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.

Pieta | Blu-ray & DVD (Drafthouse Films)

RELEASE DATE: July 23, 2013 Drafthouse Films presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kim Ki-duk’s Pieta. The plot follows a heartless man whose job is to go around and harass people to pay back their debtors. He has no family to speak of until one day a middle-aged woman randomly appears and claims to be his biological mother. Watch the trailer.

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23:59 | Blu-ray & DVD (Magnolia)

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013 Magnolia presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Gilbert Chan’s 23:59, a new horror film from Singapore. During a routine march at an island military training camp, an army recruit is found dead at exactly 23:59. This mysterious and gruesome incident unearths a terrifying dark secret of the haunted island, forcing the soldiers to confront their deepest fears. Watch the trailer.

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Dead Mine | Blu-ray & DVD (Xlrator)

RELEASE DATE: May 28, 2013 Xlrator presents the Blu-ray & DVD for the Indonesian/American co-production of Dead Mine. The legend of Yamashita’s Gold lures a treasure hunter and his group deep into the Indonesian jungle. Once they are trapped in an abandoned World War II Japanese bunker, they face a terrifying reality. Starring Miki Mizuno (Hard Revenge Milly), Joe Taslim (The Raid), Sam Hazeldine, Ario Bayu, Les Loveday and Carmen Soo. Watch the … Continue reading

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Sadako 3D | aka The Ring 3 | Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: June 4, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D & DVD for Sadako (aka The Ring 3). That evil little girl from Ringu and The Ring is back. Based on the forthcoming novel from original Ringu author Koji Suzuki, Sadako 3D is a 3D horror film continuing the tragic tale of Sadako, the long-haired ghost with a penchant for climbing out of wells. Watch the trailer.

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In My End Is My Beginning | DVD (Asian Media Rights)

RELEASE DATE: May 21st, 2013 Asian Media Rights presents the DVD for In My End Is My Beginning. When Jung-ha loses her husband in an accident, Naru, her husband’s secret lover, approaches Jung-ha and begs her to allow her to stay at her house. Jung-ha denies her at first, but eventually gives in to this strange arrangement, which gets stranger still when it turns into a lesbian relationship. Watch the trailer.

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Bunohan: Return To Murder | DVD (Oscilloscope Laboratories)

RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2013 Oscilloscope Laboratories presents the DVD for Dain Said’s Bunohan: Return To Murder. After a deathmatch in Thailand Adil, a kickboxer, is on the run from Ilham, a hitman (and his half-brother). The chase brings them to their hometown of Bunohan, where each man’s struggle leads to betrayal, corruption and murder. Check out the trailer.

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Ninja Masters | DVD aka Coweb (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2013 Lionsgate Home Entertainment presents the DVD for Ninja Masters (aka Coweb), starring Kane Kosugi (Ninja 2), Luxia Jiang (King of Triads), Sam Lee (Beast Cops) and Eddie Cheung (Kings of Triads). Ninja Masters follows the story of a newly recruited bodyguard who fights her way to find the kidnapped couple she protects. Watch the trailer.

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Jackie Chan Beginnings Double Feature: Shaolin Wooden Men & To Kill with Intrigue | DVD (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: June 18, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the DVD for their second Jackie Chan Beginnings Double Feature, which contains 1976’s Shaolin Wooden Men & 1977’s To Kill with Intrigue. Please check back for updates regarding extra features and languages. Be sure and read our Jackie Chan reviews.

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Back to 1942 | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: May 14, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Back to 1942, which revolves around the devastating famine that ravaged the Henan province while Nationalists and Japanese troops fought during World War II. The film stars Xu Fan, Zhang Guoli, Chen Daoming, Zhang Mo and Zhang Hanyu as well as Academy Award winners Adrien Brody and Tim Robbins. Watch the trailer.

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Dino King | aka Tarbosaurus | 3D Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: June 25, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Han Sang-Ho’s Dino King (aka Tarbosaurus: The Duel Begins, Speckles: The Tarbosaurus or Tarbosaurus 3D). Dino King is the story of a Tarbosaurus named Speckles who, 70 million years ago, roamed the Korean Peninsula the same way they roamed the rest of the earth. Watch the trailer.

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She Cat | DVD (Impulse Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: May 7, 2013 Impulse Pictures presents the DVD for 1983’s She Cat. Directed by Shingo Yamashiro, She Cat is not only one of the more intricately plotted features in the Nikkatsu Erotic Films Collection , but it’s also one of the longest and sexiest entries. Expert direction, the amazingly ample assets of lead actress Ai Saotome, steamy shower scenes and an action-packed gun fight finale make this film … Continue reading

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In Another Country | DVD (Kino Lorber)

RELEASE DATE: April 9, 2013 Kino Lorber presents the DVD for 2012’s In Another Country, directed by Sang-soo Hong (Tale of Cinema). Three different French women (a filmmaker, an adulterer and a divorce – Huppert, Huppert and… Huppert) visit a small Korean resort town and encounter a flirtatious director, a love struck lifeguard and far too much soju. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Yoo Jun-sang, Kwon Hae-hyo and Moon So-ri. Watch the trailer.

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Enter the Dragon: 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition | Blu-ray (Warner)

RELEASE DATE: June 11, 2013 Warner Bros. presents the Enter the Dragon: 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray set. The set will include three new featurettes: No Way As Way, The Return to Han’s Island and Wing Chun: The Art that Introduced Kung Fu to Bruce Lee. The new edition also comes with a number of photos, a sticker and other printed collectibles. For more details, click here.

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Empire of Silver | DVD (Neoclassics Films)

RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Neoclassics Films presents the DVD for 2009’s Empire of Silver, written and directed by Christina Yao. This historical epic focuses on a wealthy banking clan and its fortunes during the turn-of-the-century Chinese economy and political turmoil. Starring Aaron Kwok, Zhang Tielin, Hao Lei and Jennifer Tilly. Watch the trailer.

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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.

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