US released Blu-rays with Japanese audio/subs masterlist

[Kyo28]

I haven't found anything of the like on the forum and thought it might be useful to make a list of US-released blu-rays that contain Japanese audio and/or subtitles, as blu-rays in Japan are noticeably more expensive than in the US, even for US movies. Here's what I got so far (corrections and additions are welcome)

US-released blu-rays with Japanese audio and/or subtitles (US discs, unless otherwise noted)

• Appleseed Exmachina : Audio
• Batman Begins : Subtitles / Audio
• Batman Gotham Knight : Subtitles / Audio
• Beetlejuice : Subtitles / Audio
• Blade Runner : Subtitles
• Bourne Trilogy, the (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Constantine : Subtitles / Audio (need to put player settings to Japanese)
• Dark Knight, the (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Death Race (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Dragon Ball Z Broly double feature : Audio
• Dragon Ball Z Dead Zone/World's Strongest : Audio
• Dragon Ball Z History of Trunks/Bardock Father of Goku : Audio
• Dragon Ball Z Tree of Might/Lord Slug : Audio
• Dragon Ball Z Cooler double feature- : Audio
• Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13 / Bojack Unbound : Audio
• Dragon Ball Z: Broly Triple Feature : Audio
• Dragon Ball Z: Fusion Reborn / Wrath of the Dragon : Audio
• Diebuster : Audio
• Dirty Harry : Subtitles / Audio
• Eraser : Subtitles / Audio
• Every Which Way But Loose : Subtitles / Audio
• Final Fantasy VII Advent Children Complete : Audio
• First Knight : Subtitles / Audio
• Freedom : Audio
• Gauntlet, the : Subtitles / Audio
• Gunbuster : Audio
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets : Subtitles / Audio
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire : Subtitles / Audio
• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix : Subtitles / Audio
• Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone : Subtitles / Audio
• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban : Subtitles / Audio
• Hellboy II (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• How the west was won : Subtitles
• Hulk (2003) : Subtitles / Audio
• Interview with the Vampire : Subtitles / Audio
• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade : Audio
• Kill Bill Vol 1 : Subtitles
• Kill Bill Vol 2 : Subtitles
• Kingdom of Heaven : Subtitles
• La Haine (EU) : Subtitles
• Letters From Iwo Jima : Audio
• Lost Boys; the : Subtitles
• Matrix Ultimate collection, the : Subtitles / Audio (need to put player settings to Japanese)
• Mummy Trilogy, the (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Natural Born Killers : Subtitles / Audio
• Ocean's 11 : Subtitles / Audio
• Ocean's 12 : Subtitles / Audio
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest : Subtitles
• One Piece Movie 8: The Desert Princess and the Pirates - Adventures in Alabasta : Audio
• Outbreak : Subtitles / Audio
• Paprika : Audio
• Perfect Storm : Subtitles / Audio
• Samurai 7 : Audio
• Serenity (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Shinobi Heart Under Blade : Audio
• Signs : Subtitles / Audio
• SOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers The Next : Audio
• Speed Racer (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Sweeney Todd (EU/HK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Tekkon Kinkreet : Audio
• V for vendetta : Subtitles / Audio
• Van Helsing (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Wings Of Honneamise, the : Subtitles / Audio
• Wanted (UK) : Subtitles / Audio
• Yukikaze : Audio
• Zodiac - Director's Cut (EU/AU) : Subtitles / Audio

Updated: 10/06/2009

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[Beefbowl]

Someone over at the Amazon forum was asking about this too. Here's what he listed

It is Dirty Harry: Ultimate Collector 's Edition (Blu-ray), Eraser (Blu-ray), Every Which Way But Loose (Blu-ray), The Gauntlet (Blu-ray), Hulk (2003) (Blu-ray), and Outbreak (Blu-ray)

and someone else mentioned Prison Break.

[MOONPHASE]

Dragon Ball Z Broly double feature-original Japanese audio(mono)
Dragon Ball Z Dead Zone/World's Strongest- same as above
Dragon Ball Z History of Trunks/Bardock Father of Goku- same
Dragon Ball Z Tree of Might/Lord Slug- same
Dragon Ball Z Cooler double feature- same (coming soon)

[Kyo28]

Thanks guys! I've adapted the list with the blu's that I could verify. For Outbreak, Eraser, etc, there's some contradicting info on the Internet, so I'll wait until someone who has the discs confirms this.

Also, I try to make a distinction between audio and subtitles where possible, to give an as much as possible exhaustive listing.

Can anyone confirm the Japanese subtitles on Blade Runner as well, please?

