French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Sep 2006, 15:39

All right, Tom

Its just you posted the original info so I thought someone might have bought the DVD, if its been released yet.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 11 Sep 2006, 15:55

It has been released. But apparently it's not the extended version (whatever that is).

Someone complained about 2 missing shots:
-Bruce killing a guy with a saw in the warehouse fight.
-A shot of a naked Bruce Lee in the prostitute's bedroom.

Note that I don't know what I'm talking about (never seen the film).

But maybe the Bruce Lee completists might know about it.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 11 Sep 2006, 16:05

The shot of a naked Bruce in the pro's bedroom (when he stands behind a chair) is in the Mandarin trailer.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 12 Sep 2006, 12:24

News:

R.I.P. Kwan Hoi-San.

The triad boss from Hard-Boiled died yesterday, aged 80.

He was great as the general in Project A, as well.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 12 Sep 2006, 13:24

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 12 Sep 2006, 19:23

Does The Big Boss come with mandarin mono?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 12 Sep 2006, 20:35

hey,

yea, Kwan Hoi-san was a fine, veteran presence. Like many others, which shoudn't be seen as a negative thing. One of his last films was probably Francis Ng's second directed film What Is A Good Teacher.

Keung · Post by **Keung** » 12 Sep 2006, 21:46

That dude was awesome.

RIP

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 12 Sep 2006, 22:07

Yeah, I liked that guy as well... was awesome in hard Boiled.

BTW... Brad will probably say this news shouldnt be in the French DVD thread!?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 12 Sep 2006, 23:53

Yi-Long wrote:BTW... Brad will probably say this news shouldnt be in the French DVD thread!?

Haha, yeah. Brad is so predictable.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 13 Sep 2006, 11:55

French DVDs of Asian Movies + Asian Cinema news from France.

1. This falls into the Asian Cinema news category.
2. It comes from France because I'm the one who posted it.

Does The Big Boss come with mandarin mono?

I see a cantonese soundtrack, I see a french soundtrack...
No mandarin listed (so far).

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 14 Sep 2006, 20:47

Update:

First review for Love in the Time of Twilight is up:
http://www.dvdrama.com/rw_fiche-6744-.php

Great picture, good cantonese mono.
Good subs.

Looks like the usual Media Asia non-HD treatment (not that I mind).

No extras apart from the original trailer.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 14 Sep 2006, 20:50

hey,

will work absolutely fine I believe. Will be super-happy once the English subs are timed to this.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 14 Sep 2006, 21:02

Where would you find the english subs ?
I thought Twilight had never been released on DVD before ?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 15 Sep 2006, 16:36

Update:

This is what happens when you take the term "Boxed Set" too literally:

Kitamura's Aragami, Alive, Heat after Dark, The Messenger, Versus Ultimate (the extended cut of Versus) and Down to Hell.

Coming this Christmas.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 15 Sep 2006, 17:06

LOL @ the Ryuhei Kitamura box.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 15 Sep 2006, 20:38

hey,

Where would you find the english subs ?
I thought Twilight had never been released on DVD before ?

Thakral released a fullframe dvd with both dubs and optional subs once upon a time in China.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 16 Sep 2006, 17:22

Update:

TF1 will release Jet Li's Born to Defend on November 9.
It should include 2 DTS tracks, both in mandarin and in french.

Note that they've kept the old french spelling mistake.

Born to Defend has always been known as Born to Defense in France.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 19 Sep 2006, 12:43

News:

Korean director Bong Joon-Ho (The Host, Memories of Murder) has recently bought the rights to the french comic "Le transperceneige" to make a film.

Director Park Chan-Wook has announced that he would be acting as producer.

Transpercer = To pierce, to go through.
Neige = Snow.

"After all civilizations have been destroyed, the last survivors have been put in the Transperceneige, a train that never stops..."

Sounds like an interesting sci-fi project.
I wonder if they'll shoot it in black and white, like the comic.

Godzooki · Post by **Godzooki** » 20 Sep 2006, 11:24

tom2681 wrote:Update:

This is what happens when you take the term "Boxed Set" too literally:

Kitamura's Aragami, Alive, Heat after Dark, The Messenger, Versus Ultimate (the extended cut of Versus) and Down to Hell.

Coming this Christmas.

Holy Shit!!! Where can i buy this? and when?

Also re Le Transperceneige, Bong talked about this at the UK host Premiere. This wont be his next film though, and probobly wont follow his next film either.

Bong and Park, what a pairing, even if Parks only producing. Ive met both directors and both were good enough to sign my gear too.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 20 Sep 2006, 12:11

Damn... never heard of the Transperthingy...
Is it a good story book?

I'd love for some animation studio to pick up the Lanfaust license, and make a hugeeeeeeee big-ass LOTR style movie about it... 3 parts or something.

Or maybe an asian version of Largo Winch? Korean millionaire playboy from the streets having lots of adventures.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 20 Sep 2006, 12:16

never heard of the Transperthingy...
Is it a good story book?

I'm downloading it right now.
Sounds interesting already.

Godzooki · Post by **Godzooki** » 20 Sep 2006, 17:37

Tom,

where could i purchase that kitamura box from? Could you provide links to etailers and any more info you have on it?

Thanks

Greg

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 20 Sep 2006, 18:53

As I said, it will be released for Christmas.

Its price will be around 50€.

AFAIK it's not available for pre-order yet.

expect it to show up at amazon.fr or alapage.com pretty soon.

As soon as I can find some specs, you'll be the first to know.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 21 Sep 2006, 15:53

Update:

WuJi... TF1 Vidéo... October 12th.

Too bad it's the shorter american cut.

A Bittersweet Life... Studio Canal... November 27th.

Expect a Super-Dooper-Fucking-Great edition with Korean DTS.