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Category Archives: Asian Titles
This Girl Is Bad-Ass!! | Blu-ray & DVD (Magnolia Pictures)
RELEASE DATE: May 21, 2013 Magnolia Pictures presents the Blu-ray & DVD for This Girl Is Bad-Ass!! Jija Yanin (Chocolate, Raging Phoenix) takes her skills to the next level as a girl whose life turns upside-down when she is hired as a bike messenger to transport smuggled goods to a group of ruthless gangsters. Watch the trailer.
Quentin Tarantino’s Rolling Thunder Presents: Mighty Peking Man, Detroit 9000 & Switchblade Sisters | DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: April 4, 2013 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Quentin Tarantino’s Rolling Thunder Triple Feature. This grindhouse treat features the 1977 Shaw Brother’s classic Mighty Peking Man (trailer), 1973’s Detroit 9000 (trailer) and 1975’s Switchblade Sisters (trailer). Could this mean that The Beyond, Chungking Express and Sonatine are the next triple feature? Our fingers are crossed.
Tormented | aka Rabbit Horror | Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: April 2, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & DVD for Tormented (aka Rabbit Horror 3D), directed by Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on: The Grudge). This Japanese horror film involves Kiriko (Hikari Mitsushima) and her younger half-brother Daigo (Takeru Shibuya) who are haunted by a large rabbit-doll. Tormented features cinematography work by Christopher Doyle (In the Mood for Love), which is his first film made in 3D. Watch … Continue reading
Deadball | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Yudai Yamaguchi’s (Meatball Machine) Deadball (aka Dead Ball). The film stars Tak Sakaguchi (Versus) as Jubeh, a teenager who accidentally kills his father with his powerful baseball arm. Years later, he is sent to a reform school after killing over 50 people. To escape the school, Jubeh agrees to join the baseball team, even though he … Continue reading
Judgement | DVD (Pathfinder Home Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2013 Pathfinder presents the DVD for Masato Tsujioka’s Judgement. An ex-boxer wakes up in chains. In this unfamiliar room, he sees his old boxing partner, Matoba; and his long time rival, Ushijima; both being held captive. A woman’s voice erupts: “Choose which one to kill… or you die.” In the tradition of Saw and Battle Royale comes a new tale of horror.
Double Feature: Death Penalty.com & Death Penalty.com: A New Beginning | DVD (Danger After Dark)
RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2013 Danger After Dark presents the Double Feature DVD for Death Penalty.com & Death Penalty.com: A New Beginning. Angry at someone? No worries. Welcome to DeathPenalty.com where you can find a mysteriously masked ally to solve your problem. But there is a catch: for every murder requested, you must commit one and if you don’t follow the plan, you are next! Watch the trailer.
Electric Button (Moon & Cherry) DVD (Tidepoint Pictures)
RELEASE DATE: April 23, 2013 Tidepoint Pictures presents the DVD for Electric Button (Moon & Cherry). Mayama, the star of her erotica writing club, has a bad case of writer’s block. When Tadokoro joins the group, Mayama learns that he’s a virgin. Mayama decides that introducing him to a variety of sexual indulgences might just be the inspiration she needs. As “”research”” for her book, she documents Tadokoro’s sexual awakening. Mayama … Continue reading
The Suicide Forecast | DVD (Bayview Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2013 Bayview Entertainment presents the DVD for The Suicide Forecast (aka Suspicious Customers). Byeong-wu (Ryoo Seung-bum of The Unjust) left the world of professional baseball and found success as an insurance salesman. But when one of his clients commits suicide – and questions about advice he provided to the insured – his own life spins out of control. Watch the trailer.
Yakuza vs. Ninja | DVD (Asian Media Rights)
RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Asian Media Rights presents the DVD for Yakuza vs. Ninja (aka Hagure Gumi vs. Ninja or Haguregumi vs. Ninja). According to a rule of Ninja, twins are forced to fight each other. After a near death battle, one twin is saved by Yakuza, which basically means: it’s Yakuza vs. Ninja time! Starring Kudou Shunsaku, Erina and Takagi Shinpei.
Going by the Book: Special Edition 2-Disc DVD Set (Bayview Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Bayview Entertainment presents the DVD for Hee-chan Ra’s Going by the Book: Special Edition. Things get out of control when Doman, an eager and saintly traffic cop, is asked the play the role of the bank robber in a robbery intervention police training program. Includes the feature film plus more than an hour and 45 minutes of video extras! Watch the trailer.
Girl$ | aka Girls | Blu-ray & DVD (Funimation)
RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Funimation presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kenneth Bi’s (The Drummer) Girl$ (aka Girls), a film about teenagers and young women who are drawn into compensated dating in Hong Kong; compensated dating which pretty much means “prostitution” as far as the movie is concerned. Starring Michelle Wai, Bonnie Xian, Wong Si-Man and Una Lin. Watch the trailer.
Ninja the Mission Force Riffs: Ninja Empire | DVD (Dark Maze Studios)
RELEASE DATE: February 8, 2013 Dark Maze Studios, the creators of the Telly Award-winning series Ninja the Mission Force, are back! This time, they riff the cheesy cut-and-paste flick Ninja Empire in a new DVD called Ninja the Mission Force Riffs: Ninja Empire. You can watch the Godrey Ho film with or without the riffing commentary, PLUS you get the season 2 premiere of Ninja the Mission Force over a month … Continue reading
Penthouse Playboys | DVD (Asian Media Rights)
RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 Asian Media Rights presents the DVD for Jeong Seung-Gu’s Penthouse Playboy (aka Searching for the Elephant, Penthouse Elephant). Three young professionals struggle with compulsions: sex addiction, infidelity, betrayal and schizophrenia. Starring Dong-Hyuk Cho, Jong-min Baek and Myeong-hee Go. Watch the trailer.
A Simple Life | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: February 26, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Ann Hui’s A Simple Life. Ah Tao (Deanie Ip) has worked for Roger’s (Andy Lau) family as a nanny and maid over the course of four generations. After suffering a stroke, she (Deanie Ip) announces that she wants to quit her job and move into an old people’s home. Watch the trailer.
Bruce Lee Double Feature: Way of the Dragon & Game of Death | DVD (Shout! Factory)
RELEASE DATE: April 30, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Bruce Lee Double Feature DVD, which contains two of Bruce Lee’s Golden Harvest films: 1972′s Way of the Dragon and 1978′s Game of Death, which was released posthumously. The DVDs will feature an anamorphic widescreen presentation of the original movies from new HD-transfer.
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