Re: Producer in Chinese, Director in Japanese


reyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Sharptongue wrote:
Does anyone know why, in movie credits, 監製 means Producer in
Chinese (most notably in HK) but Director in Japanese ?

Um, it doesn't? Director is 監督（かんとく） in Japanese.

Josh Reyer

Okay, I'll refine the question. Why does the credit of Director use
entirely different characters in Chinese and Japanese ? And why is the
credit for Director (in J) so similar to the credit for Producer (in
Chi) ?

.

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