French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 09 Jan 2007, 17:09

tom2681 wrote:On March 15th they'll release Colour of Loyalty.

No extras except a couple of trailers AFAIK.

Is the well running dry? Shitty Wong Jing IA clones are all that they can come up with?

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 09 Jan 2007, 17:20

grim_tales wrote:Why not?

Because it's crap and the only person on this planet who enjoyed this is romero, which speaks for itself, doesn't it?

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 09 Jan 2007, 17:26

I haven't seen it. I've heard K-Dramas like Emperor of the Sea (?) are good.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 09 Jan 2007, 18:15

Is Damo the DC or original version?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 09 Jan 2007, 21:13

Don't know.
What's the difference ?

Update:

YES ! YES ! YES !

The Sammo Hung boxset is finally coming !

Millionaire's Express, Eastern Condors and Stunt Woman (Ah Kam) will be released on March 15th by HK Vidéo.
But do you know the best part of it ?
They're using High Definition masters (probably from Fortune Star).

Extras: Two interviews. One with Yuen Biao, one with Yuen Wah.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 09 Jan 2007, 21:17

Eastern Condors is finally saved. Great.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 09 Jan 2007, 21:24

hey,

and considering that HKV did well with the FS materials for Sex And Zen 1 (not bad quality mono as per their HK releases, something they do on purpose WHEN including them), this shouldn't be bad.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 09 Jan 2007, 22:11

tom2681 wrote:Don't know.
What's the difference ?

Don't know. Just curious lol.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 10 Jan 2007, 20:37

tom2681 wrote: YES ! YES ! YES !

The Sammo Hung boxset is finally coming !

Millionaire's Express, Eastern Condors and Stunt Woman (Ah Kam) will be released on March 15th by HK Vidéo.
But do you know the best part of it ?
They're using High Definition masters (probably from Fortune Star).

Extras: Two interviews. One with Yuen Biao, one with Yuen Wah.

HungFist wrote:Eastern Condors is finally saved. Great.

Individual release available, too. Even better

http://www.asia-diffusion.com/new/dvd.php?id_dvd=3084

Now, could someone please confirm HKL Express has the original cantonese mono, not a downmix? I don't have time to sub everything, so I'd rather get it on HKL.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 10 Jan 2007, 21:07

I'll check the mono track, but I'm not too good with sound.
Can't guarantee that I can tell the difference between original mono and 5.1 downmix (having never heard the original).

Update:

2004 japanese sci-fi blockbuster DevilMan is getting released on 28/02/2007 by Mad Asia (Yippie ! Now I can throw away my bootleg

).

Extras:
Making of (26')
"Devilman: from manga to film" (12')
Trailers.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 12 Jan 2007, 19:11

Asia-diffusion is now (?) (as an opposite to "before") talking about Shanghai Express, not Millionaire's Express. Is that a different movie?

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 12 Jan 2007, 19:16

hey,

an aka for the movie I believe.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 13 Jan 2007, 06:39

Same movie.

I don't know what the actual original title is, but in France it's always been known as Shanghai Express.
I think that the original cantonese title means something like: "Rich Train", so Millionaire's Express might be more accurate.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 31 Jan 2007, 15:32

Update:

Wild Side will release a Kung-Fu Comedy boxset on April 29th with Lau Kar-Leung's Monkey Kung-Fu, My Young Auntie and Dirty Ho in it.

And on April 24th they'll release Kung-Fu Instructor (1979) and 3 Shaw Brothers short films: The Iron Bow by Yueh Feng, The Tigress by Cheng Kang and White Water Strand by Chang Cheh.

I don't know any of those, but I'm glad they're receiving the Wild Side treatment.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 09 Feb 2007, 23:49

News:

Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower will be released in french theaters on March 14th.
It's been renamed to "La Cité Interdite" (The Forbidden City), which suits the film quite well IMO.

Look at that poster:

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 10 Feb 2007, 12:43

Update:

Early DVD covers for HK Vidéo's Princess Chang-Ping and Phantom Lover (both will be released on March 15th):

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 13 Feb 2007, 01:49

ZOMFG !

HK Vidéo have gone mad !

Remember I told you they'd release a Sammo Hung boxset in March (Ah Kam, Shanghai Express, Eastern Condors) along with Princess Chang Ping and Phantom Lover ?

Well hang on to your seats !

In April they'll release Project A 1 and 2, Dragon Lord, Young Master and a Sonny Chiba boxset with Shogun Samurai, Shogun Ninja and Shogun Shadow.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 13 Feb 2007, 05:07

hey,

any specs for Phantom Lover yet, especially in regards to sound?

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 13 Feb 2007, 07:46

Asia diffusion says "SON 2.0"

might not be exactly final specs

Interested in Dragon Lord if they get the audio right.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 13 Feb 2007, 11:20

hey,

2.0 would not be good for Phantom Lover. It was the first HK movie mixed in DTS for one. This is one area I believe HK Video has been worse in, providing 5.1 when applicable.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 13 Feb 2007, 13:24

Well they screwed up once with Stormriders (they couldn't obtain the 5.1 track).
Fingers crossed for Phantom Lover.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 13 Feb 2007, 14:32

hey,

and ocassionally not providing alternate Mandarin tracks for the likes of Terracotta Warrior and Once pon A Time In China And America. So they're not flawless, just a lot better on many accounts compared to others.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 05 Mar 2007, 13:14

The good: HK Video is releasing Gosha box set Vol. 3 (Kagero, Sword of the Beast, Hunter in the Dark, Oil Hell Murder)
http://www.forum-hkmania.com/index.php?showtopic=10749

The bad: Oil Hell Murder, which is the only rare film, is also the only one that will not be released separately. Fucking idiots. Unless they can finally quit boosing brightness and contrast with their b&w films Criterion's Sword of the Beast is sure to be far superior. Kagero and Hunter in the dark I don't know. Both are colour films and so far HK Video colour Gosha's have been fifty-fifty; Bandit vs. Samurai Squad and Jittemai were great, Violent Streets and Tange Sazen were poor. Kagero and Hunter are both available on remastered R2J.

The ugly: seem like I'll be getting this release for Oil Hell Murder only. With the other three I'll most likely have to double dip, although I'm hopeful they'll get at least one of their colour films right

I'm also thinking about getting rid of HK Video's Street Fighter box set. Toei put out the first film a few months ago, and Optimum has more natural image for parts two and three judging by screencaps (HK Video is again contrast boosted and too bright). I do hate Optimum, though.
http://web12.dvd2web.de/streetfighter/streetfighter.htm

RickyTheDragonSteamboat · Post by **RickyTheDragonSteamboat** » 08 Mar 2007, 21:18

Hey, I can't find Metropolitan's Drunken Master DVD anywhere! What's up with that!

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 09 Mar 2007, 12:38

Metropolitan or HK Vidéo ?
The Metropolitan is an out-of-print DVD that was cut and dubbed.

The HK Vidéo (with its complete cantonese soundtrack) can be found in the "Wong Fei-Hung boxset", along with Magnificent Butcher and Dreadnaught.