Asian Cinema Thread
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Jaysgba
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Both links say Curzon still.
Whoops, typo. Both are similar in typing in my head.
Arrow Academy has revealed their next title - Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura.
This collection features three films on Blu-ray; the 1983 film The Ballad of Narayama, the 1987 film Zegen, and the 1989 film Black Rain. The limited edition set will be available starting 7th December 2020 for SRP £59.99. You can order the set on Arrow's webstore.
Long time Asian Cinema fans and collectors may recognise The Ballad of Narayama as it was once released under Eureka Entertainment and its Master of Cinema line-up.
This collection features three films on Blu-ray; the 1983 film The Ballad of Narayama, the 1987 film Zegen, and the 1989 film Black Rain. The limited edition set will be available starting 7th December 2020 for SRP £59.99. You can order the set on Arrow's webstore.
Long time Asian Cinema fans and collectors may recognise The Ballad of Narayama as it was once released under Eureka Entertainment and its Master of Cinema line-up.
Yami
Thousand Master
Trailer and final specs for Eureka's release of The Bride with the White Hair:
Eureka have also increased the print run of their Mothra limited edition release from 3000 to 4000 copies as it was on the verge of selling out
- Limited Edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Darren Wheeling [2000 copies]
- 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a stunning new 4K restoration (this restoration has been newly colour graded exclusively by Eureka Entertainment and officially approved by director Ronny Yu)
- Cantonese audio, available in original stereo and restored 5.1 presentations
- Optional English and Mandarin audio tracks
- Newly translated English subtitles
- Brand new feature length audio commentary by Asian film expert Frank Djeng (NY Asian Film Festival)
- Audio commentary with director Ronny Yu
- Brand new interview with director Ronny Yu [41 mins]
- Brande new interview with actor Joe Tay [21 mins]
- Brand new interview with screenwriter Jason Lam Kee To [56 mins]
- Brand new interview with editor David Wu [81 mins]
- Brand new interview with composer Richard Yuen [24 mins]
- Archival “making of” featurette
- Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing by James Oliver [2000 copies]
Eureka have also increased the print run of their Mothra limited edition release from 3000 to 4000 copies as it was on the verge of selling out
Ryûhei Kitamura's Versus is coming to Blu-ray by Arrow Video, using a brand new 2K restoration from original film elements approved by the director. This is a license rescue from Tartan Video who released the DVD back in 2003.
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The latest updated release schedule for Asian Cinema! Newest update is Eureka's re-issue for Tsui Hark's Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy set with all 4 Blu-ray discs in a single case.
November 2020:
December 2020:
Coming Soon (No Scheduled Date Yet):
October 2020:
| Date: | Name | Language | Director | Format | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | The Taste of Tea | Japanese | Katsuhito Ishii | Blu-ray | Third Window Films |
| 26th | The Bride With White Hair (First Print Edition release) | Cantonese English | Ronny Yu | Blu-ray | Eureka 'Classics' |
| 26th | Shaolin Wooden Men (First Print Edition release) | Cantonese Mandarin English | Chen Chi-Hwa | Blu-ray | 88 Films |
| 26th | Spiritual Kung Fu (First Print Edition release) | Cantonese Mandarin English | Lo Wei | Blu-ray | 88 Films |
November 2020:
| Date: | Name | Language | Director | Format | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | Gemini (First Print Edition release) | Japanese | Shinya Tsukamoto | Blu-ray | Third Window Films |
| 9th | Burst City (First Print Edition release) | Japanese | Sogo Ishii | Blu-ray | Arrow Video |
| 16th | The H-Man & Battle in Outer Space (First Print Edition release) | Japanese English | Ishirō Honda | Blu-ray | Eureka 'Masters of Cinema' |
| 16th | Mothra (Limited Edition release) | Japanese English | Ishirō Honda | Blu-ray | Eureka 'Masters of Cinema' |
| 23rd | New Fist of Fury (First Print Edition release) | Cantonese Mandarin | Lo Wei | Blu-ray | 88 Films |
| 23rd | Parasite Includes: Colour + Black & White versions (Limited Edition Steelbook & Standard release) | Korean | Bong Joon-ho | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray | Curzon Artificial Eye |
December 2020:
| Date: | Name | Language | Director | Format | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7th | Once Upon a Time in China Trilogy (Standard Edition release) | Cantonese Mandarin English | Tsui Hark | Blu-ray | Eureka 'Classics' |
| 7th | Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura Includes: The Ballad of Narayama, Zegen & Black Rain (Limited Edition release) | Japanese | Shohei Imamura | Blu-ray | Arrow Academy |
| 7th | Versus (First Print Edition release) | Japanese English | Ryûhei Kitamura | Blu-ray | Arrow Video |
| 7th | The Young Master (First Print Edition release) | Cantonese English | Jackie Chan | Blu-ray | 88 Films |
Coming Soon (No Scheduled Date Yet):
| Name | Language | Director | Distributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barking Dogs Never Bite | Korean | Bong Joon-ho | Curzon Artificial Eye |
| The Burning Buddha Man & Violence Voyager | Japanese | Ujicha | Third Window Films |
| Gamera: The Complete Collection (Standard Edition release) | Japanese English | Various. | Arrow Video |
| Memories of Murder | Korean | Bong Joon-ho | Curzon Artificial Eye |
| Pink Films Vol. 5 & 6: Women Hell Song & Underwater Love | Japanese | Watanabe Mamoru Shinji Imaoka | Third Window Films |
| Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula | Korean | Yeon Sang-ho | Studio Canal |
Studio Canal have scheduled Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula for 30th November 2020. There's a limited edition steelbook and standard Blu-ray release. Unfortunately the 4K Ultra HD release which Well Go USA are planning later this year is not coming to the UK.
