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.

Thousand Faces of Dunjia | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 27, 2018 On March 27, 2018, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Yuen Woo-ping’s (True Legend, Ip Man 3, Crouching Tiger, Hidden II) The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (read our review), a remake of Miracle Fighters, a supernatural kung fu film he directed in 1982. Lending a hand will be Tsui Hark (The Taking of Tiger Mountain), who is on board as producer and writer. The film … Continue reading

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Bruce’s Deadly Fingers | Blu-ray & DVD (VCI Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: March 27, 2018 On March 27, 2018, VCI will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Bruce’s Deadly Fingers – aka Bruce’s Fingers – starring Bruceplpoitation star Bruce Le (aka Huang Kin Long). For the first time, the film will be released in widescreen High Definition and produced from a new 2K scan from the 35mm original negative. In this 1976 classic, a kung fu master (Heung Kim Lung) returns to Hong Kong on … Continue reading

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Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 2 | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: April 17, 2018 While we’re still waiting for Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years Vol. 1 box set (due February 13th in the US), Arrow Video has gone ahead and announced Vol. 2! This next set will include Eight Hours of Terror, The Sleeping Beast Within, Smashing the 0-Line, Tokyo Knights, and The Man with a Shotgun. From Arrow’s announcement: Available for home-viewing for the very first time ever … Continue reading

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Tokyo Ghoul | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

RELEASE DATE: April 3, 2018 On April 3, 2018, Funimation will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Kentaro Hagiwara’s Tokyo Ghoul, a live-action feature film adaptation of Sui Ishida’s popular manga series. Ken Kaneki’s only chance for survival is an organ donation that turns him into a ghoul-human hybrid. Confused and alone, he finds sanctuary at Anteiku—a café run by the people he once considered monsters. When the innocent members of this ghoul safe … Continue reading

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Kung Fu Traveler | DVD (Cinedigm)

RELEASE: April 3, 2018 On April 3, 2018, Cinedigm Entertainment will be releasing Zhang Xianfeng’s sci-fi actioner Kung Fu Traveler to DVD. The film stars Tiger Chen (Monk Comes Down the Mountain) and Wang Zhi (Drug War). In the film, aliens have invaded and overtaken the Earth. Trying to escape defeat, a Chinese General (Chen) is accidentally sent back in time while trying to devise a way to defeat the alien invaders. Is this … Continue reading

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Ichi the Killer: Restored Director’s Cut | Blu-ray (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 20, 2018 On March 20, 2018, Well Go USA will be releasing Takashi Miike’s 4K Restoration of Ichi the Killer (aka Ichi the Killer: The Digitally Restored Director’s Cut) on Blu-ray. Based on the manga Ichin the Killer by Hideo Yamamoto, the film follows Kakihara (Tadanobu Asano), a notoriously sadistic yakuza enforcer whose search for his boss’ killer brings him into the orbit of a demented costumed assassin known as Ichi … Continue reading

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Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: February 13, 2018 On February 13, 2018, Arrow Video is releasing the 4-disc Blu-ray + DVD set for Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 – Seijun Rising: The Youth Movies. Read the official details below: Making their home-video debuts outside Japan, this diverse selection of Nikkatsu youth movies (seishun eiga) charts the evolving style of the B-movie maverick best known for the cult classics Tokyo Drifter (1966) and … Continue reading

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Reset | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: February 6, 2018 Director Yoon Hong-seung (The Target) joins forces with Jackie Chan (as producer) for the Korean/Chinese production titled Reset (read our review), which is heading to Blu-ray & DVD from Well Go USA on February 6, 2018. When her son is kidnapped, the inventor of a time machine (Yang Mi of The Bullet Vanishes) teams up with multiple versions of her future self to rescue him. Reset also stars Wallace Huo (The … Continue reading

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Old Stone | Blu-ray (Kino Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: January 30, 2018 On January 30, 2018, Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber will be releasing the Blu-ray for Johnny Ma’s Old Stone, a critically acclaimed social-realist drama that slowly turns into blood-drenched noir. Old Stone follows the repercussions of a car accident in a society where life is cheap and compassion is ruinously expensive. When a drunken passenger causes Lao Shi (Chen Gang) to swerve and hit a motorcyclist, the driver stops … Continue reading

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Legend of the Naga Pearls | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: January 30, 2018 Ready for a heavy dose of fantasy-infused martial arts action? If so, then Yang Lei’s Legend of the Naga Pearls is right up your alley. And even more – Well Go USA is releasing its Blu-ray & DVD on January 30, 2018. Legend of the Naga Pearls stars Darren Wang (Railroad Tigers), Crystal Zhang (The Founding of an Army), Sheng Guansen (City Monkey), Simon Yam (The Midnight … Continue reading

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Birth of the Dragon | Blu-ray & DVD (Universal)

RELEASE DATE: November 21, 2017 On November 21st, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Birth of the Dragon, a fable-based movie about the controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man –  a battle that gave birth to a legend. At the helm of Birth of the Dragon is George Nolfi (The Adjustment Bureau) with a screenplay by Christopher Wilkinson (Ali) and Stephen J. … Continue reading

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Broken Sword Hero | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: October 31, 2017 On October 31, 2017, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Broken Sword Hero (aka Legend of the Broken Sword Hero), an upcoming martial arts epic from actor/director, Bin Bunluerit (Bang Rajan). Based on a real warrior from Thailand’s Ayutthaya period, Broken Sword Hero (read our review) follows the heroics of legendary military general Thongdee (World-renowned Muay Thai kickboxer, Buakaw Banchamek). From the disparity as … Continue reading

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Tam Cam: The Untold Story | DVD (Cleopatra Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: November 7, 2017 Cleopatra Entertainment, the company that recently unleashed the Kazakhstan spectacle, Diamond Cartel, now brings us the DVD for Tam Cam: The Untold Story, Vietnam’s action-packed answer to Cinderella. Tam Cam: The Untold Story marks the directorial debut of Veronica Ngo (House in the Alley), who is mostly known for her work in the acclaimed Vietnamese martial arts features The Rebel and Clash with Johnny Tri Nguyen. She was also featured in Yuen Woo-ping’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: … Continue reading

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Fabricated City | Blu-ray & DVD (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: October 3, 2017 On October 3, 2017, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release the Blu-ray & DVD for Fabricated City (read our review), a sci-fi actioner directed by Park Kwang-Hyun. In real life, Kwon Yoo (Ji Chang-Wook) is unemployed, but in the virtual game world he is the best leader. Kwon Yoo is then framed for a murder. With the help of hacker Yeo-Wool (Shim Eun-Kyung), he tries to uncover the truth … Continue reading

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God of War | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: October 17, 2017 On October 17, 2017, Well Go USA is bringing the battle home with the Blu-ray & DVD for God of War (read our review), a period actioner directed by Gordon Chan (Thunderbolt) that stars Sammo Hung (14 Blades) and Vincent Zhao (The White Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom). During the 16th century, pirates rule the Chinese coastline, pillaging the small villages and terrorizing the citizens. When maverick leader Commander Yu … Continue reading

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