RELEASE DATE: June 8, 2021 On June 8, 2021, Criterion Collection is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Masaki Kobayashi’s nine-and-a-half-hour The Human Condition, presented for the first time on Blu-ray with a high-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural (Parts 1–4) and 4.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio (Parts 5 and 6) soundtracks. Read the official details below: This mammoth humanist drama by Masaki Kobayashi is one of the most staggering achievements … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: May 11, 2021 On May 11, 2021, Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for Giants and Toys, a 1958 Japanese film directed by maverick director Yasuzo Masumura (Blind Beast). Read the official details below: Giants and Toys is a sharp and snappy corporate satire revolving around the ruthless machinations of a group of admen working in the confectionary industry. As a new recruit to the marketing department of … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: May 18, 2021 On May 18, 2021, Criterion Collection will be releasing the Blu-ray for Flowers of Shanghai, a 1998 period drama from director Hou Hsiao-hsien (The Assassin). The film stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai (Chungking Express), Carina Lau Kar Ling (The Eagle Shooting Heroes), Annie Shizuka Inoh (My Kingdom), Michiko Hada (Tokuso 9), Michelle Reis (Bodyguards and Assassins) and Jack Kao (Island on Fire). Read the official details below: An … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 6, 2021 On April 6, 2021, Media Blasters will be releasing the Blu-ray for Hansel and Gretel, a 2007 South Korean horror film from director Yim Pil-Sung (Doomsday Book, Antarctic Journal). Hansel and Gretel stars Chun Jung-Myung (The Faceless Boss), Eun Won-Jae (Marrying the Mafia), Shim Eun-Kyung (Psychokinesis), and Jin Ji-Hee (Doomsday Book). When Eun-soo s car is disabled in the country, he meets a mysterious girl … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 13, 2021 On April 13, 2021, MPI Home Video will be relaxing the Blu-ray for Fukushima 50, a 2020 disaster film directed by Setsuro Wakamatsu (The Unbroken) and starring Ken Watanabe (Rage, Shanghai) and Koichi Sato (Samurai Resurrection). This edition will feature two audio track options: English Dub and Japanese with English subtitles. March 11, 2011 – 2:46 PM – Japan’s Tohoku Region: at a magnitude of 9.0, the … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 6, 2021 On April 6, 2021, Screen Media will release the Blu-ray for Skyfire, a 2020 disaster film directed by Simon West (Con Air, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, The Expendables 2). This special effects driven thriller stars Hannah Quinlivan (S.M.A.R.T. Chase), Jason Isaacs (Hotel Mumbai), Wang Xueqi (Monk Comes Down the Mountain) and Shawn Dou (Nightfall). A young scientist (Quinlivan) invents a cutting-edge volcanic warning system and returns to … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 20, 2021 On April 20, 2021, Criterion Collection is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Memories of Murder, a 2003 thriller from acclaimed filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite, Snowpiercer) that stars Song Kang Ho (The Drug King) and Kim Sang Kyung (Tale of Cinema). Read the official details below: In his breakthrough second feature, Bong Joon Ho explodes the conventions of the policier with thrillingly subversive, genre-defying results. Based … Continue reading →