French DVDs and Blu-Rays of Asian Movies

ericf · Post by **ericf** » 12 May 2007, 18:26

That's too bad.
I'm still hoping for new masters when it's time for High Definition. I might not buy Japanese discs, though.
ericf

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 16 Jun 2007, 13:43

Been a while since I've posted anything in here.
Let's see what's coming soon.

Update:

June 18th: Infernal Affairs trilogy (Studio Canal)
June 20th: Kenji Mizoguchi boxset (Meito Bijumaru, Utamaro wo meguru gonin no onna, Joyu Sumako nokoi, Yoru ona onna tachi, Waga koi wa moenu) (Gaumont)
June 20th: 5 women around Utamaro (Gaumont)
June 21st: Naked Weapon (TF1)
June 23rd: Death Trance and Neighbour N° 13 (Studio Canal)
June 26th: Masahiro Shinoda boxset (Assassination, Pale Flower, Samurai Spy, Double Suicide at Amijima) (Wild Side Vidéo)
June 27th: MPD-Psycho volume 1, 2 and 3 (Asian Star)
July 4th: Confession of Pain (MK2)
July 6th: Dragon Squad (TF1)
July 17th: Police Story 1, Police Story 2 and Crime Story (Seven Sept / TF1)
July 18th: Dragon Tiger Gate (Asian Star)
July 18th: Sky High (M6)
July 25th: Forbidden Warrior (Gaumont)
August 8th: Spirits (Gaumont)
August 13th: Armour of God 1 & 2 (Seven Sept / TF1)
August 22nd: To Sir, With Love (Gaumont)
September 6th: The Host (TF1)
September 16th: Flower and Snake (Kubik Vidéo)
September 26th: Re-Cycle, Barking Dogs Never Bite, Sema The Warrior, Eternal Combat, Juliet in Love (Asian Star)

Source: Asia-Diffusion.

Knetan · Post by **Knetan** » 16 Jun 2007, 15:26

hey,

Juliet in Love (Asian Star)

Sweet. Mei Ah isn't catastrophic but I wouldn't mind a 16:9 upgrade.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 17 Jun 2007, 00:35

Wow as far as "Juliet in Love" is concerned. I'm tempted to create the first customised DVD as this is one stand out title and could really need the good picture quality.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 21 Jun 2007, 09:46

Good news for those who don't want to wait until september to buy the UK version of Satoshi Kon's Paprika:
The french 2-disc set has english subs.

Only for the movie, though. The audio commentary only has french subs.

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 21 Jun 2007, 13:02

What label is releasing this dics?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 21 Jun 2007, 13:45

thelostdragon wrote:What label is releasing this dics?

Sony is the worldwide distributor. Don't call us dicks!

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 21 Jun 2007, 14:05

I see. I'm going to pass then. If it was a one of the distributors that is releasing those awesome French discs of Asian movies, I'd buy one to support the fact that they use English subs which might have resuklted in them always using English subs.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 03 Jul 2007, 10:51

Update:

Mad Asia (M6) will release "Hinokio - Inter Galactic Love" on August 8th.

Unknown extras at the moment.
I doubt this disc can beat the HK or JP versions in terms of picture quality.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 04 Jul 2007, 19:40

Short Circuit 3 anyone?

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 05 Jul 2007, 04:37

Johnny Five is alive and this time he's in love!

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 05 Jul 2007, 10:03

Brad, Hinoko was actually a very good film.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 13 Jul 2007, 10:50

Got a few covers for you guys:

All Seven Sept titles should feature remastered FS prints.

Seven Sept's Police Story (July 17th):

Seven Sept's Police Story 2 (July 17th):

Seven Sept's Crime Story (July 17th):

Seven Sept's Armour of God (August 13th):

Yes, the french title is Mister Dynamite.

Don't ask.

Seven Sept's Operation Condor (August 13th):

Seven Sept's From Beijing with Love (September 18th):

Mad Asia's Musa (October 17th):

Could be a rebadged version of the old M6 disc.

