Columbia's remaining Toho titles...what's left?

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BijouBob8mm	Columbia's remaining Toho titles...what's left?	Lead	[-]
(05/03/08 8:39 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE, MOTHRA...do they also have REBIRTH OF MOTHRA III? (IMDB lists TriStar as the U.S. video distributor for this last film under Company Credits, but I don't recall it ever having a home video release in the States.) Since Columbia/Sony has done two Icons of Horror sets (Boris Karloff, Sam Katzman) and have an Icons of Adventure set (Hammer Films swashbucklers) on the way, it would be nice to see Toho given an Icons of Sci-Fi set.
JimPV		#1	[-]
(05/03/08 9:36 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	H Man, too, I'm pretty sure. Seems I remember Mike Schelsinger (who posts here as "precode" and works for Sony) saying Battle in Outer Space, Mothra and H Man are being prepped for a '09 release. Don't know about Mothra III (though it ain't much good, anyway). How about The Human Vapor and Secret of the Telelgian? Anybody know what studio owns those?
BijouBob8mm		#2	[-]
(05/03/08 10:03 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	It's funny you mention H MAN...while watching the "Women of Godzilla" featurette on the new TERROR OF MECHAGODZILLA DVD, I suddenly realized I've never seen it all the way through. Speaking of who owns what...who currently owns GORATH?
killer meteor		#3	[-]
(05/03/08 10:38 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I think Gorath is MGM Hmm - a Japanese Godzilla 2000 would be a good edition to an Icons set. Saves me buying the ludicrous expensive Japanese DVD Plus those Heisei Godzillas Sony released back in the late 90s
Hachigatsu		#4	[-]
(05/03/08 10:47 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	The Toho fantasy films originally distributed by Brenco Pictures, THE HUMAN VAPOR, THE LAST WAR and GORATH, are with MGM now. Apparently, the elements are in very poor shape. Too poor to consider a DVD release, reportedly. The rights to SECRET OF THE TELEGIAN (1960) must have reverted back to Toho quite some time ago, since I'm not sure if Hertz-Lion still exists. I'd like to see a Ishiro Honda box with THE H-MAN, BATTLE IN OUTER SPACE and MOTHRA from Columbia/TriStar. Yes, they also have MOTHRA 3, which seems to have its fans. Then, there are the Toho films which were not widely distributed in the States (or just relegated to television): Motoyoshi Oda's THE INVISIBLE AVENGER (Tomei Ningen, 1954), Hiroshi Inagaki's THE THREE TREASURES (1959), Michio Yamamoto's THE VAMPIRE DOLL (1970), THE LAKE OF DRACULA (1971) and THE EVIL OF DRACULA (1973), Shiro Moritani's SUBMERSION OF JAPAN (1973), Toshio Masuda's PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS (aka CATASTROPHE: 1999, 1974), Jun Fukuda's ESPY (1973), etc. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA Organizer SHOCK IT TO ME! Classic Horror Film Festival Last Edited By: Hachigatsu 05/03/08 10:55 AM. Edited 4 times.
killer meteor		#5	[-]
(05/03/08 11:20 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	There is a UK DVD of Lake Of Dracula - though i don't think its anamorphic I'd love to see Propheices of Nostradamus. I thought it was under a Toho ban though?
BijouBob8mm		#6	[-]
(05/03/08 11:42 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	THE LAKE OF DRACULA (1971) and THE EVIL OF DRACULA (1973), I've got both of those but, alas, EP mode VHS, pan & scan from Paramount. THE HUMAN VAPOR, THE LAST WAR and GORATH, are with MGM now. Apparently, the elements are in very poor shape. Too poor to consider a DVD release, reportedly. Sad news. I've only seen GORATH via VHS...the American cut, with no giant walrus in sight.
killer meteor		#7	[-]
(05/03/08 11:53 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	I suggest we kidnap the Emperor to force Toho to release Half Human!!!
David Schecter		#8	[-]
(05/04/08 5:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	There are gorgeous Japanese versions of these films available. Do the English audiotracks survive in good enough condition that they could be synched to the Japanese versions, or does this raise a host of licensing, copyright, and logistical nightmares?
Jameson281		#9	[-]
(05/04/08 6:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	David Schecter wrote: There are gorgeous Japanese versions of these films available. Do the English audiotracks survive in good enough condition that they could be synched to the Japanese versions, or does this raise a host of licensing, copyright, and logistical nightmares? In the case of HUMAN VAPOR and GORATH, the films were extensively re-edited by Brenco in the States, so it wouldn't be a simple matter of marrying an English track to the Japanese picture. MGM looked into getting materials on its Toho titles once or twice, but ran into problems establishing their chain of title; leter, after Toho revealed the costs they would charge for new film elements, the project was deemed too expensive. So a release of the MGM Tohos, unfortunately, does not look likely in the foreseeable future. If I recall correctly, Mike said he was hoping to get the Columbia Tohos on the '09 schedule; I don't think it's an absolute certainty that they're coming, but Mike would know far better than I.
ryanbrennan		#10	[-]
(05/04/08 8:43 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Then, there are the Toho films which were not widely distributed in the States (or just relegated to television): Motoyoshi Oda's THE INVISIBLE AVENGER (Tomei Ningen, 1954), Hiroshi Inagaki's THE THREE TREASURES (1959), Michio Yamamoto's THE VAMPIRE DOLL (1970), THE LAKE OF DRACULA (1971) and THE EVIL OF DRACULA (1973), Shiro Moritani's SUBMERSION OF JAPAN (1973), Toshio Masuda's PROPHECIES OF NOSTRADAMUS (aka CATASTROPHE: 1999, 1974), Jun Fukuda's ESPY (1973), etc. These are titles I'd like to see.
