Yes, Sanada san did his own acting and speaking in "The Promise." Originally, I believe they'd considered dubbing his voice, with a native speaker, but he was able to learn the language sufficiently to be able to do it himself, so that is his voice, and not anyone else's. I love his voice, and prefer watching his movies with him speaking, rather than voice-overs by other actors. I can always read the subtitles :-).
Starfire
On Dec 7, 2007 11:02 AM, om3japan <om3japan@...> wrote:
hello,
I read that Sanada san was the one doing the voice of General Guangming, his rol in The
Promise. Could someone confirm this? I have the DVD and, though I know the dubbing was
made after filming, his voice sounds strange, maybe because the Chinese sound is not so
clear, and I get use to listen to him talking in Japanese...Any clue?