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.

The Great Magician Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: March 19, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Great Magician, a 2011 Chinese language film from director Derek Yee (The Shinjuku Incident), starring Hong Kong acting heavyweights Tony Leung, Lau Ching Wan, as well as the lovely Zhou Xun. A renowned magician (Tony Leung) with mystic powers must pull out every trick in the book to rescue his love. Watch the trailer.

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Motorway DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2013 Lionsgate presents the DVD for 2012’s Motorway, directed by Pou-Soi Cheang (Dog Bite Dog). Anthony Wong (Hard Boiled) and Shawn Yue (Infernal Affairs II) play two traffic cops who go after speeding bad guys in their disguised police car. Motorway is produced by the legendary Johnnie To (A Hero Never Dies). The film also stars Josie Ho and Ka Tung Lam. Watch the trailer.

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The Possession in Japan DVD (Tokyo Shock)

RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for The Possession in Japan. This updated, urban version of The Exorcist is directed by Kotaro Terauchi (Demeking: The Sea Monster). Young Lisa reaches 20 years of age and begins to suffer from an unusual phenomenon that turns her face more diabolical day by day. Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Lisa undergoes treatments but it becomes apparent that she’s possessed by the devil. … Continue reading

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Black Eagle: Return to Base DVD (Inception Media)

RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2013 Inception Media presents the DVD for Kim Dong-won’s Black Eagle: Return to Base (aka R2B: Return to Base or Soar Into the Sun). A South Korean elite Air Force pilot (Ninja Assassin’s Rain) is kicked out of his flying team and demoted into a combat unit after a cocky and dangerous air show demonstration. Also starring Shin Se-Kyung and Yoo Jun-sang. Watch the trailer.

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Dangerous Liaisons Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)

RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2013 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Dangerous Liaisons. Zhang Ziyi (Memoirs of a Geisha), Jang Dong-Gun (Friend) and Cecilia Cheung (Legendary Amazons) embody the classic triangle in this timeless story about an aging socialite’s infatuation with her ex-boyfriend. Watch the trailer.

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Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot: The Complete Series 4-Disc DVD Set (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the 4-Disc DVD set for Mitsuteru Yokoyama’s Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot: The Complete Series, which is about a young boy who fights a terrorist organization by being the controller of a giant robot. The series, which aired from 1967-1968, is also known as Giant Robo (or Tokusatsu). Watch the show’s opening sequence.

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Zodiac America: The Super Master DVD (Substance)

RELEASE DATE: February 19, 2013 Substance presents the DVD for Godrey Ho’s cut ‘n paste flick Zodiac America: The Super Master. To avenge his father’s death, Ethan learns kung fu by fighting the dead. Meanwhile, an American Ninja must fend off against the thieves and their ninja henchmen. Soon Dragon and Ethan team up to defeat the thieves and the ninjas. Watch the trailer.

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Punch DVD (5 Points Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: March 12, 2013 5 Points Pictures presents the DVD for Punch, a coming-of-age story with equal parts humor and humanity. Punch, a box-office smash, features direction by Lee Han (Lover’s Concerto) and standout performances from Yoo Ah-in (Antique) and Kim Yun-seok (The Chaser), along with Kim Sang-ho (Moss), Park Soo-young (Architecture 101) and Jasmine Lee. Watch the trailer.

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Planet of Snail DVD (Cinema Guild)

RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2013 Cinema Guild presents the DVD for Yi Seung-jun’s Planet of Snail, a mesmerizing documentary about an accomplished young poet who can no longer hear or see and his relationship to the world around him. Watch the trailer. “A love story of uncommon loveliness and simplicity.” – Andrew O Hehir, Salon

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Ichi the Killer & Ichi 1 Origin: 2-Disc Uncut Duo Edition DVD (Tokyo Shock)

RELEASE DATE: March 26, 2013 Tokyo Shock presents Takashi Miike’s Ichi the Killer & Ichi 1 Origin: 2-Disc Uncut Duo Edition DVD. Includes the original, along with the hard-to-find prequel, Ichi 1: Origin. Welcome to a world where violence is a virtue and depravity is a way of life. This is the underside of Shinjuku and the home of Kakihara, a sadistic yakuza killer who relentlessly tears apart the underworld searching for the man … Continue reading

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Sleepy Eyes of Death: DVD Collector’s Set Vol. 3 (Animeigo)

RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2013 Animeigo presents the DVD for Sleepy Eyes of Death: Collector’s Set Vol. 3. He is a mysterious stranger, the samurai with the strange, sleepy eyes. His mother Japanese; his father a foreigner; he has no past, he wants no future. He calls himself Nemuri Kyoshiro (Raizo Ichikawa), but those who challenge him face. Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 are currently available.

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End of Animal DVD (Pathfinder Home Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: January 22, 2013 Pathfinder Home Entertainment presents the DVD for End of Animal. Jo Sung-Hee’s remarkable film reaches a heart of darkness that ordinary disaster movies cannot reach. According to Tony Rayns: Maybe the most striking debut in Korean film history, this pocket-sized apocalypse shows the day when electricity disappears and the road becomes a dog-eat-dog world. Watch the trailer.

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Croczilla | aka Million Dollar Crocodile | DVD (Screen Media Films)

RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2013 Screen Media Films presents the DVD for Li Sheng Lin’s Croczilla (aka Million Dollar Crocodile), starring Barbie Hse, Tao Guo and Lam Suet. A 36 foot crocodile goes on the rampage in Beijing after being moved from a peaceful Crocodile Farm and onto the menu of a local gangster. Watch the trailer.

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A Man Vanishes 4-Disc DVD Set (Icarus Films)

RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2012 Icarus Films presents the DVD for Shohei Imamura’s A Man Vanishes. This film follows the case of a businessman who has suddenly vanished. Radical in scope, technique and aesthetic, A Man Vanishes has a stunning sequence that explodes any stable sense of fiction and reality. Also includes 5 documentaries by Imamura. Watch the trailer.

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Sansho the Bailiff Blu-ray (Criterion Collection)

RELEASE DATE: February 26, 2012 Criterion presents the Blu-ray for Kenji Mizoguchi’s Sansho the Bailiff. When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually separated by vicious slave traders. This classic Japanese story became one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil. Watch the trailer.

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