French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 13 Aug 2006, 18:03

Tom2681 wrote:Yeah I know.
That's why I immediately removed DVDActive from my favourites.
Nobody blurs my titties and lives.

I wanna appologise for that Tom. Tried to get it past our censors (even Chris backed me up), but the site risked losing support from our sponsors who don't want sexually explicit material being shown on that site.

Once again, I appologise - I'm not the one who pixiliated it. Hope we're still friends etc.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 13 Aug 2006, 18:09

Lourdes wrote:DVDActive use screengrabs that are 15-30KB in comparisons. Nuff said.

They used to when it was DVDAnswers.

FYI, whenever I did a comparison, I always linked to the full unedited screengrab.

Since the site format's changed, only the smaller images remain for comparison (the larger ones I suspect are lost).

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 18 Aug 2006, 15:55

Update:

Sex and Zen 1 & 2 have been released and reviewed:

http://www.dvdrama.com/rw_fiche-6642-.php

WARNING: these pages contain lots of titties.

Sex and Zen 1 has a great transfer.
Sex and Zen 2 has a crap transfer (dirty, washed-out and full of specks).

The original cantonese mono is provided and it sounds great.

As usual, subs are good but non-removable.

Extras:
Original trailers, postcards, a poster and a booklet.

So far so good. No reason for me not to buy this.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Aug 2006, 13:34

Update:

As promised, here's the high-res Love in the Time of Twilight cover:

Both The Lovers and Love in the Time of Twilight will be released on Sept 5th, but separately.

I don't know why, but I just LOVE this cover.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 23 Aug 2006, 15:36

hey,

so it's not a double pack anymore or that wasn't the intention from the beginning?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 23 Aug 2006, 16:45

It was supposed to be a double-pack, but they changed it at the last minute.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 26 Aug 2006, 22:01

This could be interesting

Seven Sept
05/09/2006
http://www.asia-diffusion.com/new/dvd.php?id_dvd=2731

And even more interesting

ASIAN STAR
25/10/2006
EDITION LMIMITEE à 2000 ex !!!
http://www.asia-diffusion.com/new/dvd.php?id_dvd=2770

I know Asian Star has been making some quality releases, but most films they've released seem to be recent movies. Do they know how to remaster 50 year old movies? I don't own any these films but I want to, it's gonna be either these or the R2J's

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 26 Aug 2006, 22:14

Why will they be limiting that Samurai box? Seems like many more then 2000 people would like to pick this up...

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 26 Aug 2006, 23:34

I know, it's stupid. I'm probably gonna have to pre-order it before any reviews show up. The transfers better be good. Cause I don't wanna have to buy the 12000 yen R2J box set

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 27 Aug 2006, 02:24

I have the crappy China discs from Bo Ying. The subs are optional and the English is okay.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Aug 2006, 10:30

Yet another re-release of The Big Boss. Pfff...
On the bright side: Seven Sept = HK Vidéo, so this could be good.

Is that the Musashi trilogy ?! WOW !
Although I don't see why they'd just print 2000 copies. Maybe they'll release them in single-disc sets soon.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Aug 2006, 10:38

120 minutes for Boss? Hmmm.
I may have to brush up on my French

Isnt the Samurai Trilogy (thats Kurosawa right?) on Criterion?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 27 Aug 2006, 10:42

Update:

There's a new wave of Asian Star discs coming this october.

-The Samurai Trilogy (Toshiro Mifune). Limited to 2000 copies !!

-The Guys from Paradise (Takashi Miike).

-Red Shoes (Korean horror film).

-MPD-Psycho volume 1 (Takashi Miike).

-Kaotsu / Chaos (Hideo Nakata).

-Tsui Hark boxset (Wicked City - Magic Crane - Spygame) Limited to 2000 copies !!

-Takashi Miike boxset (Shinjuku Triad Society - Ley Lines - Rainy Dog) Limited to 2000 copies !!!

Then, still in october:

-Asian Fever will release Damo (the korean series).

-HK Vidéo will release the following cat III films: Ebola Syndrome, Daughter of Darkness, Raped by an Angel, Red to Kill and Run and Kill.

Credit cards ready ? BUY ! BUY ! BUY !

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 27 Aug 2006, 10:43

grim_tales wrote: Isnt the Samurai Trilogy (thats Kurosawa right?) on Criterion?

