Category Archives: Asian Titles

New & upcoming Blu-ray/DVD releases of Asian films, including Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Thai and more. Please click on the Amazon.com affiliate links to support this site.

The Maid | DVD (Epic Pictures)

The Maid | DVD (Epic Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: August 10, 2021 On August 10, 2021, Epic Pictures will be releasing the DVD for The Maid, a Thai-produced supernatural slasher from director Lee Thongkham (Punisher: Outbreak). Joy is the new maid of a royal house, where employee turnover is high. She quickly discovers why when she gets horrifying glimpses of the previous maid around the home, the maid who died. Now Joy is looking to discover the secret behind … Continue reading

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Office | DVD (Bayview Films)

Office | DVD (Bayview Films)

RELEASE DATE: April 27, 2021 On April 27, 2021, Bayview Films will be releasing the DVD for Office (read our review), a 2015 film directed by noted Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To (Three, The Mission). The film stars Chow Yun-fat (City War), Sylvia Chang (Slaughter in San Francisco), Eason Chan (12 Nights), Tang Wei (A Long Day’s Journey Into Night) and Wang Ziyi (Shock Wave). Based on the hit play Design … Continue reading

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Deadly Force: Mission Budapest | Blu-ray & DVD (Shout! Factory)

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RELEASE DATE: May 25, 2021 Shout! Studios is ready to unleash the Blu-ray & DVD for Deadly Force: Mission Budapest (aka The Rookies). Directed by Alan Yuen, the writer/director of the 2013 Andy Lau thriller Firestorm, this 2019 spy thriller stars Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil series, Ultraviolet, The Fifth Element) and Darren Wang (Railroad Tigers). Deadly Force: Mission Budapest follows Zhou Feng, an extreme sports lover who gets involved in an international illegal trade by … Continue reading

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Irezumi | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

Irezumi | Blu-ray (Arrow Vide)

RELEASE DATE: June 22, 2021 On June 22, 2021, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for Yasuzo Masumura’s 1966 thriller Irezumi. Read the official details below: Drawn from the pen of one of Japan’s foremost writers of the 20th century, Junichiro Tanizaki (A Fool’s Love, The Makioka Sisters), Irezumi is a stylish tale of lust, betrayal and revenge directed by Yasuzo Masumura (Giants and Toys, Blind Beast). Masumura’s muse Ayako … Continue reading

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Deliver Us from Evil | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: May 25, 2021 On May 25, 2021, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Delivery us From Evil, an upcoming action-thriller starring Hwang Jung-Min (The Wailing) and Lee Jung-Jae (Big Match). The film comes from Hong Won-Chan, the director of Office and writer of Na Hong-jin’s The Chaser and The Yellow Sea (two of our favorite Korean movies of all time). “Deliver us from Evil is an action-packed thrill … Continue reading

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The Human Condition | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

The Human Condition | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: June 8, 2021 On June 8, 2021, Criterion Collection is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Masaki Kobayashi’s nine-and-a-half-hour The Human Condition, presented for the first time on Blu-ray with a high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural (Parts 1–4) and 4.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio (Parts 5 and 6) soundtracks. Read the official details below: This mammoth humanist drama by Masaki Kobayashi is one of the most staggering achievements … Continue reading

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Giants and Toys | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

Giants and Toys | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021 On May 11, 2021, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for Giants and Toys, a 1958 Japanese film directed by maverick director Yasuzo Masumura (Blind Beast). Read the official details below: Giants and Toys is a sharp and snappy corporate satire revolving around the ruthless machinations of a group of admen working in the confectionary industry. As a new recruit to the marketing department of … Continue reading

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Iron Girl Final Wars | Blu-ray (Switchblade)

Iron Girl Final Wars | Blu-ray (Switchblade)

RELEASE DATE: April 6, 2021 On April 6, 2021, Switchblade Pictures will be releasing the Blu-ray for Iron Girl Final Wars, a 2019 Japanese actioner from director Ken’ichi Fujiwara (Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon) that stars Saki Akai (Lady Ninja: A Blue Shadow), Jun Amaki (Hop Step Jump!), Takaya Aoyagi (Ultraman Z TV series), Kirara Asuka (Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon). Chris may have survived the Apocalypse, but there are still plenty … Continue reading