Limited Edition Steelbook
Standard Blu-ray
Busan Blu-ray Box Set (Train to Busan, Seoul Station, Peninsula)
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Limited Edition Steelbook
Standard Blu-ray
Busan Blu-ray Box Set (Train to Busan, Seoul Station, Peninsula)
(Disclaimer: These Amazon links are affiliated, which will support me if you buy anything through the links provided.)
Shocktober sale has begun on Arrow Video website and it includes Third Window Films titles!
- Animerama: 1001 Nights & Cleopatra (Blu-ray First Print Edition) - £12
- Antiporno (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £9
- Bullet Ballet (Blu-ray) - £9
- Cold Fish (Blu-ray) - £9
- Dangan Runner (Blu-ray & DVD combo First Print Edition) - £9
- Destruction Babies (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Fires on the Plain (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £9
- Getting Any? (Blu-ray) - £9
- Greatful Dead (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Hana-Bi (Blu-ray) - £9
- KOTOKO (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- The Land of Hope (Blu-ray) - £8
- Lesson of Evil (Blu-ray) - £8 [title is going out of print]
- Love & Peace (Blu-ray) - £8
- Love and Other Cults (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £9
- Love Exposure (Blu-ray) - £9
- One Cut of the Dead (Blu-ray) - £8
- Pluto (Blu-ray) - £7.50 [title is going out of print]
- A Snake of June (Blu-ray) - £9
- Suffering of Ninko (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £9
- Tetsuo: The Iron Man & Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Tokyo Fist (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Top Knot Detective (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £9
- The Whispering Star & The Sion Sono (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £9
- After the Storm (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Departures (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Family Values: Three Films by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Blu-ray) - £25
- Hiroshima (Blu-ray) - £10
- The Human Condition Trilogy (Blu-ray) - £15
- The Mad Fox (Blu-ray) - £10
- Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Blu-ray) - £10
- Seijun Suzuki's The Taisho Trilogy (Blu-ray) - £25
- The Third Murder (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Three Films by Jia Zhang-ke (Blu-ray) - £25
- Woman is the Future of Man & Tale of Cinema: Two Films by Hong Sangsoo (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Audition (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Battle Royale (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Battle Royale Director's Cut (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Before We Vanish (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Blade of the Immortal (Blu-ray) - £5
- The Bloodthirsty Trilogy (Blu-ray) - £10
- Cops vs Thugs (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £5
- Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell Bastards! (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Doberman Cop (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £7.50
- Female Prisoner Scorpion Collection (Blu-ray) - £25
- The Happiness of the Katakuris (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Horrors of Malformed Men (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Inferno of Torture (Blu-ray) - £10
- Massacre Gun (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Oldboy (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- One Missed Call Trilogy (Blu-ray) - £15
- Orgies of Edo (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Pulse (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £7.50
- Ring (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- The Ring Collection (Blu-ray) - £25
- Sister Street Fighter Collection (Blu-ray) - £10
- Stray Cat Rock Collection (Blu-ray) - £25
- Street Mobster (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Terra Formars (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- The Vengeance Trilogy (Blu-ray) - £25
- The Villainess (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- Wolf Guy (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £7.50
- Yakuza Law (Blu-ray) - £7.50
- The Yakuza Papers: Battles Without Honour and Humanity (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £7.50
- The Yakuza Papers: Final Episode (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £7.50
- The Yakuza Papers: Hiroshima Death Match (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £7.50
- The Yakuza Papers: Police Tactics (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £7.50
- The Yakuza Papers: Proxy War (Blu-ray & DVD combo) - £7.50
- Zombie For Sale (Blu-ray) - £10
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Jon O Fun
Combat Butler
Pre Ordered Spiritual Kung-Fu and the two Van Damme films as Street Fighter is nearly sold out already and not getting a reprint!
I’ve also pre-ordered SK-F and Street Fighter.
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88 Films has confirmed pre-order launch dates for the Jackie Chan films this Q4. The Young Master looks to be delayed in the meantime.
Meanwhile, Eureka Entertainment also has a Halloween sale. It has a few titles but also has a couple of Asian films. It's 2 for £20 or £12.99 each. Sale concludes 9am BST on Tuesday 27th October.
| New Fist of Fury | 16th November | 30th November |
| Shaolin Wooden Men | 26th October | 9th November |
Meanwhile, Eureka Entertainment also has a Halloween sale. It has a few titles but also has a couple of Asian films. It's 2 for £20 or £12.99 each. Sale concludes 9am BST on Tuesday 27th October.
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