Foley Recording

Foley stages in Tokyo and Osaka give us deep surface pits and rich prop banks. Sessions route through Imagica, Robot, OmnibusJapan, and Sony PCL.

Our pits span tatami, polished hardwood, gravel temple paths, and urban concrete. They also cover the layered surfaces a Kyoto period drama or a Shinjuku thriller really needs. Each foley artist studies a character's body language before they perform. A hesitant footfall reads quite differently from a sure one. A heavy yakuza walk needs other shoes than a teenage runner in a Yokohama drama.

Each action is caught to picture with frame-true sync. The cover spans cloth movement, prop handling, body falls, and the small human contact sounds that shoot booms rarely catch clean.

We can also build custom surface rigs when a script asks for something specific. Think wet stone steps, snow crunch for a Sapporo exterior, or rain-soaked metal for a factory setting. Stems arrive ordered for the dub stage with steady perspective and tail work. They drop into a 5.1, 7.1, or Dolby Atmos mix with no more editing. The result is a foley track that gives each scene the tactile feel theatrical and streaming viewers expect.

Stems ship to suit each release chain. We cut foley deliverables that fold into NHK 4K and 8K masters, TBS and Fuji TV carriage, and Netflix Japan packages. Turnaround scales with the cue count. A short scene records in a day, while a feature foley pass usually books one to two weeks of stage time. We confirm a firm schedule before the first session opens, so your dub stage date never slips.

Foley dates book around Japan's calendar, held clear of Golden Week and Obon when stage and artist availability tightens. Session hours follow the Japanese Labor Standards Act. Quotes are framed in yen, with the ten percent consumption tax shown on its own line. Our team runs spotting notes, performance direction, and review in both English and Japanese, so overseas supervisors guide each pass without a language gap.