how to buy from Japan ?

[Richard--W a straight arrow Find all posts View Profile Close Richard--W]

I want to buy Cimitero Senza Croci from amazon.japan

http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/...daficionado-22

but the language barrier makes it impossible.
I have no idea what I'm reading there or what I'm clicking on.

Does anyone know how to navigate in Japanese?


Richard

[Apronikoff Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Apronikoff]

Richard, yeah I can help you...I can read enough Japanese to get by, at least where Amazon is concerned. Where's the problem coming in?

[Roderick Butthorn Find all posts View Profile Close Roderick]

If you go to the front page there is an "In English" button in the top right corner.

[Jack J Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jack J]

You can buy it from YesAsia in HK. They carry a lot of Japanese DVDs. 35 dollars + postage:

YesAsia North America:
http://www.yesasia.com/us/cimitero-s...0-en/info.html

YesAsia Everywhere else:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/cimite...0-en/info.html

[Richard--W a straight arrow Find all posts View Profile Close Richard--W]

Wow, thanks everybody.
I clicked on the English translation button on the upper right and it went to a new page but didn't translate. It's still in Japanese.
I may have to pay the higher price at YesAsia if I don't figure this out.

Richard, yeah I can help you...I can read enough Japanese to get by, at least where Amazon is concerned. Where's the problem coming in?

I want to click on Buy It Now. The one click option. But I can't figure out which is which. I'm grandfathered in because I'm logged in at other amazons. Maybe I can just paypal somebody to buy it and send it to me.


Buy the way, if you haven't seen this film, give it a try. It's about death, naturally. Life is the cemetery without crosses. Or something like that. The spaghetti western as legitimate drama. Actually, it's a French western shot in Spain by actor-direct Robert Hossein. There's not much dialogue. The story is told visually and dialogue is the punctuation. Yet it holds true to the spaghetti western formula. No annoying slapstick or acrobatics.

There ought to be dozens of reviews and lots of people talking about this film. It's one of the best spaghetti westerns I've seen, right up there with Once Upon a Time in the West. Different, but it has the same poetry.


Richard

[Jack J Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jack J]

I don't know if it's any help with Amazon Japan but you can translate full pages with Google. I've used it successfully to order DVDs from Eastern Europe.

Check this:
http://translate.google.dk/translate...daficionado-22

[Apronikoff Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Apronikoff]

I want to click on Buy It Now. The one click option. But I can't figure out which is which. I'm grandfathered in because I'm logged in at other amazons. Maybe I can just paypal somebody to buy it and send it to me.

Have you verified that? It's my experience that amazon.co.jp uses a different account system from the rest of the amazons. I have one account that I use at the US, UK, FR, DE, CA, and IT stores, but it doesn't work for JP. So you may end up needing to create an account from scratch.

Also, you mentioned the higher price at YesAsia...but from what I'm seeing it's a fair amount cheaper there. The cheapest used copy from Amazon.JP is 3239 Yen, which comes to $40.65 at current exchange rates, whereas YesAsia has it for $34. Just thought that was worth mentioning.

[Roderick Butthorn Find all posts View Profile Close Roderick]

I've always had a good experience shopping with YesAsia and they tend to have decent prices.

[Jack J Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Jack J]

whereas YesAsia has it for $34.

And get something else so the price comes to at least $39 and the postage is free worldwide.

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

CD Japan also has an English friendly option and will ship world wide. I've used them a few times with no problems.

[Richard--W a straight arrow Find all posts View Profile Close Richard--W]

You guys are a helpful bunch.
amazon.ja doesn't want to descramble. Maybe I should reboot.
I'll go over to CDJapan and YesAsia and look around.


Richard

[Richard--W a straight arrow Find all posts View Profile Close Richard--W]

I went ahead with YesAsia.

Thanks everyone for your input, you're a helpful crowd.