Michael Jackson Movie:

		List Price: $10.98		Label: HUDSON STREET Salesrank: 456 Released: June 23, 2009
		Our Price: $7.58
		Used Price: $6.00
		MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Media: DVD

Editorial Review:
MJ
THE KING OF POP..The seventh son...Since the beginning of his musical career at the age 5 as the lead singer of the Jackson Five.
Michael has made musical history like no one before. An avalanche of hits beginning with
I Want You Back
and continuing for over four decades have guaranteed him a prominent place in the Pop Music Hall of Fame. The DVD footage is from the Michael Jackson
BAD
album concert tour of Japan, on September 14, 1987 in Yokahama Japan. Essentially a greatest hits performance by one of Pop music's most important artists. A truly vital part of
THE KING OF POP'S
recorded legacy!

Live in Japan Reviews:
Should be called "Bad" Tour
2009-11-10 - For anyone interested in what Michael's first solo tour looked like - this is the DVD for you! This is a concert from the BAD tour in 1987 / 1988 (not a 1985 concert as claimed by the author#. The cover for this DVD is very misleading!!! The author - whoever copied this onto a DVD - knows very little - if anything about MJ. The picture on the cover features MJ in Earthsong which was featured during History tour 1996 / 1997. Other pictures on the cover are from middle to late 90's - totally unrelated to the contents of the DVD.

The contents of the whole DVD is BAD tour! I have been looking for this footage for over a decade and am very grateful I finally have it! It is not hi-def but who cares? It is over 20 years old and hard to find. Michael is SUPER! It is nowhere as theatrical as his last tours (Dangerous or History), nor does he change his clothes but a couple of times, BUT he SINGS LIVE and DANCES like crazy. It will definitely have you dancing and singing and clapping hands right there in your living room.



Michael Jackson Live In Japan
2009-11-08 - I recommend this Michael Jackson Live In Japan to any Die Hard fans out there who never got a chance to see him live such as myself. It is a great concert while it appears incomplete and the picture appears fuzzy and grainy at times on my DVD player i popped it into my computer and it appeared to be quite a bit better while not perfect it is not at all too bad for a recorded concert over 20 years old people should keep that in mind while trying to decide whether or not to purchase this nothing that old is going to be perfect. but i can definitely say without a doubt that he was definitely at the top of his game during this period of time doing all the dance moves he became known for and to the best of my knowledge appeared to be singing on every single song no backing tracks or Lip-syncing here.

If you close your eyes, this DVD is great.
2009-11-01 - I agree with everything J. Mathews wrote in his/her review. But I still wanted to see the concert and hoped the resolution wouldn't be "too awful." Well, it was. I spent the first few hours trying to figure out what the dancers looked like and what they were wearing. All the people looked orangish and pinkish in color, and like fun house mirror reflections where they appeared super square and chunky and out of proportion. Although I was glad to not see so much of the screaming audience as in the Bucharest concert, the zooming in and out and different camera angle shots of MJ made me dizzy after a while. If I closed my eyes and just listened, MJ's singing was/is truly amazing. In fact, the ballads he sings in this concert sound better than the ones he sings in the Bucharest concert. But if you have to close your eyes to avoid being visually assaulted by the horrific lack of resolution and clarity, you might as well just buy his CDs. Also, there are three songs where not just the resolution but also the audio is poor and since I don't know the lyrics to all of his songs, I had no idea what MJ was singing. (I have since then looked-up the song lyrics.)I love MJ as much for his dancing as I do for his singing, so this DVD was as huge disappointment. If MJ's dancing is as important as his singing to you, then buy the Bucharest concert DVD and not this one.

DON'T LET THE BAD REVIEWS sway you from buying or overlooking
2009-10-31 - I felt that I just had to review this DVD because it is not fair that fans pass up this DVD, due to the
Bad or negative reviews posted. First of all I'll say that I was impressed with the quality of the video. I was expecting less because it is a third party DVD (Hudson Street). The quality is VCR-ish but viewable take note that this was made
In 1987. So for $8 you get a great and rare DVD a must for diehard MJ fans like me. Another note this Concert is filmed in Widescreen (the only one so far)so a plus for hdtv owners. So either wait for an official release or buy
This for $8 a great bargain. Most of all
If you are a diehard MJ I GURANTEE you WONT feel ripped off. The set list is as follows.
1- Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
2- Things I do For You
3- Off The Wall
4- Human Nature
5- Heartbreak Hotel/This Place Hotel
6- She's Out of My Life
7- Jackson 5 Medley I Want You Back/The love You Save/I'll Be There
8- Rock With You
9- Lovely One
10- Working Day and Night
11- Beat It
12- Billie Jean
13- Shake Your Body (Down to the ground)
14- Thriller
15- I Just Can't Stop Loving You w/Sheryl Crow
16- Bad

Royal Performance
2009-10-27 -
I am reviewing this DVD on the week that "This Is It" coming out to the theaters. I am so excited about that so I went through my MJ stuff this past weekend. When I got this DVD, I bought it mostly based on great reviews of the people who purchased this at the time (July/August 2009) on amazon.com. I have never played it until this last weekend. I see now that reviews are not as good. People have different views on what's good or not. But for $7.99 - you can't lose with this DVD.

This is recording of Michael Jackson concert in Japan during his Bad Tour (September 1987). It looks like recording from TV broadcast of the concert. It was shot with professional, multiple cameras and multiple angles. It's all there. All shots and close-ups of the stage, of the band, of Michael are there and good. Most importantly the sound is clear and great. The concert is there in its entirety.

I am not sure what the definition of bootleg is but I wouldn't call this a bootleg. There are multiple angles to this recording and over-all quality picture quality is good. It definitely does NOT have DVD HD picture quality, nor 5.1 DTS surround sound feature. The footage might be raw and un-edited too much. The production is very low. It looks like VHS recording that was put on DVD with the minimal efforts. But, to me that gave it the raw feel of the time when it was recorded and none of the technical non-perfections did not bother me.

Michael Jackson's performance on this recording is unbelievable. I think during this time he earned the title of THE KING. I also see how people in the audience would get unconscious and pass out. Michael's singing was flawless. He was performing at the giant stadium to the audience of thousands of people and his voice was just beautiful. He didn't skip a single note. His dance moves here are stunning. We all saw his moves in his videos. But dancing during the live concert wher4e anything can go wrong is another thing. He really was amazing and breathtaking. I was surprised that on this performance/tour Michael Jackson was more R'n'B than pop. Every single music note was played (by musicians obviously). There was no sampling of his recording anywhere and even if there was, it was very rough and for seconds. There definitely was NO lip-syncing what nowadays we see all the time on any performances.

I'd recommend this DVD to everyone who's interested to see what Michael live performance was like ...