Fist of Legend CineAsia BDUK vs DD R1 DVD vs HKV R2Fr DVD

[grim_tales]

I do the same thing as Mark

[gasteropod]

Some names just wouldn't sound right the other way round, Takashi Miike for example, don't think I've ever heard or read it as 'Miike Takashi' lolz.

[HungFist]

Well, the Japanese had hard time deciding whether to go the western way or not. First it was Family Name --> Given Name, then they actually reversed it (there's a whole generation of hight school students that were taught to do it the western way whenever possible) and then there was an "official" order to stick to the traditions again.

I use Family Name --> Given Name form when I talk about Japanese people with Japanese people. Including Miike Takashi (about him, not with him, unfortunately).

On forums I just use the form that I'm more used to, which often depends on the international popularity of the person.

And sometimes I switch it for the sake of logic (e.g. Koreeda Hirokazu in the Air Doll topic as Bae Doona was featured in the same sentence).

That being said, I think it's pretty much 50/50 with Korean names... Chanwook Park and Park Chanwook.

[Markgway]

Korean names I also go surname first.

Eg. PARK Chan-Wook.

KITANO Takeshi would be wierd for most westerners.

[bradavon]

I'll never get used to calling Zhang Ziyi, Ziyi Zhang. I simply refuse to do it.

[Shingster]

I never go westernised with Chinese and Korean names as 99% of the time they simply don't roll off the tongue anywhere near as well - especially Chinese names as I feel there's a rhythm to how you say their names when using family-name first which stems from most Chinese names being made up of just three or four syllables. Japanese names have more syllables and that makes them more interchangeable to me.

[Markgway]

Zhang Zi-Yi for me (with or without the hyphen).

I don't recognise Ziyi Zhang. It's just not right. lol

[grim_tales]

Zhang Zi-Yi (or Ziyi) for me too.

[HungFist]

Zhang Zi-Yi (or Ziyi) for me too.

Ueto Aya for me