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The Akira Ishida-dubbed version of the movie Titanic (1997) will air over two weeks, on September 4 and 11, on Nippon TV’s “Friday Roadshow” (Kinyō Road Show). The preview also highlights first-half moments, including the story behind the “Heart of the Ocean,” the 56-carat diamond that serves as the film’s key plot item. On 5channel, the thread was split over whether it’s appropriate to refer to dubbed versions by the voice actor’s name, while other posters compared this version to the one starring Satoshi Tsumabuki and Yuko Takeuchi, and reminisced about how much Leonardo DiCaprio has changed.
2026-09-03 12:00
Titanic (1997), starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, will air over two weeks on Nippon TV’s “Friday Roadshow” slot: September 4 (9:00–10:59 PM, extended by 5 minutes) and September 11 (9:00–10:54 PM). Ahead of the broadcast, here’s a look at the highlights from the film’s first half.
The story opens with the search for a legendary treasure said to have gone down with the Titanic: a 56-carat diamond called the “Heart of the Ocean,” once worn by Louis XVI. The undersea expedition, however, fails to find it. In the film, the diamond is the gift Rose receives from her fiancé aboard the Titanic, making it a key item in the story.
Source: oricon.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
does the first half star 'Tita'
and the second half star 'Nic'? (a joke splitting タイタニック/Titanic into タイタ and ニック)
he's in anime too, right?
bearded, pudgy middle-aged guy.
Still a great actor, though.
The Yuko Takeuchi version
Anything but the 'Bukky' one, please. (nickname for Satoshi Tsumabuki)
Don't spoil it!
It makes it sound like the voice actor is actually in the movie.
And the diehard fans genuinely seem to believe that, which is just embarrassing.
If there were only one dub, you'd just call it 'the dubbed version,' but that's not the case here, so what else are you gonna call it?
When a popular film has multiple dubs,
naming them after the voice actor is just the clearest way to tell them apart.
This 'diehard fan' accusation is ridiculous.
Just show us the Tsumabuki version.
That one's on par with Kumiko Ohba's Star Wars dub. (a famously maligned celebrity dub)
#1 starring: Akira Ishida #2 starring: Akira Ishida #4 starring: Akira Ishida
Exactly this.
He only did the voice, yet people seriously mistake him for the lead actor.
I'm with this camp too.
I get not wanting TV talents doing it,
but just have a proper stage actor do the dub.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Titanic has been rebroadcast on Nippon TV’s terrestrial channel numerous times, and each broadcast has historically used a different dub cast from the theatrical release. This “Akira Ishida version” is one such dub recorded later for television broadcast, alongside others like the Satoshi Tsumabuki and Yuko Takeuchi version. Referring to dubbed versions by the voice actor’s name rather than the film’s title has become standard practice on online forums, but the thread saw a split between those pointing out that “it’s misleading since the voice actor doesn’t actually appear in the movie” and those countering that “since there are multiple dubs, distinguishing them by voice actor name is simply the clearest method” — the debate never reached a resolution. Note that the “Heart of the Ocean” diamond featured in the film is a fictional plot device, not an actual gem recovered from the Titanic wreck site.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5channel (Geisports Sokuho+) thread “[Friday Roadshow] Titanic’s Akira Ishida Version to Air Over Two Weeks on Terrestrial TV — First-Half Highlights“.
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