Category Archives: Asian Titles

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The Happiness of the Katakuris | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: June 16, 2015 Arrow Video presents the Blu-ray & DVD for 2001’s The Happiness of the Katakuris, directed by Takashi Miike (New Graveyard of Honor). It’s the “The Sound of Music meets Dawn of the Dead“! The Katakuris are a family trying to run a peaceful country inn but with a lack of guests there is much excitement for their first visitor, until they wind up dead! As … Continue reading

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Lust of the Dead 4 | DVD (Tokyo Shock)

RELEASE DATE: March 1, 2016 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for Lust of the Dead 4 (aka Rape Zombie: Lust of the Dead 4), directed by Naoyuki Tomomatsu (Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl). Sexy babes vs. lustful zombies hungry for human flesh… what else is there to say? Lust of the Dead 4 stars Yui Aikawa (Lust of the Dead 1-3), Asami (Prison Girl), Megu Fujiura (Tokyo Train Girls: Private Lessons), Aya … Continue reading

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The Muthers | DVD (Vinegar Syndrome)

RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015 Vinegar Syndrome presents the DVD for 1976’s The Muthers, directed by the master of Filipino sleaze, Cirio H. Santiago (Future Hunters). Climb aboard with The Muthers – The meanest, toughest and most action packed pirate crew in the pacific. Join Jayne Kennedy (Ms .45), Rosanne Katon (She Devils in Chains), Jeannie Bell (TNT Jackson) and their crew on a daring rescue mission to save one of their own … Continue reading

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Gun Woman | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: May 26, 2015 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kurando Mitsutake’s Gun Woman, starring former AV model Asami (Prison Girl) Gun Woman brings Asami to a new level of action film achievement. Starring as a mute girl who is transformed from a sex worker into a hard-as-steel assassin, Asami spends much of the film nude and covered in blood in her quest for revenge on behalf of … Continue reading

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The Divine Move | Blu-ray & DVD (CJ Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2015 CJ Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Divine Move. Filmmaker Jo Bum-Gu goes against the grain of his last movie Quick, by giving us a more gritty, less humorous, non-cgi approach. No blockbuster explosions or vehicle stunts here… just some dirty hand-to-hand combat. Read our review. The Divine Move stars Jung Woo-Sung (The Good, The Bad, The Weird), Lee Beom-Soo (Death Bell), Ahn … Continue reading

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No Tears for the Dead | Blu-ray & DVD (CJ Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2015 CJ Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for No Tears for the Dead (read our review) directed by Lee Jeong-beom (Man from Nowhere). A hit man (Jang Dong-Gun from The Warrior’s Way) traumatized from accidentally killing a young girl during a job is given the mission to eliminate her mother, and begins the ultimate fight to save her life. The film also stars Kim Min-hee (Helpless), … Continue reading

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From Asia With Lust Volume 1: Camp & Hitchhike | DVD (Troma)

RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015 Troma presents the DVD for From Asia With Lust Volume 1: Camp & Hitchhike, a double feature directed by Ainosuke Shibata and starring Miyuki Yokoyama. In Camp (trailer), a camping trip turns into a nightmare for two sisters when they become trapped by five dangerous men. One sister is brutally murdered, the other escapes. Now, it’s time for revenge! In Hitchhike (trailer), a couple are … Continue reading

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The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Jacob Cheung’s The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom. This wuxia-fantasy revolves around a pair of lovers – a devilish outlaw (Fan Bingbing) and the righteous Taoist leader Huang Xiaoming), and their love that could change the fate of the nation. The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom also stars Vincent Zhao (True Legend), Wang Xuebing, … Continue reading

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Blind Woman’s Curse | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2015 Arrow Video presents the Blu-ray for 1970’s Blind Woman’s Curse (aka Black Cat’s Revenge), directed by cult director Teruo Ishii (Shogun’s Joys of Torture). Akemi (Meiko Kaji from Lady Snowblood) is a tattooed leader of the Tachibana Yakuza clan. In a duel with a rival gang, Akemi slashes the eyes of an opponent and a black cat appears, to lap the blood from the gushing … Continue reading

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Arcana | DVD (Tokyo Shock)

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2015 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for Arcana, a 2013 Japanese suspense thriller directed by Yoshitaka Yamaguchi (Samurai Cat), and based on the manga of the same name by Yua Kotegawa. In Arcana, a detective named Murakami teams up with an amnesiac hospital patient to stop a mass murderer. The film stars Tao Tsuchiya, Masataka Nakagauchi, Kaito, Takuya Uehara, Hajime Taniguchi, Masashi Taniguchi and Masahiro Noguchi. Watch the … Continue reading

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Outcast | Blu-ray & DVD (Phase 4 Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 31, 2015 Phase 4 Films presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Outcast, starring Nicolas Cage (Face/Off) and Hayden Christensen (Star Wars: Episode III). In Outcast, a mysterious warrior teams up with the daughter and son of a deposed Chinese Emperor to defeat their cruel Uncle, who seeks their deaths. The film also stars Yifei Liu (The Assassins), Andy On (Special ID), Ron Smoorenburg (Who Am I?), Jawed El-Berni … Continue reading

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Blood Factor | DVD (Bayview Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015 Bayview Entertainment presents the DVD for the acclaimed indie actioner, Blood Factor (aka Blood Ties), directed by and starring Kely McClung (American Ninja 4: The Annihilation). Black Operative Jack Davis is forced back into the game when his brother is kidnapped while working for a foreign embassy. From the shadow of the Washington Monument to the exotic streets of Bangkok, Jack uses his lethal skills to … Continue reading

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R100 | Blu-ray & DVD (Drafthouse Films)

RELEASE DATE: March 10, 2015 Draft House Films presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Hitoshi Matsumoto’s (Big Man Japan) R100 (read our review). The title of the film is a play on the Japanese rating system (R18 is equivalent to our NC-17), so “R100” should give you an idea of what to expect. In this audaciously kinky, meta-comedic thriller, a lonely father with a secret taste for S&M (Nao Ohmori, best known … Continue reading

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The Master | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: February 24, 2015 Lionsgate presents the DVD for 2011’s The Master (aka Choi Lei Fut or True Master), directed by Zhou Ke. It stars Hongbo Shi, Ni Cheng, Tianlong Shi and Jintong Mai In 19th-century China, the population is suffering at the hands of greedy landlords, corrupt officials, and unwelcome invaders. Hoping to unite his people, master Chen Xiang opens a martial arts school. But after Chen refuses … Continue reading

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Dokuro-Jo: Seven Souls in the Skull Castle | DVD (Ytinifni Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2015 Ytinifni Pictures presents the DVD for Hidenori Inoue’s Dokuro-Jo: Seven Souls in the Skull Castle, a martial arts thriller that was filmed Live, on Stage, in Tokyo. Eight years after the fall of Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi is attempting to unify Japan, but he is opposed by Tenmao, a mysterious masked resident of Skull Castle. Watch the trailer. Dokuro-Jo: Seven Souls in the Skull Castle stars Shun … Continue reading

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