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- From: prener@watson.ibm.com (Dan Prener)
- Subject: Re: NHK Dramas on Videotape?
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- In-Reply-To: herb@sybase.com's message of 21 Dec 92 22:26:19 GMT
- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 07:50:58 GMT
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- In article <27402@sybase.sybase.com> herb@sybase.com (Herb Lison) writes:
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- > Does anyone know if NHK Dramas are available on videotape? When
- > living in the San Francisco area recently I noticed that a UHF
- > station, Channel 26, had these programs on regularly with English
- > sub-titles. The programs were very high quality and a real pleasure
- > to watch (except for the frequent commercial interruptions.)
-
- > The ones I'd like to obtain most are "Nobunaga, King of Zipangu"
- > and one about Ashikaga Takauji (forgot the series name).
-
- In the New York area, the tapes are available for rent from some local
- Japanese grocery/general stores.
-
- However, the tapes they rent appear to be the unsubtitled ones from Japan,
- not the subtitled ones shown here.
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- Dan Prener (prener@watson.ibm.com)
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