WaverBoy		#11	[-]
(05/04/08 11:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Jameson281 wrote: David Schecter wrote: There are gorgeous Japanese versions of these films available. Do the English audiotracks survive in good enough condition that they could be synched to the Japanese versions, or does this raise a host of licensing, copyright, and logistical nightmares? In the case of HUMAN VAPOR and GORATH, the films were extensively re-edited by Brenco in the States, so it wouldn't be a simple matter of marrying an English track to the Japanese picture. MGM looked into getting materials on its Toho titles once or twice, but ran into problems establishing their chain of title; leter, after Toho revealed the costs they would charge for new film elements, the project was deemed too expensive. So a release of the MGM Tohos, unfortunately, does not look likely in the foreseeable future. They could reconstruct the American versions by re-editing the Japanese cut accordingly, patching in the opening and closing credits, and laying over the English track, like Media Blasters' FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (although they didn't quite get it right), and Classic Media's GHIDRAH THE THREE-HEADED MONSTER reconstructions (pretty damn close to perfect).
Hachigatsu		#12	[-]
(05/05/08 12:02 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	There was some additional footage added to the prologue of GORATH and some optical rain over the flooding of Tokyo. The HUMAN VAPOR also has some footage (scenes of Tokyo) not in the Japanese version. It's been so long since I have seen the US version of THE LAST WAR, I can't comment on it. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA Organizer SHOCK IT TO ME! Classic Horror Film Festival
Hachigatsu		#13	[-]
(05/05/08 12:03 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Sorry. double posting. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA Organizer SHOCK IT TO ME! Classic Horror Film Festival
David Schecter		#14	[-]
(05/07/08 12:04 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Since the original Japanese-language versions of sci-fi/monster films are now being released in tandem with the American versions, could a U. S. company just release a subtitled version of the Japanese version? I can think of two things that might affect that: 1) I don't know if Toho would only license "their" version as a standalone, or if they did, might they charge more? 2) How many fewer sales would a U. S. company make if the dubbed-version wasn't included on the DVD? I know many people on this board would probably be satisfied with having only the original version, but I don't know how many "lost" sales there'd be due to others who want to see the butchered versions they grew up loving...
P0TRZEBIE		#15	[-]
(05/07/08 1:05 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Media Blasters released Varan as a subbed only release.... Must have done OK cause they kept releasing further Tohos... "With great power comes great rice....."
Hachigatsu		#16	[-]
(05/07/08 2:19 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Same with THE MYSTERIANS (RKO/MGM), DOGORA (AIP-TV), ATRAGON (AIP), MATANGO (AIP-TV), LATITUDE ZERO (National General Pictures/Gold Key Entertainment), SPACE AMOEBA (AIP) and FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD (AIP). So, I assume that someone could license the Japanese versions and release them with English subtitles (of course) and any alternate dubbing, if any, originally commissioned by Toho. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA Organizer SHOCK IT TO ME! Classic Horror Film Festival
BijouBob8mm		#17	[-]
(05/07/08 1:55 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	In the case of HUMAN VAPOR and GORATH, the films were extensively re-edited by Brenco in the States, so it wouldn't be a simple matter of marrying an English track to the Japanese picture. I'd go for sub-titled only Japanese versions, ala VARAN.
pinkfloyd95209		#18	[-]
(05/09/08 4:49 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	BijouBob8mm wrote: THE LAKE OF DRACULA (1971) and THE EVIL OF DRACULA (1973), I've got both of those but, alas, EP mode VHS, pan & scan from Paramount. I hope that LEGEND FILMS release these 2 on DVD as part of their deal with PARAMOUNT someday?
Jameson281		#19	[-]
(05/09/08 7:27 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	pinkfloyd95209 wrote: BijouBob8mm wrote: THE LAKE OF DRACULA (1971) and THE EVIL OF DRACULA (1973), I've got both of those but, alas, EP mode VHS, pan & scan from Paramount. I hope that LEGEND FILMS release these 2 on DVD as part of their deal with PARAMOUNT someday? I don't believe Paramount has the rights. I think UPA had the rights, and Paramount distributed UPA's stuff for a while. Now the UPA stuff is with Classic Media, but the rights to those two may have expired.
Hachigatsu		#20	[-]
(05/09/08 10:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Classic Media passed on LAKE, EVIL, ESPY, LAST DAYS OF PLANET EARTH and FRANKENSTEIN CONQUERS THE WORLD. The rights to these titles reverted back to Toho. Media Blasters snapped up the DVD rights to FRANKENSTEIN. August Ragone Author EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS Blog THE GOOD, THE BAD AND GODZILLA Organizer SHOCK IT TO ME! Classic Horror Film Festival

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