[Giyomu]

V for vendetta audio/sub

concerning the foloowing, you have to change your ps3 (if you use one) system default language to japanese :
Night watch & day watch audio/sub (french release has it even if it is not on the back cover, maybe the US release too???)
Sweeney todd (french release has it even if it is not on the back cover, maybe the US will get it too)

[Giyomu]

Originally Posted by Kyo28

Can anyone confirm the Japanese subtitles on Blade Runner as well, please?

japanese sub confirmed

[Deciazulado]

According to a database search this titles too show up as having at least either Japanese audio or subtitles, or both.

Batman: Gotham Knight (Blu-ray)
Beetlejuice: 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (Blu-ray)
First Knight (Blu-ray)
Fred Claus (Blu-ray)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (Blu-ray)
Ocean's Eleven (Blu-ray)
Ocean's Twelve (Blu-ray)
Outbreak (Blu-ray)
Prison Break: Season One (Blu-ray)
Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise (Blu-ray)
V for Vendetta (Blu-ray)
Yukikaze (Blu-ray)

[MOONPHASE]

Appleseed Exmachina-Japanese audio
SOS Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next- Japanese language only
Tekkonkinkreet-Japanese audio
Paprika- Japanese audio
Gunbuster- Japanese audio only (coming soon)
Diebuster-Japanese audio only (coming soon)
Freedom-Japanese audio (coming soon)
Shinobi Heart Under Blade- Japanese audio

[Kyo28]

Thanks, guys, this is gold! I hope you don't mind but for the time being, I'm sticking to 100% confirmed info. That way, this list might serve people who are interested in buying blu's with Japanese audio/subtitles for their future purchases ... and it will prevent them from second-guessing.

[Grubert]

Kill Bill vols. 1 and 2: Japanese subtitles. Confirmed 100%.

The back cover only says English SDH and Spanish, but actually they also have Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

[Kyo28]

Originally Posted by Grubert

Kill Bill vols. 1 and 2: Japanese subtitles. Confirmed 100%.

The back cover only says English SDH and Spanish, but actually they also have Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

Thanks, threw it on the list

[alexakajeff]

Everything anime, I guess.

[AkatsukiNoTobi]

Well, I finally got around to actually getting Batman Begins to play Japanese. I thought it was going to just be Japanese audio with Japanese subtitles, but it actually gives the option of English Dolby TrueHD and English and Japanese Dolby Digital. Subtitles are Japanese and English (for the hearing impaired). The latter is better than nothing, I suppose.

It's a decent Japanese dub, although the normal talking parts are better than when Batman gets pissed off (Christian Bale does a better job than Tomoyuki Dan in this situation). I wonder if The Dark Knight will have a Japanese dub on the disc, too.

[pro-bassoonist]

Not a US title per se but it might be applicable to your list: Studio Canal's La Haine is region-free, offers a full-blown Japanese interface, and Japanese subtitles.

Pro-B

[lgans316]

Kyo28 Sama,

Please add these titles to your list.

Subtitles / Audio

• Signs (U.S)
• Natural Born Killers (U.S)
• Dirty Harry (U.S)
• Ocean's 11 & 12 (U.S)
• Batman Gotham Knight (U.S)
• Perfect Storm (U.S)
• Interview with the Vampire (U.S)
• Hulk (U.S)
• The Gauntlet (U.S)
• Every Which Way But Loose (U.S)
• Sweeney Todd (U.K / NL / AUS / H.K)
• Outbreak (U.S)
• Eraser (U.S)
• Zodiac - Director's Cut (Warner NL / JP / AUS) - [Change BD menu language in your player to Japanese to see this action]

Subtitles only

• How the west was won (U.S)
• The Lost Boys (U.S)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (U.S)

[Kyo28]

Thanks a bunch, pro-bassoonist & lgans316! I've updated the list with your info. Thanks to everyone's input, the list is starting to look really good.

I even see some titles now that at first I was going to skip but might buy after all, just because they've included Japanese audio and/or subs on the disc.

[lgans316]

Please keep an eye on this forum once a week, if you are NOT aware of this.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/forum/cd/...x2WOK993SS0C0Y

[Kyo28]

Originally Posted by lgans316

Please keep an eye on this forum once a week, if you are NOT aware of this.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/forum/cd/...x2WOK993SS0C0Y

Awesome, thanks! I wasn't aware of this thread as I never read Amazon forums ... guess I have at least one Amazon forum thread to keep an eye on now

[AkatsukiNoTobi]

I'll have to check out some of the movies on this list. Anime is fine, sure, but listening to an American movie in Japanese is a weird (and interesting) experience.

[lgans316]

Sama,

Please add Beetlejuice to the list.