Category Archives: Asian Titles

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Zoom Up: Murder Site | Blu-ray & DVD (Impulse)

Zoom Up: Murder Site | Blu-ray & DVD (Impulse)

RELEASE DATE: February 9, 2021 On February 9, 2021, Impulse Pictures is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for 1979’s Zoom Up: Murder Site. The film is the first entry in Nikkatsu’s famous Zoom Up adult series, Zoom Up: Murder Site is a dark, violent film that’s described as …a collection of staggeringly repulsive murders, perhaps the most sadistic ever generated on film…The words misogynist and mean-spirited can barely describe the atrocities on … Continue reading

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Flower and Snake | Blu-ray (Impulse)

Flower and Snake | Blu-ray (Impulse)

RELEASE DATE: March 16, 2021 On March 16, 2021, Impulse Pictures is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for 1974’s Flower and Snake. Based on Oniroku Dan’s famous Japanese novel, the film is the first Nikkatsu erotic film to deal with the subject of sadomasochism (Sir Paul Bramhall recently reviewed a newer rendition of the film). Makoto (Yasuhiko Ishizu) is a sexually suppressed man living with his mother Miyo (Hiroko Fuji) who owns … Continue reading

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Raining in the Mountain | Blu-ray & DVD (Film Movement)

Raining in the Mountain | Blu-ray (Film Movement)

RELEASE DATE: December 8, 2020 On December 8, 2020, Film Movement will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Raining in the Mountain, a 1979 wu xia film from renown director King Hu (Come Drink with Me). The film stars Feng Hsu (To Kill with Intrigue), Yueh Sun (Police Force), Paul Chang (Millionaires Express), Tien Feng (Fists of Fury) and Suen Yuet (City on Fire). Read the official details below: During the … Continue reading

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Impetigore | Blu-ray (Shudder)

Impetigore | Blu-ray (Shudder)

RELEASE DATE: January 26, 2021 On January 26, 2021, Image Entertainment and Shudder is releasing the Blu-ray for 2019’s Impetigore, an Indonesian thriller from director Joko Anwar (Satan’s Slaves, Gundala). Impetigore stars Tara Basro (Killers), Ario Bayu (Java Heat), Marissa Anita (Gundala), Christine Hakim (Merantau) and Asmara Abigail (Abracadabra). After surviving a murder attempt in the city, Maya, a down-on-her-luck young woman, learns that she may inherit a house in her … Continue reading

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Devilman: Special Edition | Blu-ray & DVD (Media Blasters)

Devilman: Special Edition | DVD (Media Blasters)

RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2020 On December 15, 2020, Media Blasters will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Devilman, is a live-action film directed by Hiroyuki Nasu (Be-Bop High School), based on the manga of the same name by Go Nagai. Read the official details below: First time on blu-ray! Best friends Akira and Ryo (played by real life twins Hisato and Yusuke Izaki) are your average high school students, … Continue reading

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Gamera: Showa Era | Blu-ray (Arrow Films)

Gamera: Showa Era | Blu-ray (Arrow Films)

RELEASE DATE: January 25, 2021 On January 25, 2021, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray 4-disc set for the Gamera: Showa Era collection, which includes Camera: The Giant Monster, Gamera vs. Barugon, Gamera vs. Gyaos, Gamera vs. Viras, Gamera vs. Guiron, Gamera Vs. Jiger, Gamera Vs. Zigra and Gamera: The Super Monster. Read the official details below: As giant monsters rampaged through the Japanese cinematic landscape during the “kaiju boom” of … Continue reading

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Camera: Heisei Era | Blu-ray (Arrow Films)

Camera: Heisei Era | Blu-ray (Arrow Films)

RELEASE DATE: January 25, 2021 On January 25, 2021, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray 4-disc set for the Gamera: Heisei Era collection, which includes Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe, Gamera 2: Attack of Legion, Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris and Gamera the Brave (don’t miss our review for the actual films here). Read the official details below: After laying dormant for fifteen years, Gamera was rebooted for the big screen … Continue reading

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Beast Clawing At Straws | Blu-ray (Artsploitation)

Beast Clawing At Straws | Blu-ray (Artsploitation)

