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Reported Problem for The Madness of Youth
posted by CormacJonesSTAFFMOD on January 14, 2017 at 4:56 PM
Item: The Madness of Youth
Language: en
Type of Problem: Incorrect_content
Extra Details: The translated title of this film has gone back and forth between "Everything Goes Wrong" and "The Madness of Youth," and now has been locked as the latter. I see no justification for this decision and would like arbitration or an explanation of the matter. The Criterion release of the movie and all the publicity involved has it as Everything Goes Wrong (which is a translation of the Japanese), most everyone who sees this movie in English will know it by that title, and searches for The Madness of Youth don't turn up nearly as many relevant hits (there is one poster image, so clearly it should be included as an alternate title).
Reply by CormacJones
on January 16, 2017 at 2:44 AM
I found where this issue was raised by a user in the forums and contributed my ideas there, where this conversation should probably continue (as opposed to here).
Reply by asteliosp
on September 23, 2018 at 5:20 PM
I second this opinion. The current title creates confusion and it is not even a translation of the original title. Furthermore across the web it can be found mainly as "Everything Goes Wrong" and not the other way around.
If the case is that the movie was originally made available in the west as "The Madness of Youth" then a more elegant solution would be to put this title in Alternative Title section and label it as such in the "Type" block. An example would be "Historical original translation" or something.
Reply by TonyTonyTony
on May 30, 2021 at 5:44 PM
I agree as well. All searches are for EGW, even TCM broadcast it that way a few weeks ago.
Reply by lineker
on July 12, 2023 at 6:57 PM
Hi, I have fixed the title as first official release was Everything Goes Wrong. The Japanese sales title has no impact on the translated English title when there is an official release in a country with English as the main language. Closing topic.