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Category Archives: Asian Titles
Female Prisoner Scorpion | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)
RELEASE DATE: December 17, 2019 Arrow Video is back it with its ongoing storm of Japanese cult classics. On December 17, 2019, the company is releasing the Blu-ray set for the Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection, which will include Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion, Jailhouse 41, Beast Stable and Grudge Song. Note: The difference between this new set and the previous one (released in 2016) is the new set doesn’t include DVDs … Continue reading
The Machine Girl: Jacked! Definitive Decade One | Blu-ray (Tokyo Shock)
RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2019 On November 26th, 2019, Tokyo Shock is releasing the 2-Disc Blu-ray Deluxe Edition for Noboru Iguchi’s The Machine Girl: Jacked! Definitive Decade One, starring Minase Yashiro (Kamen Rider Zi-O). Read the official details below: With newly discovered high definition elements, now is the perfect time to rev up the engine and roll out The Machine Girl for another spin! Looking sharper and better than ever, The … Continue reading
Mr. Nice Guy | Blu-ray (Warner Archive)
RELEASE DATE: October 29, 2019 On October 29th, 2019, Warner Archive will release a 4K remastered Blu-ray for Jackie Chan’s 1997 film, Mr. Nice Guy (read our reviews), which will contain both the New Line Cinema version and the extended, 97-minute original cut of the film. Directed by Sammo Hung (Eastern Condors), Mr. Nice Guy also stars Richard Norton (City Hunter), Miki Lee (Haunted School), Gabrielle Fitzpatrick (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The … Continue reading
Long Day’s Journey Into Night | Blu-ray & DVD (Kino Lorber)
RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2019 On November 26th, 2019, Kino Lorber will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Bi Gan’s Long Day’s Journey into Night (read our review), a noirish stunner about a lost soul (Jue Huang, The Final Master) on a quest to find a missing woman from his past (Wei Tang, Office, Wuxia). Following leads across Guizhou province, the man crosses paths with a series of colorful characters, among them … Continue reading
Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters | DVD (MVD)
RELEASE DATE: November 26, 2019 On November 26th, 2019, MVD will release the DVD for Shinpei Hayashiya’s 2005 kaiju flick Reigo: King of the Sea Monsters (aka Reigo: The Deep-Sea Monster vs. the Battleship Yamato). The battleship Yamato, the largest and strongest of its time, is on patrol when a lookout spots a massive shape half-submerged in the distance. Believing it to be an enemy submarine, they fire and score a direct … Continue reading
The Wrath | Blu-ray (RLJ Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: December 10, 2019 On December 10th, 2019, RLJ Entertainment (formerly Image Entertainment) will release the Blu-ray for The Wrath, a 2018 Korean horror film from director Yoo Young-Seon (The Wicked). In the household of Lee Gyeong-jin, a high-ranking official of Joseon Kingdom, three sons die from an unidentified horror. A woman pregnant with a child of the third son soon learns of the evil spirit that haunts the … Continue reading
Undertaker | Blu-ray & DVD (Synapse Films)
RELEASE DATE: October 29, 2019 Before Shinichiro Ueda’s One Cut of the Dead, there was Naoyoshi Kawamatsu’s Undertaker. And on October 29th, 2019, Synapse Films will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for this 2012 Japanese zombie film. In Undertaker, a deadly virus outbreak is turning the people of Japan into flesh-eating zombies. The government intervenes, trying to separate the survivors from the infected. Ryouichi, a young boy who has his family … Continue reading
Legend of the Demon Cat | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: October 29, 2019 On October 29th, 2019, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray for Legend of the Demon Cat (read our review) from acclaimed director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine, Monk Comes Down the Mountain). This big budget Japanese-Chinese co-production stars Huang Xuan (The Great Wall), Shota Sometani (Tokyo Tribe), Kitty Zhang (CJ7), Qin Hao (Rock Hero), Hiroshi Abe (Chocolate) and Keiko Matsuzaka (The Happiness of the Katakuris). Legend of the Demon Cat sees a … Continue reading
Message from Space: Galactic Wars | Blu-ray (Discotek Media)
RELEASE DATE: October 29, 2019 On October 29, 2019, Eastern Star/Discotek Media will release the Blu-ray set for 1978’s Message from Space Galactic Wars, a 27-episode space opera conceived by Shotaro Ishinomori (Kamen Rider). Centuries after the people of Earth master interstellar travel, humanity is thriving across the galaxy. The colonists of the 15th Solar System live in harmony with the natives, fostering lives of peace and simple beauty. But … Continue reading
The Lingering | Blu-ray &. DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: October 15, 2019 On September 10th, 2019, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for The Lingering, a Chinese horror film from first-time directing-duo, Ho Pong Mak and Derrick Tao, with a script from Edmond Wong (Master Z: Ip Man Legacy) and Dong Zheng. Dawa and his mother spend a terrifying night alone in the basement after being tormented by a strange and dangerous presence. Years after … Continue reading
Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death | Blu-ray (Mondo Macabro)
RELEASE DATE: October 8, 2019 On October 8th, 2019, Mondo Macabro, the U.S.-based company responsible for last year’s release of the Korean horror classic Suddenly in the Dark (read our review), is releasing the Blu-ray for Woman Chasing a Killer Butterfly (aka The Girl with the Butterfly Tattoo or The Killer Butterfly), a 1978 film directed by Kim Ki-young. Check out Mondo Macabro’s announcement below: Over the years we’ve released some pretty strange … Continue reading
Kung Fu League | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: September 17, 2019 On September 17th, 2019, Well Go USA will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Kung Fu League (aka Kung Fu Alliance), an all-star martial arts actioner from veteran Hong Kong director/writer Jeff Lau (Thunder Cops 2, Treasure Hunt). Considering the project’s impressive line up and the respective characters they’re playing, Kung Fu League is essentially “The Expendables of kung fu legends and myths.” Vincent Zhao … Continue reading
The Gangster, The Cop and The Devil | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: October 1, 2019 On October 1st, 2019, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray for The Gangster, The Cop and The Devil (read our review), a crime thriller from director Lee Won-Tae (Man of Will). The super charismatic Ma Dong-seok, aka Don Lee (Unstoppable), who practically stole the show in Train to Busan, headlines The Gangster, The Cop and The Devil. After barely surviving an attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss … Continue reading
Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films: 1954–1975 | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)
RELEASE DATE: October 29, 2019 On October 29th, 2019, Criterion will be releasing the 8-disc Blu-ray set for Godzilla: The Showa-Era Films, 1954–1975. Read the official details below: In 1954, an enormous beast clawed its way out of the sea, destroying everything in its path—and changing movies forever. The arresting original Godzilla soon gave rise to an entire monster-movie genre (kaiju eiga), but the King of the Monsters continued to … Continue reading
The Leg Fighters | Blu-ray & DVD (VCI Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: October 15, 2019 VCI Entertainment, the U.S. distribution company that recently released Bruce’s Deadly Fingers (1976) on Blu-ray, have announced The Pearl Collection, a label “dedicated to publishing important classic and neglected martial arts films from Asia in editions that offer the highest technical quality available and original supplements and content.” The first title from the The Pearl Collection is The Leg Fighters (1980), which hits Blu-ray/DVD on October … Continue reading
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