions. New transfer maybe?

This sounds promising indeed

Maybe I should have held off on the Criterion release

[filmmusic]

Has anyone got it?
Any reviews about the picture/audio quality?

[thebard]

Originally Posted by Arkadin

thanks for the info.
I'm still a little confused about the registration on amazon.jp
it says "your name"-- and then "your pronunciation"
I mean wtf does that mean?

I just typed my name again. The rest is just like amazon.com or .uk.

The Last Emperor Blu-ray