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Tim Hulsizer's List of American Movie Titles in Japanese

When American films come to Japan, they often change the titles for various reasons. Here are some examples.

Almost Famous = In the Old Days With Penny Lane
Army of Darkness = Captain Supermarket
Bachelor Party (Tom Hanks) = Goodbye Single Life
Bad Company (Chris Rock) = 9 Days
Basic = Closed Forest (Tozosareto Mori)
Basic Instinct = Smirk of Ice
Beaches = Forever Friends
Being John Malkovich = Malkovich's Hole
Billy Elliott = Little Dancer
Bounce (Ben Affleck/Gwyneth Paltrow) = Coincidental Lovers
Bring It On (Kirsten Dunst) = Cheers!
Busted (Goldie/David Bowie) = Everybody Loves Sunshine
Cat's Meow (Kirsten Dunst) = The Mystery Of the Blonde & the Coffin
Cradle 2 the Grave = Black Diamond
Crossroads (Britney Spears) = Not a Girl
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon = Green Destiny
Dead Bang (Don Johnson) = Santa Monica Dandy
Devil's Advocate = Diablos
DOA (Dennis Quaid) = Countdown To Death
Domestic Disturbance (John Travolta) = Domestic Fear
Donnie Brasco = Fake
Don't Say a Word (Michael Douglas) = Sound of Silence
Eight Legged Freaks = Spider Panic!
Exit Wounds = Electric Shock
Fast & the Furious = Wild Speed
Finding Forrester = If You Find a Writer
Freaky Friday = Fortune Cookie
Heist (Gene Hackman) = Professional
Hollow Man = Invisible
The Hours (Nicole Kidman) = The Times That Come Across ("The Times We Encounter"? Hard to translate.)
Intolerable Cruelty = Divorce Show
Joe Somebody (Tim Allen) = Re-man Joe
Joyride (Paul Walker) = Road Killer
Just Visiting (Jean Reno) = My Lovely Fiance
Kate & Leopold (Hugh Jackman) = Lovers Of New York
Keeping the Faith = Our Anna Banana
Kingdom Come (LL Cool J/Vivica Fox) = Come On Heaven!
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen = League of Legend
Legally Blonde = Cutey Blonde
Man Who Wasn't There = Barber
Monster's Ball = Chocolate
Murder By Numbers = Perfect Crime Club
One Hour Photo = Stalker
Our Man Flint (James Coburn) = Lightning Flint Operation Go Go!
Out Cold (snowboarding comedy) = Cool Boarder
Pay It Forward = Possible Kingdom
Pecker = I Love Pecker
Pianist = Battlefield Pianist
Possession (Gwyneth Paltrow) = Hog
Pushing Tin = I'm Not Going Crazy
Rabbit Proof Fence (Kenneth Branagh) = 1500 Miles Barefoot
Reign of Fire = Salamander
Shallow Hal = Beloved Rosemary
Shawshank Redemption = Shawshank Sky
Strictly Ballroom = Dancing Hero
Supersnooper/Superfuzz = Operation Red Omega
Sweet Home Alabama = Melanie Is Going
Sweetest Thing (Cameron Diaz) = Things Christina Likes
3000 Miles To Graceland = Scorpion
To Wong Foo = 3 Angels
Up Close & Personal = Anchor Woman
What a Girl Wants = Royal Seventeen
Who Is Cletus Tout (Christian Slater) = Crime & Diamond


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