Help finding the Japanese dub of Sans Soleil
March 23, 2022 12:42 AM Subscribe
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I really love the movie Sans Soleil (make fun of me if you want). Per imdb, I recently realized there was a Japanese dub made: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084628/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm. I want to track it down! But I'm having no luck. Doesn't help that this is a somewhat niche movie. I actually have a friend in Japan willing to help, but we weren't able to track down which release, exactly, has the dub. The latest Japanese remaster we could find, for example, seems to only have french dub with japanese subs. I'm imagining that this could have to do with dubbing rights or something...so my guess is we have to figure out which particular release had the dub, and then find it used. But I have no clue how to do that! Would love any help!
I really love the movie Sans Soleil (make fun of me if you want). Per imdb, I recently realized there was a Japanese dub made: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084628/fullcredits?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm. I want to track it down! But I'm having no luck. Doesn't help that this is a somewhat niche movie. I actually have a friend in Japan willing to help, but we weren't able to track down which release, exactly, has the dub. The latest Japanese remaster we could find, for example, seems to only have french dub with japanese subs. I'm imagining that this could have to do with dubbing rights or something...so my guess is we have to figure out which particular release had the dub, and then find it used. But I have no clue how to do that! Would love any help!
Additional note: the cultural center I linked had a showing of the Japanese dub as recently as 2015 on their schedule page. They definitely have a working copy, and may be able to tell you which specific version it is.
posted by lesser weasel at 5:57 AM on March 23, 2022
posted by lesser weasel at 5:57 AM on March 23, 2022
Response by poster: Hah, thank you for digging that up, lesser weasel! they have a phone number, so I'm going to have my friend try calling. in fact, she might just go visit them one day :P a great tip!
posted by wooh at 8:42 AM on March 23, 2022
posted by wooh at 8:42 AM on March 23, 2022
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Narrows the search by one, at least? Info on Eiga.com says it was released in theaters in Japan on May 23, 1986, so I would assume any home-release dub would be after that date. Oh, it also says it was distributed by the Athénee Français Cultural Center (link to their entry on Sans Soleil). I would try emailing them.
posted by lesser weasel at 5:54 AM on March 23, 2022