Language?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Samouraïs
i4got2p — 20 years ago(August 07, 2005 02:57 AM)
Anyone know what the original language they are supposed to be speaking? Are the african american's and japanese and caucasian people all speaking the same language?
And also the dubbing is horribleespecially NadirI wanted to throw the remote at the tv and break itit was funny at first, then got annoyinglike that ANDY MILNIAKNDFKj whatever the beep it is!!
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sourceoftheend — 20 years ago(September 18, 2005 10:12 AM)
I can't be positive, but I'm pretty sure the original language was French with some Japanese spoken during the scenes in Japan.
(I'd assume many of the Japanese actors spoke French even while in Japan, possibly to make the film easier to understand for its French audience.)
I saw the English dubbed version myself, but because Marco said "I'm.. tomodachi.." and other Japanese words when speaking to the detective 'tomodachi' means friend in Japanese and the script of 'Tokyo' at the very end wasn't subtitled, I'd think bits of Japanese were spoken in the original film to give it a more exotic, foreign feel. -
Kia_Tee — 20 years ago(October 27, 2005 02:56 PM)
Sorry about the late responseI saw it 2 days ago and the description on my interactive cable guide said "French, subtitled in English". My digital cable guide is correct most of the time. Hope that helps.
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PeterKurten911 — 20 years ago(March 13, 2006 02:00 PM)
The movie's original language is indeed French (and for that matter, Nadir doesn't sound any less anoying in it). The Japanese parts are faithfully timed: only when conversing with Marco or Nadir, Akemi or her father speak French. None of the other Japanese characters do so, hence they only have Japanese lines It's a small treat: seldom have i seen a correct use of a language mix since Patton.
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sweiland75 — 18 years ago(July 04, 2007 11:08 PM)
Why is it so surprising that people who are ethnic Japanese are speaking French? They speak English and many other languages other than Japanese, depending on which country they reside in.
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