RELEASE DATE: April 25, 2017 The Criterion Collection announced today that it plans to bring Juzo Itami’s Tampopo to DVD and Blu-ray on April 25, 2017. Starring Nobuko Miyamoto (A Taxing Woman), Tsutomu Yamazaki (Departures), Koji Yakusho (The World of Kanako), Rikiya Yasuoka (Stray Cat Rock: Sex Hunter), and Ken Watanabe (Godzilla), Tampopo is a surreal comedy favorite both in its native Japan and among international audiences. From Criterion: The tale of an eccentric … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 11, 2017 Back in November 2015, Arrow Video released Kiju Yoshida: Love + Anarchism Blu-ray & DVD Boxed set in the UK, but now, the company is finally bringing the set to the U.S. for a April 11, 2017 release. The work of Kiju Yoshida is one of Japanese cinema’s obscure pleasures. A contemporary of Nagisa Oshima (Death by Hanging, In the Realm of the Senses) and Masahiro … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: March 14, 2017 Arrow Video will be releasing the Blu-ray for Takashi Miike’s Dead or Alive Trilogy. Beginning with an explosive, six-minute montage of sex, drugs and violence, and ending with a phallus-headed battle robot taking flight, this unforgettable trilogy features many of the director’s most outrageous moments set alongside some of his most dramatically moving scenes. Made between 1999 and 2002, the Dead or Alive films cemented Miike’s reputation overseas … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: February 14, 2017 Mondo Macabro is proud to present this classic of Korean horror on Blu-ray for the first time anywhere in the world. The presentation has been restored from the best available elements from the Korean Film Archive, and features brand new extras produced exclusively for this release (the previous edition, released in October, was limited to 500 copies). Almost completely unknown outside its home country, Suddenly … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: January 24, 2017 John H. Lee’s (71: Into the Fire) South Korean actioner, Operation Chromite, is exploding its way to Blu-ray & DVD on January 24, 2017, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Operation Chromite stars Lee Jung-jae (Assassination), Jin Se-yun (Enemies In-Law), Lee Beom-su (The Divine Move) and Liam Neeson (Taken), who portrays General Douglas MacArthur. According to THR, Operation Chromite is the codename for the Battle of Incheon that … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: January 17, 2017 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Train to Busan (read our review), a thriller directed by Yeon Sang-ho (The King of Pigs). The film stars Gong Yoo (The Suspect), Ma Dong-Seok (Veteran), Jung Yu-Mi  (A Bittersweet Life), Choi Woo-Sik (Big Match), Kim Soo-Ahn (The Net) and Ahn So-Hee (Hellcats). Train to Busan follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral outbreak, trapped on … Continue reading →