Contemporary and restored Asian Blu-ray releases are coming to the U.S. from Kani Releasing

“Cain & Abel” Poster

Kani Releasing, an upcoming Blu-ray label headed by Hong Kong-based sales agent Pearl Chan and programmer Ariel Esteban Caye, will follow the footsteps of successful labels like Well Go USA, to bring U.S. audiences contemporary and restored Asian films.

Chan is the founder of Good Move Media, a Hong Kong-based boutique sales agency that focuses on new talents in East and Southeast Asia. Cayer oversees the Camera Lucida section and co-directs the Asian programming at Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, Canada (via SD).

Partnering up with OCN Distribution (sister company of Connecticut-based Vinegar Syndrome), Kani Releasing’s first release will be Tadashi Nagayama’s Being Natural (2018), followed by newly a restored version of Lino Brocka’s Tagalog film Cain & Abel (1982), Akiko Ohku’s Tremble All You Want (2017) and Daisuke Miyazaki’s Videophobia (2019).

We look forward to more releases in the near future. Until then, don’t miss the Trailer for Kani Releasing’s Being Natural, which ships out on December 28th.