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Today in fun foreign movie names: "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" is "Hollywood in '69" in Japan.
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Heh, that's actually pretty cool.
Reminds me of the Japanese title for Hobbs and Shaw.
Japan is pretty funny with this kind of stuff: they prefer to keep english names in order to sound "international", but they try to use the most basic english as possible. I guess they said "the average japanese doesn't understand what "Once upon a time" means, so...". For example, The Fast and the Furious films are called "Wild Speed" there.
My favorite example is Gravity: is called "ZERO Gravity" there... makes sense lol.
My favorite example is Gravity: is called "ZERO Gravity" there... makes sense lol.
One reason I imported the Denmark Bluray
(Die Hard With a Vengeance in Denmark)
Oh my lord... This is so amazing!
(Die Hard With a Vengeance in Denmark)
What's the reason for the name change?
Does "once upon a time in hollywood" translated to something bad in Japanese? Or is the change, based on market feedback/interest/licensing issue?
Does "once upon a time in hollywood" translated to something bad in Japanese? Or is the change, based on market feedback/interest/licensing issue?
I mean, if you think about it, 'Once Upon A Time..." is a rather literary English phrase that wouldn't translate well to Japan so they took liberties with it. Or who knows, maybe Tarantino wanted it to be called that in Japan?
Imagine being Japanese and asking a ticket for "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." It's a mouthful that isn't easy to pronounce.
GLASS TRAP (Polish)
The French title is Crystal Trap:
The sequel is called 58 Minutes to Live:
And Die Hard 3 is A Day in Hell:
The Grindhouse movies were translated in my home country as
BIBRUTAL 1: WALK DEATH (yes, literally like that)
BIBRUTAL 2: PLANET FEAR
No, it doesn't make sense in that language either.
BIBRUTAL 1: WALK DEATH (yes, literally like that)
BIBRUTAL 2: PLANET FEAR
No, it doesn't make sense in that language either.
Teen Wolf was called 'Boy of the Future' in Brazil to capitalize on the success of Back to the Future.
The Japanese title for the Jersey Shore was The Macaroni Rascals.
The Fast and the Furious doesn't have any special meaning in North America either...what's not to understand?
English-speaking countries aren't immune to this. "Les Bronzés," a French comedy classic about a group of friends at a Club Med resort, is called "French Fried Vacation" abroad. Why? No idea.
The French TV show "Zone blanche" (White Zone) is called "Black Spot" in English.
The French TV show "Zone blanche" (White Zone) is called "Black Spot" in English.
That is nothing on the names the movies get on Spain.
For the life of me, I don't get why Die Hard (Duro de Matar) is called La Jungla de Cristal (The crystal jungle) on Spain.
For the life of me, I don't get why Die Hard (Duro de Matar) is called La Jungla de Cristal (The crystal jungle) on Spain.
I don't get it. I saw this movie in Tokyo last Friday and the title is ワンス アポン ア タイム イン ハリウッド / wansu apon a taimu in hariuddo.
Edit: The I don't think the official name is ハリウッドin
69. Google just doesn't find it.
Edit: The I don't think the official name is ハリウッドin
69. Google just doesn't find it.
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Because the building is made of glass? Apparently glass = crystal.