Category Archives: Asian Titles

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A Better Tomorrow Trilogy | 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Shout)

On November 18, 2025, Shout is releasing the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for A Better Tomorrow Trilogy, which includes 1986’s A Better Tomorrow, 1987’s A Better Tomorrow II and 1989’s A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon. Brace yourself for the action-packed A Better Tomorrow Trilogy! This legendary and highly influential saga, whose impact shaped cinema both in Hong Kong and Hollywood, brought filmmakers John Woo and … Continue reading

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Hard Boiled | 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Shout)

On November 4, 2025, Shout is releasing the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for Hard Boiled, John Woo’s 1992 Hong Kong action masterpiece. A tough-as-nails cop (Chow Yun-fat) hell-bent on bringing down the gun smugglers responsible for his partners’ death, along with an undercover cop (Tony Leung Chiu-wai) whose secret identity as a hitman hangs by a thread. The film raises gunfights to an art form, with some of the most … Continue reading

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G.I. Samurai | Blu-ray (Umbrella)

On December 3, 2025, Umbrella is releasing a Blu-ray (Region B) for G.I. Samurai (aka Time Slip or I Want To). Directed by Kosei Saito (Ninja Wars), this 1979 actioner stars martial arts legend Sonny Chiba (Fighting Fist, Soul of Chiba). Packed with explosive clashes of metal versus sword, Chiba’s signature physical intensity, and a pulsing ’70s soundtrack, G.I. Samurai delivers a high-octane

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Peacock King | Blu-ray (88 Films)

On October 27, 2025, 88 Films is releasing a Blu-ray (Region B) for The Peacock King (aka Legend of the Phoenix), a 1989 action-fantasy from director Nam Nai Choi (The Story of Ricky, Saga of the Phoenix). The Peacock King revolves around two magically

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A Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy | Blu-ray (Shout)

On October 28, 2025, Shout! Factory is releasing A Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy, a 6 film collection. Read the official details below… Romance, comedy, and extraordinary fantasy collide in the sumptuous A Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy. This acclaimed and influential series sparked a wave of ghostly films in Hong Kong, and bolstered the stardom of

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Hong Kong Gamblers & Gangsters | Blu-ray (Shout)

On September 30, 2025, Shout! Factory is releasing Hong Kong Gamblers & Gangsters, a 6 film collection. Read the official details below… Celebrating the popular gambling and crime drama subgenres of Asian cinema, Hong Kong Gamblers & Gangsters presents six films that deal out intrigue and thrills in equal measure. Taking viewers from the glitz and glamor of the casino floors to the seedy

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Three and Three Extremes | Blu-ray (Arrow)

Three / Three Extremes | Blu-ray (Arrow)

On October 21, 2025, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for 2002’s Three and 2004’s Three Extremes.  A trio of ghostly tales of terror, each from a different country, form the anthology Three. Initiated by acclaimed Hong Kong producer and director Peter Ho-Sun Chan, the film would prove highly influential in its innovative approach to pan-Asian horror, and

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Fearless Dragons | Blu-ray (Severin)

On July 25, 2025, orders begin for Severin Films’ Blu-ray (Region A) for 1980’s Fearless Dragons, a kung fu-comedy classic from the iconic ‘70s label, Hong Kong studio Goldig Films Ltd. (The Dragon Lives Again). When two wily con men – martial arts movie legends Phillip Ko (Final Run) and Bryan Leung (Knockabout) – are framed for hijacking a trunkful of charity

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Daiei Gothic Vol. 2 – Japanese Ghost Stories | Blu-ray (Radiance)

Daiei Gothic Vol 2 | Blu-ray (Radiance)

On October 13, 2025, Radiance Films is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) set for Daiei Gothic Vol 2 – Japanese Ghost Stories, which includes 1960’s Demon of Mount Oe, 1969’s The Haunted Castle and 1957’s The Ghost of Kasane Swamp.  This collection brings Japan’s classic ghost stories brought to the screen by masters of the genre, Tokuzo Tanaka (The Snow Woman) and Kimiyoshi

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Peking Opera Blues | 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Shout)

On September 23, 2025, Shout Studios is releasing the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for Peking Opera Blues, a 1986 Hong Kong classic from visionary director, Tsui Hark (Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants, The Taking of Tiger Mountain, Knock Off). In 1913 Beijing, three fierce women (Brigitte Lin, Sally Yeh and Cherie Chung) — disguised rebel Tsao Wan, jewel-seeking Sheung Hung, and opera heiress

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The Resurrection of Golden Wolf | Blu-ray (Umbrella)

On October 8, 2025, Australian label Umbrella Entertainment is releasing the Blu-ray (Region B) for 1979’s The Resurrection of Golden Wolf, a rare Japanese crime-thriller from a 4K restoration. The film features the iconic Sonny Chiba (Kill Bill Vol. 2) and Yusaku Matsuda (Black Rain). Yusaka Matsuda stars as a seemingly run-of-the-mill corporate salary man who leads a double life as a vicious criminal by night. In a delicious scheme

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Flaming Brothers | Blu-ray (Eureka)

On September 15, 2025, Eureka is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Flaming Brothers, a 1987 Hong Kong actioner from director Joe Cheung (Pom Pom and Hot Hot). A standout Hong Kong crime thriller released amidst the wave of heroic bloodshed films that followed in the wake of John Woo’s A Better Tomorrow and Ringo Lam’s City on Fire, Flaming Brothers features Alan Tang and Chow Yun-fat (who was quickly rising

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High and Low | 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Criterion)

High and Low | 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Criterion)

On September 9, 2025, Criterion is releasing the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for High and Low, a 1963 thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (Ran, Stray Dog, Seven Samurai) Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in High and Low, the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa. Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa … Continue reading

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Her Vengeance | Blu-ray (88 Films)

"Her Vengeance" Theatrical Poster

On July 28, 2025, 88 Films will release a Blu-ray (Region B) for Her Vengeance, a 1988 Hong Kong Cat III film from director Lam Nai-Choi (The Story of Ricky, The Peacock King). One of the first – and most notorious – of Hong Kong’s famously Adults Only Category III films, Her Vengeance stars Pauline Wong (The Blue Jean Monster) as a young woman hunting down the vermin who brutally … Continue reading

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Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 7 | Blu-ray (Shout)

On August 5, 2025, Shout! Factory will be releasing Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 7, another multi-film Blu-ray (Region A) collection, following the label’s Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 1 through Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 6, as well as The Brave Archer Collection and the Ti Lung/David Chiang Collection. Eleven thrilling adventures from the legendary Shaw Brothers stand ready in the seventh volume of the Shaw Brothers Classics collection! Packed with timeless

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