No, it's not Kurosawa and yes, it's on (crappy) Criterion.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 27 Aug 2006, 11:00

hey,

-Tsui Hark boxset (Wicked City - Magic Crane - Spygame) Limited to 2000 copies !!

Heard of Spygame a while back, has been unreleased so far.

-HK Vidéo will release the following cat III films: Ebola Syndrome, Daughter of Darkness, Raped by an Angel, Red to Kill and Run and Kill.

Uncut for all those, please.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 27 Aug 2006, 11:18

HungFist wrote:
grim_tales wrote: Isnt the Samurai Trilogy (thats Kurosawa right?) on Criterion?
No, it's not Kurosawa and yes, it's on (crappy) Criterion.

Crappy maybe, but better for English speakers I'm sure

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 Sep 2006, 13:44

Update:

Tsui Hark's The Lovers has been reviewed here:
http://www.dvdrama.com/rw_fiche-6699-.php

Picture:
Traditional colourful Media Asia print.

Dirty and full of specks, but pleasing to the eye (as usual).

Sound:
Original cantonese mono track.

Extras:
Original trailer.
Picture gallery.
64-page booklet full of pictures, talking about the origins of the Butterfly Lovers, the making of the film and much more.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 01 Sep 2006, 14:01

Tom are you getting THE BIG BOSS DVD? I may have to triple dip

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 Sep 2006, 17:31

Sorry, but no.
I'm not a Bruce Lee fan.

But I'll keep my eye open for reviews.
Maybe this is the "non-pinkified FS print that shits all over the HKL" that we've all been waiting for.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 03 Sep 2006, 20:50

I still get the HKL PE though, I'll only consider the French DVD IF it turns out to be different.

I'm sure I'll be able to understand the subs

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 08 Sep 2006, 15:12

Some info and pics of HK Video's CAT III releases: http://www.dvdrama.com/news.php?16640&page=13

I much prefer japanese "art" exploitation, but I have to admit these look like fun, too. I guess I should give them a chance.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 08 Sep 2006, 16:25

hey,

if you can take it, Run And Kill is absolutely excellent. From Billy Tang, the better of the Cat III directors of the time (a fine visual thinker as well) and he brings you a relentless downwards journey of hilarious bad luck for our main character. Contains some quite infamous bad guy behaviour from Simon Yam.

Red To Kill beats it for intensity though but is Billy Tang at his very intense best. Shot in synch sound and with an ominous blue by frequent DOP collaborator Tony Miu , the film may be way OTT but its intensity draws me in everytime. The underrated Lily Chung provides an award winning performance...really! And Ben Ng will have you feel like you've been butt fucked....twice and very hard...after this film is over. Great stuff.

Ebola Syndrome is fine fun and one of the foulest Cat III experiences out there. Herman Yau and Anthony Wong abdandon all morals and completely go for it! Part a parody of The Untold Story. Reportedly the cut material was said, by Yau himself, to have been thrown away. A shame.

Raped By An Angel is more of your standard mixture of what "should" be included in a film like that. Lots of dopey humour, some atmospheric violence but a classic comeuppance for the villain at the end.

Daughter Of Darkness worked better when Billy Tang switched things around and made his Brother Of Darkness but Ivan Lai is blessed to have Lily Chung at his disposal in this story of grave family abuse. When it's not that, Anthony Wong "lights up" the screen as quite a dopey village cop with hands on methods.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 11 Sep 2006, 15:11

Pfff... too many boxsets these days.

Update:

Studio Canal will release a Live Manga boxset on October 2nd.
Movies: Casshern and Avalon.

HK Vidéo will release a Jet Li boxset on October 11th.
Movies: Tai-Chi Master and Dr Wai.

Wild Side will release a Kung-Fu Legends boxset on October 17th.
Movies: 36th chamber of Shaolin, King Boxer, New one-armed swordsman, Boxer from Shantung.

Studio Canal will release an Asian Horror boxset on October 2nd.
Movies: Dark Water, Into the Mirror, Face, Koma.

Wild Side will release an Asian Terror boxset on October 17th.
Movies: Three, Three extremes, Tale of 2 sisters.

And last but not least:
Heaven's Soldiers will be released in december by CTV.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Sep 2006, 15:30

Hung, anymore news on BIG BOSS?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 11 Sep 2006, 15:33

Hung? You mean Tom?