Asian Cinema Thread
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New titles from 88 Films now available to pre-order on Amazon that are part of Asian Cinema:
- Dragon Lord (龍少爺) - 1982 film by Jackie Chan - 24th August
- Fearless Hyena (笑拳怪招) - 1979 film by Jackie Chan - 24th August
- Bonus: Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle - 1994 film based on Capcom's video-game by Steven E. de Souza - 28th September
I saw that statement though hopefully I’m lucky on the slipcover front. Stock is meant to be coming in next week so I’ll find out around then.
Jon O Fun
Combat Butler
Currently No. 6 best seller on Amazon so outselling Bad Boys 3 and Parasite!
The latest updated release schedule.
July 2020:
August 2020:
Coming Soon (No Scheduled Date Yet):
June 2020:
| Date | Name | Language | Director | Format | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Parasite | Korean | Bong Joon-ho | Blu-ray | Curzon Artificial Eye |
| 15th | Armour of God II: Operation Condor | Cantonese | Jackie Chan | Blu-ray | 88 Films |
| 15th | Tokyo Story (4K Restoration) | Japanese | Yasujirō Ozu | Blu-ray | BFI |
| 22nd | The Mad Fox | Japanese | Tomu Uchida | Blu-ray | Arrow Academy |
| 29th | Takeshi Kitano Three-Film Collection: Boiling Point / Sonatine / Violent Cop | Japanese | Takeshi Kitano | Blu-ray | BFI |
July 2020:
| Date | Name | Language | Director | Format | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | Hanagatami | Japanese | Nobuhiko Obayashi | Blu-ray | Third Window Films |
| 6th | Inferno Of Torture | Japanese | Teruo Ishii | Blu-ray | Arrow Video |
| 6th | Zombie For Sale | Korean | Lee Min-jae | Blu-ray | Arrow Video |
| 13th | Hiroshima | Japanese | Hideo Sekigawa | Blu-ray | Arrow Academy |
| 20th | Maborosi | Japanese | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Blu-ray | BFI |
| 20th | Mr. Vampire | Cantonese | Ricky Lau | Blu-ray | Eureka Entertainment |
August 2020:
| Date | Name | Language | Director | Format | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10th | Fish Story | Japanese | Yoshihiro Nakamura | Blu-ray | Third Window Films |
| 17th | Gamera: The Complete Collection | Japanese | Various | Blu-ray | Arrow Video |
| 24th | Black Test Car & The Black Report | Japanese | Yasuzo Masumura | Blu-ray | Arrow Video |
| 24th | Dragon Lord | Cantonese | Jackie Chan | Blu-ray | 88 Films |
| 24th | The Fearless Hyena | Cantonese | Jackie Chan | Blu-ray | 88 Films |
September 2020:
| Date: | Name | Language | Director | Format | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | Melancholic | Japanese | Seiji Tanaka | Blu-ray & DVD | Third Window Films |
| 28th | The Master | Cantonese | Tsui Hark | Blu-ray | 88 Films |
Coming Soon (No Scheduled Date Yet):
| Name | Language | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Burning Buddha Man & Violence Voyager | Japanese | Ujicha | Third Window Films |
| The H-Man & Battle in Outer Space | Japanese | Ishirō Honda | Eureka 'Masters of Cinema' |
| Kwaidan (Standard Edition release) | Japanese | Masaki Kobayashi | Eureka 'Masters of Cinema' |
| Pink Films Vol. 5 & 6: Women Hell Song & Underwater Love | Japanese | Watanabe Mamoru Shinji Imaoka | Third Window Films |
| Ran (4K Ultra HD Blu-ray) | Japanese | Akira Kurosawa | Studio Canal |
| Untold Story | Cantonese | Herman Yau | 88 Films |
Just Passing Through
The Wildcard
Villain is a damned good film. Better than Haruhi Suzumiya? Might just be...
Jon O Fun
Combat Butler
88 films may have just leaked another upcoming Eureka release on facebook (they previously said Eureka had Mr. Vampire about a month before it was announced).
Someone asked if they'd be releasing the Lucky Stars films or Twin Dragons to which they responded 'Lucky Stars isn't coming from us'.
Read into that what you will
smart money is on Eureka and does that mean they have got Twin Dragons? We'll have to wait an see 
Someone asked if they'd be releasing the Lucky Stars films or Twin Dragons to which they responded 'Lucky Stars isn't coming from us'.
Read into that what you will
smart money is on Eureka and does that mean they have got Twin Dragons? We'll have to wait an see
Heads up, Third Window Films has confirmed that both Pink Films collections are going out of print with limited stock remaining. This was a 500 unit print run (with the other 500 units released in Germany by Rapid Eye Movies).
