The story takes place in a town in Japan and all the humans
speak untranslated Japanese, except for some public occasions where there is a simultaneous translator.
Not exact matches
But Anderson's choice to have the dogs, played by American actors,
speaking English while the Japanese -
speaking human characters are frequently
untranslated feels awkward and isolating.
The only person to
speak in full, clear sentences is the narrator; everyone else
speaks in either bits of
untranslated French, German, or, if you're playing as Freddie the American, grunts.