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New & upcoming 4K UHD/Blu-ray releases of films we think cityonfire.com visitors should know about. Asian, martial arts, cult, classic and other popular titles. Please click on the Amazon.com affiliate links to support this site.

Late Autumn DVD (CJ Entertainment)

RELEASE DATE: December 18, 2012 CJ Entertainment presents the DVD for Late Autumn, an english-language co-production between South Korea, Hong Kong, China and the United States. A woman imprisoned after killing her husband is allowed her release. On her way to Seattle, a man gets on the same bus. When the two meet again in Seattle, they feel an attachment to each other. Starring Lust, Caution’s Tang Wei and and Spin … Continue reading

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Big Tits Zombie DVD (Funimation)

RELEASE DATE: November 20, 2012 Funimation presents the DVD for Big Tits Zombie. Adapted from the manga Kyonyu Dragon by Rei Mikamoto and directed by Japanese cult satirist Takao Nakano (Sexual Parasite: Killer Pussy), Big Tits Zombie stars many known Japanese adult stars, most notably Sora Aoi. Check out the trailer.

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Hirokin: The Last Samurai DVD (Lionsgate)

RELEASE DATE: November 16, 2012 Lionsgate presents the DVD for Alejo Mo-Sun’s Hirokin: The Last Samurai. Hirokin (Wes Bentley), a reluctant hero marked by a dark past, must fulfill his destiny when forced to choose between avenging the murder of his family or fighting for the freedom of a people long abused. I don’t know about you guys, but this is some Albert Pyun-type sh*t. Check out the trailer. Check back for … Continue reading

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Eleven Samurai DVD (Animeigo)

RELEASE DATE: November 6, 2012 Animeigo presents the DVD for Eleven Samurai. Eiichi Kudo, the director of the original The Thirteen Assassins, closes his chapter of the Samurai Revolution trilogy with Eleven Samurai. The plot is very similar to the previous films in the trilogy (The Thirteen Assassins and The Great Duel), which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

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Midnight FM DVD (Cinema Asia Releasing)

RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2012 Cinema Asia Releasing presents the DVD for Midnight FM. When her young daughter needs a surgical operation overseas, a popular radio DJ calls it quits and broadcasts her final show. But during this broadcast, things go awry when a mysterious caller starts giving her orders and threatens her family if she rejects him. Check out the trailer.

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Troubleshooter DVD (Cinema Asia Releasing)

RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2012 Cinema Asia Releasing presents the DVD for Troubleshooter. Ex-detective, now private eye, Kang Tae-Sik (Sol Kyung-Gu) enters a love motel to take pictures of a couple for an unknown client. Kang Tae-Sik is then shocked to discover a bloody slain woman on the bed. Kang Tae-Sik flees the scene when the police arrive and mistakenly believes he is the killer. Check out the trailer.

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Prometheus Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D & DVD (20th Century Fox)

RELEASE DATE: October 11, 2012 20th Century Fox presents the Blu-ray + Blu-ray 3D & DVD for Prometheus. Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth, leading them on a thrilling journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There, they must fight a … Continue reading

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Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku DVD Set (Criterion Collection)

RELEASE DATE: November 20, 2012 Criterion Collection presents the DVD set for Eclipse Series 37: When Horror Came to Shochiku. Following years of a certain radioactive rubber beast’s domination of the box office, many Japanese studios tried to replicate the formula with their own brands of monster movies. One of the most fascinating dives into that fiendish deep end was the short-lived one from Shochiku, a studio better known for its … Continue reading

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Rashomon Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion Collection)

RELEASE DATE: November 6, 2012 Criterion Collection presents their new editions of Akira Kurosawa’s Rashomon on Blu-ray & DVD. The murder of a man and the rape of his wife in a forest grove seen from four different perspectives. Toshiro Mifune explodes as the feral bandit who may or may not be guilty of these crimes. Watch the trailer.

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Heaven’s Gate Blu-ray & DVD (Criterion Collection)

RELEASE DATE: November 20, 2012 Criterion Collection presents Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate on Blu-ray & DVD. This controversial Western is based on the Johnson County War, a dispute between land barons and European immigrants in Wyoming in the 1890s. It stars Kris Kristofferson, Christopher Walken, Jeff Bridges, John Hurt, Sam Waterston, Mickey Rourke, Willem Dafoe and many more. Check out the trailer.

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The Duellists Blu-ray (Shout! Factory)

RELEASE DATE: January 29, 2013 Shout! Factory presents the Blu-ray for Ridley Scott’s The Duellists. Set during the Napoleonic age, an officer in the French army insults another officer and sets off a life-long enmity. The two officers, D’Hubert (Keith Carradine) and Feraud (Harvey Keitel), cross swords time and time again in an attempt to preserve their honor. Check out the trailer.

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Wu Tang: The Iron Fist Blu-ray 25-Film Collection (First Look Pictures)

RELEASE DATE: November 6, 2012 First Look Pictures presents the Wu Tang: The Iron Fist Blu-ray Collection. If anyone knows what 25 films are contained in this set, please let us know (in the meantime, see comments below). They’re obviously a bunch of old school flicks packaged together to capitalize on RZA’s upcoming The Man with the Iron Fists. Please check back for details.

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Slice DVD (Asian Media Rights)

RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2012 Asian Media Rights presents the DVD for Slice, a thriller directed by Kongkiat Komesiri (Muay Thai Chaiya). When sliced up bodies packed in suit cases start to show up, police desperately try to find the killer. A former hit man (Arak Amornsupasiri) tries to help solve the murders with a detective (Chatchai Plengpanich). Check out the trailer.

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Tokyo Playboy Club DVD (Asian Media Rights)

RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2012 Asian Media Rights presents the DVD for Tokyo Playboy Club. When Katsutoshi finds trouble at work and hides out at his friend’s titular nightclub, lives intersect. Starring Ichi the Killer’s Nao Omori. Beyond Hollywood says it “strongly resembles something cult legend Takashi Miike would have crafted during his hungrier days”. Check out the trailer.

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Savage Streets | DVD (Scorpion Entertainment)

RELEASE DATES: September 18, 2012 Scorpion Entertainment presents the DVD for 1984’s Savage Streets: Two-Disc Remastered Edition. A teenage vigilante (The Exorcist’s Linda Blair) seeks revenge on a group of violent thugs who raped her handicapped sister and killed her best friend. Check out the trailer.

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