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Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 05, 2013, 11:14 PM:

So in America we had Ken, Castle, Blackhawk, Columbia, Disney, U8 ... ETC

In The UK- Mountain, Walton ... ETC

Germany -UFA, Marketing,Piccolo ... ETC

So my question is ...

Did Japan have any small (Super 8) format releases? [Confused]

Just Curious!

Posted by Jean-Marc Toussaint (Member # 270) on March 06, 2013, 01:38 AM:

The Asahi corporation and Fuji released 8mm films.
Fuji released Ken's Star Wars.

Posted by Joerg Polzfusz (Member # 602) on March 06, 2013, 02:36 AM:

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Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on March 06, 2013, 05:17 AM:

Japan had their own release both local films and import. Howeer their prices now are unrealistic while the print quality is jurst the same like others, i.e reddish and lines.

Posted by Osi Osgood (Member # 424) on March 06, 2013, 01:58 PM:

What I would love to find out about is the japanese super 8 optical sound features. They were obviouslty out there, as I have a feature print, optical sound of the Burt Reynolds film, "Hooper", in fuji film, with spot on perfect color, and small japanese subtitles.

I understand from a dource years ago that they released super 8 optical until sometime in the early 1990's and there may to this day be some titles that I'd love to get. They released "Hunt For Red October" in japan on super 8 optical sound. I didn't acquire it, but i saw it for sale once.

Being that by time "STAR TREK 4" was released on super 8 optical as a feature, that they were allowing for both an english and an japanese optical track, there's every chance that these later features would not have subtitles either.

Yumm ... another countries opticals to long for!

Posted by Barry Attwood (Member # 100) on March 07, 2013, 03:07 AM:

I remember many years back I sold a print of "Back To The Future", it had English sound, but Japanese sub-titles, the only problem was the sub-titles were not that small, and in a lurid red, I sold it off course, it was fine during the many action sequences, but when people talked, the subs were very distracting.

Posted by Brian Hendel (Member # 61) on March 07, 2013, 08:33 PM:

I remember back in the 70's my father went on a trip to Japan and I begged him to bring me back something on super 8. He asked at the front desk of his hotel... and later that day a film dealer was called in who came up to his room with a brief case full of films. My father bought one, a 100' color/sound digest of Monster Zero with a really cool Godzilla box. Sadly, I lost it over the years... but I remember the quality being excellent... and I wonder what else was in that brief case! You would think with the Elmo factory being there super 8 would have been quite popular.

Posted by Timothy Price (Member # 1832) on March 07, 2013, 10:28 PM:

Wow Brian! That's a great story! Would've loved to have seen that one! (and that briefcase!) [Smile]

Posted by Alan Rik (Member # 73) on March 07, 2013, 11:21 PM:

I think my "Ferris Bueller's day off" optical is a japanese print. Or is it the "Untouchables"? One of them has Japanese subtitles.

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