RELEASE DATE: December 15, 2020 On December 15, 2020, Artsploitation is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Kim Young-Hoon’s Beast Clawing At Straws (aka Beasts that Cling to the Straw), a 2020 thriller starring Bae Sung-Woo (Metamorphosis), Jung Woo-Sung (Asura City of Madness), Jeon Do-Yeon (Memories of the Sword), Shin Hyun-Bin (Confidential Assignment) and Jung Ga-Ram (Believer). A Luis Vuitton bag stuffed full of cash sends a group of hard-luck lowlifes … Continue reading

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The Black Dragon & Enforcer from Death Row | Blu-ray (Dark Force)

The Black Dragon & Enforcer from Death Row | Blu-ray (Dark Force)

RELEASE DATE: January 19, 2021 On January 19, 2021, Dark Force Entertainment is releasing the Blu-ray Drive-in Double Feature for Ron van Clief’s The Black Dragon (aka Tough Guy) and Leo Fong’s Enforcer from Death Row (aka Ninja Assassin). Made from the only known existing 35mm print with extensive scene by scene color correction, 1974’s The Black Dragon stars Ron van Clief (Fist of Fear, Touch of Death), Jason Pai Piao (Shaolin Prince), Thompson Kao … Continue reading

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 4K SteelBook Edition | Blu-ray (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: December 1, 2020 On December 1, 2020, Sony Home Entertainment is releasing the 2-Disc Blu-ray for the Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 4K SteelBook Edition. Two master warriors (Chow Yun Fat and Michelle Yeoh) are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocrat (Zhang Ziyi) prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her deeply romantic past. … Continue reading

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Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura | Blu-ray (Arrow Films)

RELEASE DATE: December 8, 2020 On December 8, 2020, Arrow Films/Arrow Academy will be releasing the Blu-ray collection for Survivor Ballads: Three Films by Shohei Imamura, which will include The Ballad of Narayama, Zegen and Black Rain. Read the official details below: Throughout the 1980s, Shohei Imamura (The Pornographers, Profound Desires of the Gods), a leading figure of the Japanese New Wave era of the 1960s, cemented his international reputation as … Continue reading

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The Untold Story | Blu-ray & DVD (Unearthed Films)

The Untold Story | Blu-ray (Unearthed Films)

RELEASE DATE: October 13, 2020 On October 13, 2020, Unearthed Films is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for The Untold Story (aka Bunman), a 1993 Hong Kong film from cult director Herman Yau (Shock Wave, Ebola Syndrome) that stars Danny Lee (Run and Kill) and Anthony Wong (Still Human). In 1978 in Hong Kong, a grisly murder takes place. Eight years later, on a Macao beach, kids discover the severed … Continue reading

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Metamorphosis | Blu-ray (Image)

Metamorphosis | Blu-ray (Shudder)

RELEASE DATE: November 10, 2020 On November 10, 2020, Image Entertainment is releasing the Blu-ray for Metamorphosis (read our review), a Korean horror film from director Kim Hong-Sun (Traffickers). In the tradition of The Wailing and The Priests comes Metamorphosis, a film that revolves around a family who witness bizarre and terrifying things when they move into a new home. Desperate for help, they enlist a priest, who may or may not have … Continue reading

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Monstrum | Blu-ray (Image)

Monstrum | Blu-ray (Image)

RELEASE DATE: November 17, 2020 On November 17, 2020, Image Entertainment will be releasing the Blu-ray for Monstrum, a South Korean thriller from writer/director Huh Jong-Ho (The Advocate: A Missing Body). During a deadly outbreak of the plague, rumors of a terrifying creature in the mountains of Joseon spread. King Jungjong calls upon his most trusted general Yoon Gyeom out of retirement. Yoon Gyeom along with his daughter Myung, trusted right … Continue reading

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Burst City | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

Burst City | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: September 11, 2020 On September 11, 2020, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for Sogo Ishii’s 1982 cult Japanese film, Burst City, a Mad Max-style biker wars against yakuza gangsters and the police, and riotous performances from members of the real-life Japanese punk bands. Official details below: Burst City is an explosive Molotov cocktail of dystopian sci-fi, Mad Max-style biker wars against yakuza gangsters and the police, and … Continue reading

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