All About Lilly Chou-Chou (2001)

[mimurph1]

Ever since blu-rays first came out, this has been on my wishlist. You wouldn't believe my surprise when a few weeks ago, I saw this pop up on YesAsia with a release date of 9/15/12.

http://www.yesasia.com/global/all-ab...0-en/info.html

However, since that initial release date, it's availability has never been ready to ship, the cover art is re-used from other DVD releases and I can't find any information on other websites. Does anybody know anything else about this? Specifically, is this legit and does it have English subtitles?

[manicsounds]

The Iwai titles out this month are legit. Unfortunately, no English subtitles or extras from the DVDs.

[mimurph1]

ah, guess i'll have to keep waiting patiently, thanks for the info

[mimurph1]

Bought this blu-ray and I just wanted to comment the video quality is very nice. I have no regrets despite the lack of English subtitles, there's ways around that

a few of my favorite shots:
http://www.filmcaptures.com/all-about-lily-chou-chou/

[depp91]

Originally Posted by mimurph1

Bought this blu-ray and I just wanted to comment the video quality is very nice. I have no regrets despite the lack of English subtitles, there's ways around that

a few of my favorite shots:
http://www.filmcaptures.com/all-about-lily-chou-chou/

Thanks for sharing the screencaps, they look beautiful!
Did you order from YesAsia? I'm pretty tempted to buy it, but it's a bit expensive, considering I've seen the movie only once and that was six years ago... But I still listen to the soundtrack sometimes...

[mimurph1]

Originally Posted by depp91

Thanks for sharing the screencaps, they look beautiful!
Did you order from YesAsia? I'm pretty tempted to buy it, but it's a bit expensive, considering I've seen the movie only once and that was six years ago... But I still listen to the soundtrack sometimes...

I got it from cdjapan, normally i wouldn't spend so much on a blu-ray, but i made an exception for this film

[timae]

HMV Japan has decent pricing on the Iwai blu-rays and shipping took 3 days.

http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Movie...Subete_5126772

Amazon has them slightly cheaper, but they previously shipped to me w/ DHL and I got dinged for customs charges.

[Yasujiro Ozu]

Originally Posted by mimurph1

Bought this blu-ray and I just wanted to comment the video quality is very nice. I have no regrets despite the lack of English subtitles, there's ways around that

a few of my favorite shots:
http://www.filmcaptures.com/all-about-lily-chou-chou/

How do you get around the lack of English subtitles.

[mimurph1]

Originally Posted by Yasujiro Ozu

How do you get around the lack of English subtitles.

I had the DVD so I pulled the English subtitles off of it, then used my computer to play the blu-ray using the subtitles from the DVD, streaming it to my TV.

[timae]

New Taiwan BD release... also Hana & Alice and April Story, Jul 31st. All w/o English subtitles

http://www.yesasia.com/us/all-about-...0-en/info.html

[p_cqvist]

Nice, hope it gets a Korean release as well. Shame about the subs but it's no big deal to me at least.

[Fabs]

It's a shame that most Japanese releases never even have English subtitles. I'm still surprised that those Japanese Ozu blu rays had them.

[Shingster]

Originally Posted by Yasujiro Ozu

How do you get around the lack of English subtitles.

Someone somewhere out there in the ether created a subs patch for the Japanese release. If the Taiwanese release is simply a port (or you can afford the Japanese release) you can purchase that and rip it to your HD then apply the subs patch to create a perfect copy with subs. Either watch on your PC or burn a copy for yourself (which I think may be legal-ish if you purchased the retail disc). Hope I'm not breaking T&Cs by stating this!

[p_cqvist]

Originally Posted by Shingster

Someone somewhere out there in the ether created a subs patch for the Japanese release. If the Taiwanese release is simply a port (or you can afford the Japanese release) you can purchase that and rip it to your HD then apply the subs patch to create a perfect copy with subs. Either watch on your PC or burn a copy for yourself (which I think may be legal-ish if you purchased the retail disc). Hope I'm not breaking T&Cs by stating this!

You don't necessarily have to rip the disc if you're using a PC. If you're using MPC-HC you only need to drag and drop a subtitle file on the window. I'm sure there are other programs that lets you do the same.

[Shingster]

Originally Posted by p_cqvist

You don't necessarily have to rip the disc if you're using a PC. If you're using MPC-HC you only need to drag and drop a subtitle file on the window. I'm sure there are other programs that lets you do the same.

yup that's the simplest way but I know a lot of people like to watch on a dedicated player rather than the PC, in which case the patch, rip & burn method may be the only option.

Alternatively if you have a BD player that's a decent media player (like the Oppo BDP 103) you could use MakeMKV to extract your Blu-ray to mkv then stick it on a USB stick/portable hard drive with a subtitle file in the same directory and your BD player will play it with the subs.