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.

Violent Cop | Blu-ray & DVD (Film Movement)

RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2016 Film Movement Classics presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Violent Cop, a 1989 crime/thriller directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano (Beyond Outrage). Azuma is a cop who plays by his own rules: He batters suspects, beats confessions from criminals, and plants evidence. He’s a vigilante force the department quietly supports as long as he gets results, but when a volatile drug case results in the death … Continue reading

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Boiling Point | Blu-ray & DVD (Film Movement)

RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2016 Film Movement Classics presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Boiling Point, a 1990 crime/thriller directed by and starring Takeshi Kitano (Outrage). Boiling Point is the story of a passive gas station attendant and benchwarming minor-league baseball player Masaki (Masahiko Ono), who finally rebels against the yakuza. When the local crime boss embarks on a campaign of beatings aimed at Masaki’s coworkers and baseball teammates, Masaki buys a … Continue reading

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Attack on Titan: Part 1 | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)

RELEASE DATE: October 4, 2016 Funimation presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Shinji Higuchi’s live-action adaptation of Attack on Titan. Attack on Titan (read our reviews for Part I and Part II) takes place in a strange, quasi-medieval world in which giant humanoid creatures named Titans appear and threaten the lives of everyday people. Civilization’s only line of defense against the Titans are teenage soldiers who traverse the Titans’ massive bodies using … Continue reading

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Dark Water | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2016 Just in time for Halloween! Arrow Video is releasing Hideo Nakata’s Dark Water to Blu-ray & DVD on October 11, 2016. This 2-disc, special edition is jam-packed with extra features that include new interviews with the film’s writer, director and much more. After terrifying audiences worldwide with the blockbuster J-horror classic Ring and its sequel, director Hideo Nakata returned to the genre for Dark Water … Continue reading

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Bruce Lee: Tracking the Dragon | DVD (MVD Visual)

RELEASE DATE: October 25, 2016 It’s been 43 years since the passing of Bruce Lee, yet the spirit of the martial arts icon is more powerful than ever. In addition to George Nolfi’s upcoming Bruce Lee biopic, Birth of the Dragon, as well as a Chinese film titled Double Dragon, a new Bruce Lee project is headed your way. On October 25, 2016, MVD Visual will be releasing a new, 100-minute … Continue reading

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection | Blu-ray (Arrow Video)

RELEASE DATE: August 8, 2016 Arrow Video is back it with its ongoing storm of Japanese cult classics. On July 26th, 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. Check out the press release below: Starring the iconic and beautiful Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Stray Cat Rock) in a role … Continue reading

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The Tiger: An Old Hunter’s Tale | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: August 9, 2016 Park Hoon-jeong, the director of The New World, is back with Well Go USA’s Blu-ray & DVD for The Tiger: An Old Hunter’s Tale, which stars Choi Min-sik (The Admiral: Roaring Currents, Old Boy). The Tiger: An Old Hunter’s Tale (read our review) is set in the final days of the Joseon era, when Korea was under Japanese rule. Min-sik will play a local hunter who’s given the … Continue reading

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Corpse Party | DVD (Section 23)

RELEASE DATE: September 27, 2016 Section 23 presents the DVD for Masafumi Yamada’s Corpse Party, a live action movie adaptation of a survival horror video game series originally created by Makoto Kedoin and developed by Team GrisGris. On the last day of a high school festival, students are locked up at Tenjin Elementary School, where a horrific murder once took place. Corpse Party stars Rina Ikoma, Ryousuke Ikeoka, Nozomi Maeda, Jun, … Continue reading

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Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: July 5, 2016 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, starring Mark Chao (Young Detective Dee), Yao Chen (Firestorm), Rhydian Vaughan, Li Chen, Tiffany Tang, Guangjie Li and Daniel Feng. What does a dragon corpse, a hidden palace, an exhumed mummy and some bizarre fossils have in common? They’re all part of Chronicles of the Ghostly Tribe, an ucpoming thriller directed by … Continue reading

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Arch Angels | Blu-ray & DVD (Section 23)

RELEASE DATE: July 5, 2016 Sentai Filmworks presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Issei Oda’s Arch Angels, a 2006 action/fantasy based on 1987’s Warau Michael, a manga written by Izumi Kawahara. Arch Angels revolves around a group of misfit high school students who become infused with super powers. The film stars Juri Ueno (Kung Fu Kun), Megumi Seki (Sword of Desperation), Airi Taira (20th Century Boys: Chapter 1), Yusuke Iseya (13 … Continue reading

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A Touch of Zen | Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion)

RELEASE DATE: July 19, 2016 Film aficionados’ (i.e. film snobs) favorite video-distribution company, The Criterion Collection, have announced a July 19th Blu-ray and DVD release for King Hu’s seminal wu xia classic, A Touch of Zen (1971). Here’s the official release information: “Visionary” barely begins to describe this masterpiece of Chinese cinema and martial arts moviemaking. A Touch of Zen by King Hu depicts the journey of Yang (Hsu Feng), a fugitive noblewoman … Continue reading

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The Midnight After | DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2016 Are you ready for more post-apocalyptic madness? If so, Well Go USA is scheduled to release Fruit Chan’s (Made in Hong Kong) thriller, The Midnight After, on DVD in June! The film – based on the web-novel, Lost on a Red Mini Bus to Taipo – revolves around a minibus full of passengers that travels through a tunnel late at night. When the bus gets to … Continue reading

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The Mermaid | Blu-ray & DVD (Sony Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: July 5, 2016 Sony presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Stephen Chow’s The Mermaid (read our review). The Mermaid stars Deng Chao (Jian Bing Man), Lin Yun (L.O.R.D), Show Luo (Journey to the West), Zhang Yuqi (CJ7) and Kris Wu (xXx: The Return of Xander Cage). The film is also available as a double feature with Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle, which stars Yuen Wah (Kick Boxer), Yuen Qiu (Man with the … Continue reading

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Kingdom of Blood | aka The Four III | DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: May 3, 2016 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Gordon Chan’s Kingdom of Blood (aka The Four III)… once again, retitled by the studio, just as they did with Lawless Kingdom (aka The Four II). Explosive hand-to-hand battles and the dazzling spectacles of ancient China bring to life this thrilling epic saga. Follow Emotionless, Coldblood, Iron Hands, and Life Snatcher as they work to save the empire. Kingdom of Blood stars Chao … Continue reading

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Monk Comes Down the Mountain | DVD (Sony)

RELEASE DATE: March 15, 2016 Sony presents the DVD for Monk Comes Down the Mountain, by acclaimed director Chen Kaige (Farewell My Concubine). This Chinese martial arts film (read our review) stars Aaron Kwok (The Monkey King), Wang Baoqiang (Kung Fu Killer), Lin Chi-ling (Red Cliff), Wang Xueqi (Bodyguards & Assassins) and Fan Wei (Back to 1942). It also features martial arts choreography is being handled by Ku Huan-Chiu (14 Blades). | … Continue reading

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