Vol. 1 & 2 contains Inflatable Sex Dolls of the Wasteland and Gushing Prayer - Available on Amazon for £15.99.
Vol. 3 & 4 contains Abnormal Family and Blue Film Woman - Available on Amazon for £14.99.
Vol. 5 & 6 is coming later this year which contains Women Hell Song and Underwater Love, the latter of which TWF did release on DVD many years ago.
(Disclaimer: Amazon links are affiliated to help support me financially)
Vol. 1 & 2 contains Inflatable Sex Dolls of the Wasteland and Gushing Prayer - Available on Amazon for £15.99.
Vol. 3 & 4 contains Abnormal Family and Blue Film Woman - Available on Amazon for £14.99.
Vol. 5 & 6 is coming later this year which contains Women Hell Song and Underwater Love, the latter of which TWF did release on DVD many years ago.
(Disclaimer: Amazon links are affiliated to help support me financially)
Third Window Films has confirmed they were able to acquire the rights to Shinya Tsukamoto's 1999 film Gemini, which is estimated to arrive on Blu-ray around October/November time. All the on-disc bonus features from the US/CA version will be included.
Worth noting that Gemini is not one of the titles that were featured in Arrow's Solid Metal Nightmares.
Worth noting that Gemini is not one of the titles that were featured in Arrow's Solid Metal Nightmares.
Yami
Thousand Master
My Novamedia imports of Edward Yang's Taipei Story and Shunji Iwai's April Story and Love Letter arrived yesterday after a month long journey from Korea. They're my first purchases from Novamedia and they're really beautiful releases, Taipei Story in particular - they even unexpectedly threw in a Taipei Story fridge magnet!
Edward Yang might be my favourite filmmaker, and my choice for greatest film ever made is whichever out of A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi I watched most recently. Taipei Story is his second feature and doesn't quite reach the heights of either of those films but comes awfully close, beautifully depicting the tensions and anxieties that develop in a relationship with the passing of time and how these are influenced by the forces that are pushing apart modernity and tradition, Taiwan and its history, east and west, the classes...groupings that aren't directly opposed to one another but nevertheless need to compromise in order to peacefully co-exist, much like the romantic relationship of the main couple. The main character, Lung, is played by Yang's fellow New Taiwanese Cinema icon Hou Hsiao-Hsien in a rare acting role; he also re-mortgaged his house to finance the film.
Edward Yang might be my favourite filmmaker, and my choice for greatest film ever made is whichever out of A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi I watched most recently. Taipei Story is his second feature and doesn't quite reach the heights of either of those films but comes awfully close, beautifully depicting the tensions and anxieties that develop in a relationship with the passing of time and how these are influenced by the forces that are pushing apart modernity and tradition, Taiwan and its history, east and west, the classes...groupings that aren't directly opposed to one another but nevertheless need to compromise in order to peacefully co-exist, much like the romantic relationship of the main couple. The main character, Lung, is played by Yang's fellow New Taiwanese Cinema icon Hou Hsiao-Hsien in a rare acting role; he also re-mortgaged his house to finance the film.
New update on the Jackie Chan Dragon Lord 88 Films release.
First Print edition:
- Limited Edition Gloss O-Card slipcase. New artwork from R.P. “Kung Fu Bob” O’Brien
- Limited Edition 44 page Picture Booklet featuring rare stills, posters, lobby cards, behind- the-scenes photos, production stills and more.
- New 2K restoration from the Original 35mm Negatives in 2:35:1 Aspect Ratio.
- 96 minute Hong Kong Theatrical Cut - "Jackie Chan's final approved edit of the film".
- 103 minute Work-In-Progress Cut - "An earlier cut of the film, released in limited territories, featuring approximately 15 minutes of exclusive extended/alternate footage"
- Original Theatrical Cantonese Mono.
- Alternate Home Release Cantonese Mono Mix.
- 1982 English Export Dub [approx. 5 min presented in English-subtitled Cantonese for undubbed portions]
- 2003 English 5.1 mix
- Newly translated English subtitles
- A simplified subtitle track [Applies to the “Jianzi” shuttlecock match only, this subtitle set simplifies the dialogue in that scene, allowing you to focus on the action.]
- English Trailer
- The Insider: Interview with Louis Sit
- The Fall Guy: An Interview with Mars
- The Master Returns: An interview with Whang In-Sik
- Behind-The-Scenes Teaser
- Hong Kong Trailer
- Reversible sleeve with alternative Hong Kong poster artwork