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Flowers of Shanghai | Blu-ray (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2021 On May 18, 2021, Criterion Collection will be releasing the Blu-ray for Flowers of Shanghai, a 1998 period drama from director Hou Hsiao-hsien (The Assassin). The film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Chungking Express), Carina Lau Kar Ling (The Eagle Shooting Heroes), Annie Shizuka Inoh (My Kingdom), Michiko Hada (Tokuso 9), Michelle Reis (Bodyguards and Assassins) and Jack Kao (Island on Fire). Read the official details below: An … Continue reading

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Hansel and Gretel | Blu-ray (Media Blasters)

Hansel and Gretel | Blu-ray (Media Blasters)

RELEASE DATE: April 6, 2021 On April 6, 2021, Media Blasters will be releasing the Blu-ray for Hansel and Gretel, a 2007 South Korean horror film from director Yim Pil-Sung (Doomsday Book, Antarctic Journal). Hansel and Gretel stars Chun Jung-Myung (The Faceless Boss), Eun Won-Jae (Marrying the Mafia), Shim Eun-Kyung (Psychokinesis), and Jin Ji-Hee (Doomsday Book). When Eun-soo s car is disabled in the country, he meets a mysterious girl … Continue reading

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Fukushima 50 | Blu-ray (MPI)

Fukushima 50 | Blu-ray (MPI)

RELEASE DATE: April 13, 2021 On April 13, 2021, MPI Home Video will be relaxing the Blu-ray for Fukushima 50, a 2020 disaster film directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu (The Unbroken) and starring Ken Watanabe (Rage, Shanghai) and Koichi Sato (Samurai Resurrection). This edition will feature two audio track options: English Dub and Japanese with English subtitles. March 11, 2011 – 2:46 PM – Japan’s Tohoku Region: at a magnitude of 9.0, the … Continue reading

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Skyfire | Blu-ray (Screen Media)

Skyfire | Blu-ray (Screen Media)

RELEASE DATE: April 6, 2021 On April 6, 2021, Screen Media will release the Blu-ray for Skyfire, a 2020 disaster film directed by Simon West (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Expendables 2). This special effects driven thriller stars Hannah Quinlivan (S.M.A.R.T. Chase), Jason Isaacs (Hotel Mumbai), Wang Xueqi (Monk Comes Down the Mountain) and Shawn Dou (Nightfall). A young scientist (Quinlivan) invents a cutting-edge volcanic warning system and returns to … Continue reading

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Memories of Murder | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

Memories of Murder | Blu-ray (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: April 20, 2021 On April 20, 2021, Criterion Collection is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Memories of Murder, a 2003 thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer) that stars Song Kang Ho (The Drug King) and Kim Sang Kyung (Tale of Cinema). Read the official details below: In his breakthrough second feature, Bong Joon Ho explodes the conventions of the policier with thrillingly subversive, genre-defying results. Based … Continue reading

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The Invisible Man: Double Feature | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: March 23, 2021 On March 23, 2021, Arrow Films is releasing the Blu-ray for 1949’s The Invisible Man Appears and 1957’s The Invisible Man vs. The Human Fly, which will appear on one Blu-ray disc as a double feature with a reversible inner-sleeve. Read the full details below: Finally released outside Japan for the very first time, these unique riffs on H.G. Wells’ classic character (though undoubtedly also … Continue reading

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Versus + Ultimate Versus: 2-Disc Special Edition | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: December 8, 2020 On December 8, 2020, Arrow Video is releasing a 2-Disc Special Edition Blu-ray for Ryuhei Kitamura’s Versus, which will include the original 2000 and expanded 2004 Ultimate Versus iterations, in a brand new, director-approved restoration. Read the official details below: A relentless one-of-a-kind sensory assault chock full of hyper-kinetic fight scenes, gangster shootouts, sword-slashing violence and gory zombie horror, Versus was a key title amongst the … Continue reading

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