Mad Asia's Legend of the Red Dragon (August 1st):

I might buy a few of them for the improved subtitles. 8)
And I'm glad we're finally getting a proper release of From Beijing with Love.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Jul 2007, 11:39

What is the best English friendly DVD of FBWL? I used to have the old "Siren" VHS from Australia.

Bons Baisers de Pekin (?) = Good Lovers From Beijing?

I quite like the Police Story covers.

Mister Dynamite

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 13 Jul 2007, 12:18

Nice Jackie covers. Will get Police Story 1&2 and Armour of God 2 unless they're downmixes. And Peking too. That one should be fine cause I don't think it's a FS title.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 13 Jul 2007, 14:35

@Grim:
Bons baisers de Pékin -> Kisses from Beijing (literally).
"Bons Baisers de ***" is how we say "from *** with Love" in french.

grim_tales · Post by **grim_tales** » 13 Jul 2007, 14:43

I thought there wasnt any censorship on this board?
I may get the FBWL Universe disc at some point.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 01 Aug 2007, 16:36

New Jackie dvd reviews:

http://www.hkcinemagic.com/fr/main.asp

Tom, we need you

But it doesn't sound very good. Something about 5.1 and 2.0 tracks sounding very similiar, right? Downmixes maybe?

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 Aug 2007, 16:42

I'll tell you in a few hours.
Stay tuned.

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 01 Aug 2007, 19:32

Those reviews are a bit vague. It seems the reviewer doesn't know what he's talking about at all.

Based on what he says:

Project A 2:
The 5.1 track's sound effects are muffled.
The stereo track is much clearer.
This would suggest it's not a downmix.

Young Master:
The 5.1 and the stereo tracks sound pretty much the same.
Probable downmix.

Project A:
The stereo soundtrack contains the original sound for the fighting scenes.
This would suggest "no new foley effects" / no downmix.

Police Story 1 & 2:
Probable downmixes.

Dragon Lord:
Probable downmix.

Note:
Since this HK Cinémagic reviewer doesn't even know what 1:85 is, or what "Anamorphic" means, I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.
It is highly likely that every single stereo track is actually a typical Fortune Star downmix.

The only good thing about these discs is that they aren't pinkified and they are well-encoded.
Most of them are probably superior to their HKL / Fox / IVL counterparts.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 01 Aug 2007, 19:55

Thanks, Tom. I think I'll keep my HKL's for The Young Master and Project A 1&2 then. I was hoping the french would allow me to get rid of the IVL PS discs but I guess not.

I don't own and I haven't seen Dragon Lord. Any quick recommendation? I recall reading the HKL audio wasn't so good. JS is a downmix. Universe maybe? It's 5.1 but maybe no new sound effects. With Universe it's hit and miss...

tom2681 · Post by **tom2681** » 02 Aug 2007, 16:41

I've got the HKL of Dragon Lord and am quite pleased with it despite the flicker, the grain and the muffled sound.

Can't remember why I didn't buy the JS afterwards but I'm sure I had a good reason (

). Poor sound or something.
Can't stand Universe anymore. They don't provide the kind of transfer that I would want to watch on my brand new 116" screen.

You should buy DL. It's a good film.
A bit strange, a bit clumsy, the editing is a bit messy and Jackie's lack of talent as a director is showing. But the fights and stunts are very cool.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 02 Aug 2007, 16:54

tom2681 wrote:
Can't remember why I didn't buy the JS afterwards but I'm sure I had a good reason ( )

Maybe because

HungFist wrote:JS is a downmix

frimann · Post by **frimann** » 06 Aug 2007, 12:39

Or because the JS/Seven Sept are the longer Taiwanese version while the HKL is the HK version?

I have seen neither, but reportedly the HK version is better.

Anyway I forgot to introduce myself: Hi everyone. I'm a frenchman living in England. I have been reading these forums for a little while now and thought I should register, you never know I might be useful

(although I won't post that much 'cause I haven't got the internet at home...).
Thanks for the information provided on these forums and I hope to be able to contribute whenever the occasion arises.

EvaUnit02 · Post by **EvaUnit02** » 06 Aug 2007, 12:50

Bonjour Frimann. Enjoy BnB.