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Category Archives: Asian Titles
Erotic Ghost Story: I-III Collection | Blu-ray (88 Films)
RELEASE DATE: February 24, 2025 On February 24, 2025, 88 Films is releasing a Blu-ray set for the Erotic Ghost Story: I-III Collection, which will include 1990’s Erotic Ghost Story, 1991’s Erotic Ghost Story and 1992’s Erotic Ghost Story III. This triple-bill of paranormal perversion delivers everything you’d want from a Category III movie, plus a bit more besides. In the first tale from Story of Ricki director Ngai Choi … Continue reading
A Certain Killer/A Killer’s Key | Blu-ray (Arrow)
RELEASE DATE: February 10, 2025 On February 10, 2025, Arrow Video is releasing 1967’s A Certain Killer/A Killer’s Key on Blu-ray (Region A/B), two Yakuza crime thrillers directed by Kazuo Mori (Samurai Vendetta) and co-scripted by the director Yasuzō Masumura (Giants and Toys, Blind Beast). Anticipating the cool aesthetic of Seijun Suzuki’s Branded to Kill and based on a crime novel by Shinji Fujiwara, the author of the original material … Continue reading
The Lady is the Boss | Bu-ray (88 Films)
RELEASE DATE: March 24, 2025 On March 24, 2025, 88 films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for 1983’s The Lady is the Boss. Directed by and starring the great Lau Kar-leung (Shaolin Mantis), The Lady is the Boss blends fun and fighting as only he could – and those fights are some of the very best of his illustrious career. A culture-clash comedy – with kung fu! A thoroughly … Continue reading
A Chinese Odyssey Parts 1 and 2 | Blu-ray (Shout!)
RELEASE DATE: February 4, 2025 On February 4, 2025, Shout! Factory will be releasing a Blu-ray set for A Chinese Odyssey Parts 1 and 2, which will include 1995’s A Chinese Odyssey Part One – Pandora’s Box and A Chinese Odyssey Part Two – Cinderella. Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) stars in this comedic and action-packed two-part adaptation of Journey to the West, a classic 16th century Chinese
Dragon Fist | 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (88 Films)
RELEASE DATE: February 24, 2025 On February 24, 2025, 88 Films is releasing a Deluxe Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray for Lo Wei’s Dragon Fist, a 1978 kung fu classic starring Jackie Chan (Ride On) and Nora Miao (The Skyhawk). Director Lo Wei (The Big Boss) and martial arts legend Jackie Chan are back together in a kung-fu saturated story of revenge and justice. Tong Huo-wan (Chan) is … Continue reading
Doctor Vampire | Blu-ray (Eureka)
RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2025 On February 17, 2025, Eureka is releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for Doctor Vampire, a 1990 horror comedy directed by Jamie Luk Kim-Ming (Bomb Disposal Officer: Baby Bomb). While Hong Kong horror cinema is more often associated with the jiangshi or “hopping vampires” of Chinese legend, it has also embraced (and, more often than not, lampooned) the Western vampire tradition. One of the more outrageous films to … Continue reading
Legend of the 8 Samurai | Blu-ray (Eureka)
RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2025 On February 17, 2025, Eureka is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Legend of the 8 Samurai, a Japanese box-office sensation directed by the revered Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale). Legend of the Eight Samurai brings together an impressive ensemble cast, including Hiroko Yakushimaru (Sailor Suit and Machine Gun), Hiroyuki Sanada (Ring), Sonny Chiba (Fighting Fist) and Etsuko Shihomi (Soul of Chiba), in a sweeping epic that … Continue reading
Bangkok Dog | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2024 On December 10, 2024, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray for Bangkok Dog, a Thai-produced martial arts actioner that marks the directorial debut of Chaya Supannarat, who is perhaps best known for producing 2022’s Shadow Master, 2021’s Fast Vengeance, and 2014’s Tekken: Kazuya’s Revenge. Bangkok Dog stars D.Y. Sao (Shadow Master), who has represented the U.S. National Wushu Team, and has some serious moves … Continue reading
Mermaid Legend | Blu-ray (Third Window Films)
RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2025 On February 17, 2025, Third Window Films is releasing a Blu-ray for Mermaid Legend, a 1984 revenge thriller from Toshiharu Ikeda (Evil Dead Trap) that stars Mari Shirato and Jun Etō. When a fisherman is killed by greedy land developers for standing in the way of their expansion plans, his pearl-diver wife Migiwa moves into unforgiving
Bumpkin Soup | Blu-ray (Third Window Films)
RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2025 On February 17, 2025, Third Window Films is releasing a Blu-ray for Bumpkin Soup, a 1985 “sex comedy” from Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Pulse) that stars Yoriko Doguchi (Love Exposure). In the film, a country girl (Doguchi) visits Tokyo in search of her college heartthrob. Here she meets horny students, a psychology professor in search of the theory
Scent of a Spell | Blu-ray (Third Window Films)
RELEASE DATE: February 17, 2025 On February 17, 2025, Third Window Films is releasing a Blu-ray for Scent of a Spell, a 1985 thriller from Toshiharu Ikeda (Evil Dead Trap) that stars Johnny Okura (Boiling Point) and Mari Amachi (Aitte nandaro). While a young man (Johnny Okura) is on his way home from a bar in a torrential downpour, he comes across a woman (Mari Amachi) trying to kill herself … Continue reading
Nomad and My Heart is That Eternal Rose | Blu-ray (Radiance)
RELEASE DATE: February 25, 2025 On February 25, 2025, Radiance Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for a double feature from director Patrick Tam Kar-Ming (The Sword) that includes 1982’s Nomad and 1989’s My Heart is That Eternal Rose. An icon of the Hong Kong New Wave and mentor to Wong Kar-wai, Patrick Tam worked with icons including Tony Leung (In the Mood for Love), Leslie Cheung (Onc e … Continue reading
Rouge | Blu-ray (88 Films)
RELEASE DATE: January 20, 2025 On January 20, 2025, 88 Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for Rouge, a 1987 film directed by Stanley Kwan (Centre Stage) and produced by Jackie Chan (Miracles). Cantopop superstars Anita Mui (Drunken Master II) and Leslie Cheung (Double Tap) display their iconic androgynous magnetism as doomed lovers in this emblematic film of Hong Kong’s Second New Wave, directed by pioneering queer melodrama master … Continue reading
The Lady Assassin | Blu-ray (88 Films)
RELEASE DATAE: February 25, 2025 On February 25, 2025, 88 Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for The Lady Assassin, a 1983 Shaw Brothers martial arts actioner from director Tony Lou Chun-Ku (The Holy Virgin Versus the Evil Dead). The film stars Anthony Lau (To Kill of Jaguar), Leanne Lau Suet-Wah (The 8 Diagram Pole Fighter), Max Mok Siu-Chung (Outlaw Brothers), Norman Tsui Siu-Keung (The Sword), Jason Pai Piao … Continue reading
Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 5 | Blu-ray (Shout!)
RELEASE DATE: January 14, 2025 On January 14, 2025, Shout! Factory will be releasing Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 5, an 11-film Blu-ray (Region A) collection that will include 1967’s The Silent Swordsman, 1967’s Rape of the Sword, 1968’s The Fastest Sword, 1969’s Twin Blades of Doom, 1969’s Twelve Deadly Coins, 1969’s Vengeance Is a Golden Blade, 1970’s The Iron Buddha, 1970’s A Taste of Cold Steel, 1971’s The Jade Faced … Continue reading
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