Buy Japanese movies in the us?

[JasonDesu]

Hey all. I'm trying to buy a bunch of Japanese movies in the US. yesasia.com sells them but they're like $40 each. Anybody know any websites where I can get original (made for viewing in Japan) DVDs for around $20? If anbody knows of places in South East Michigan to get them that would be cool too. Not looking for VCDs; and I know that region 2 DVDs don't play in retail bought DVD players here in the US but i have a region free player.

thanks.

 

[Gaijinian]

Doubt it. They cost about $40 IN Japan, so I cannot see how an import would be cheaper. UNLESS you find some boot-legs from China.

 

[JasonDesu]

wow, diden't realize that. Thanks for the information

 

[Lunabenz]

Sometimes you may have luck on ebay, but it takes a lot of patience. I have found a few this way so far.

 

[lonesoullost3]

Sometimes you may have luck on ebay, but it takes a lot of patience. I have found a few this way so far.

But you also have to be careful who you're buying from on ebay. Even if the picture looks like the original it could easily be a bootleg. I usually don't trust new DVDs from Japan on ebay if they're less than $20 and the seller is located in China or some other place where pirating is wide spread unless there is a very good explanation of why it's such a low cost. And never trust ones that are cheap but there are like 15 listings for it. I like getting the originals and not the bootlegs - so keep a wary eye.

 

[JasonDesu]

Yep, I bought Casshern off of eBay for $20 (btw one of the best movies of all time). The Disks themselves look official and so does the case but it dident come with a booklet or page insert like I'm accustomed to seeing on the inside. Not a big deal, but then I saw the collectors edition on yesasia which looks very cool. Now I'm trying to get Crying out Love, Zatoichi (the newest one), Hanochi, and Warai no Daigaku (which i heard was good).

 

[Nuala]

I can find some japanese/chinese films at Borders in the foreign film section. I'm trying to find Casshern around my town, as I do not like eBay at all.

 

[BigBossIchi]

I usually buy my stuff from DVD ASIAN . They are based in Cali I believe. Or you can try SENSATION .

 

[lonesoullost3]

I usually buy my stuff from DVD ASIAN . They are based in Cali I believe. Or you can try SENSATION .

Thanks for the links. Sensasian seems to have more VCDs though, not as many straight DVDs.

 

[BigBossIchi]

Thanks for the links. Sensasian seems to have more VCDs though, not as many straight DVDs.

I like to cover all bases just incase..great to help out in anyway!

 

[JasonDesu]

I like to cover all bases just incase..great to help out in anyway!

Ya, I definatly appreciate it. I dident know about either of those. The only other ones I know of are HKFlix.com (which has movies from outside of HK), and www.rakuten.co.jp/ which i think is a Japanese retail store (only in japanese) but they have movies also.

 

[lonesoullost3]

I like to cover all bases just incase..great to help out in anyway!

And I appreciate it ^_^.

 

[Pachipro]

Go to Amazon.com, select DVD or VHS under search function and type in "Japanese Film" There you will find dozens of great Japanese movies for under $25. I have bought many there.

 

[Apollo]

I always buy them from yesasia.com, pokerindustries.com, dvdasian.com and several other places....Regarding bootlegs, there are many sites which sell them, I could name some few, but as it is illegal, I'd rather not mention them here....

 

[bonepile]

Or you could try Samurai movies, Pinky violence movie, Yakuza movies, Sonny Chiba, Takakura Ken etc. They have a lot of titles for sale and have good price and fast service. Good luck!

 

[TuskCracker]

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Try this

->http://www.dddhouse.com

->http://www.pokerindustries.com

->http://www.sazuma.com


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[BigBossIchi]

Stay away from Sazuma, they've had a few complaints about their service including myself! Another supplier in the US that I deal with quite often and is very realiable is X-PLOITED CINEMA though they are mostly European in titles, they do have a pretty good and cheap selection of Asian films as well!