Category Archives: Asian Titles

RELEASE DATE: TBA Danger After Dark presents the DVD for Strip Mahjong: Battle Royale. A handful of mysterious Japanese women take part in a deranged web show that makes them strip off their clothes when they lose a round of Mahjong. … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: October 23, 2012 Funimation presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Athena: Goddess of War, a film branched off the TV show Iris, about secret organizations fighting terrorist factions engaged in nuclear proliferation. Starring Jung Woo-sung, Cha Seung-won, Soo Ae … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2012 Lorber Films presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s action-thriller Headshot. Along with Wisit Sasanatieng (Tears of the Black Tiger) and Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Ratanaruang is considered one of Thai cinema’s leading “new wave” auteurs. He is best … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 25, 2012 Cinema Asia Releasing presents the DVD for Man of Vendetta (aka Broken Man). Joo Young-soo is a well-respected minister. One day, his life is shattered to pieces when his five-year old daughter is kidnapped. The … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 25, 2012 Cinema Asia Releasing presents the DVD for The Outlaw. Detective Jung-soo constantly comes face to face with victims of brutal, senseless murders, which makes him outraged. During one investigation, he meets Ji-hyun, a victim that survived … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: October 2, 2012 Criterion presents the Blu-ray for Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love. With its aching musical soundtrack and its exquisitely abstract cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Mark Lee Ping-bin, this film has been a major stylistic … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2012 Mill Creek Entertainment presents the Blu-ray for the Daimajin (aka Majin) Triple Feature. In 1966, the respected Daiei Motion Picture Co. released a series of films that combined elements of the daikaiju (giant monster) and jidaigeki (period drama) … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 11, 2012 Switchblade Pictures presents the DVD for Curse M. She’s tantalizing and irresistible. And yet photographer Uemura fights his attraction for the beautiful Mari with all his might. However, Uemura soon finds that Uemura is pure … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 11, 2012 Impulse Pictures presents the DVD for Nympho Diver: G-String Festival. Of all the genres endemic to Japanese cinema, the “ama,” (or “Girl Diver film”) is perhaps the most curious. Nympho Diver: G-String Festival switches up the … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2012 CJ Entertainment presents the DVD for Silenced (aka The Crucible). Based on the true account of what took place at a school for the hearing impaired in South Korea. In 2000, a principal and some … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2012 Cinema Asia Releasing presents the DVD for Breathless. A loan shark finds himself striking a friendship with a troubled schoolgirl, Yeon Hee, as he faces his own troubled past with his abusive father. Breathless won the Grand … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: August 21, 2012 Cinema Asia Releasing presents the DVD for Murderer. Ling Kwong (Aaron Kwok) is a Chief Inspector of police who is on the look out for a ruthless killer. The only problem is all the evidence he … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 11, 2012 Impulse Pictures presents the DVD for Female Teacher: Dirty Afternoon. There were at least a dozen Nikkatsu films made with the “Female Teacher” banner, each pitting a plethora of young cuties against their more mature … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: July 31, 2012 CJ Entertainment presents the DVD for Hindsight. Directed by Lee Hyeon-Seung (Il Mare) and starring Song Kang-ho (The Good, The Bad, The Weird) and Shin Se-kyung (Five Senses of Eros), Hindsight is about a gangster who now … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE July 31, 2012 CJ Entertainment presents the DVD for No Mercy, directed by Hyeong-Joon Kim (The Scent). Noted pathologist Professor Kang Min-ho is retiring to spend more time with his beloved daughter. But when a beautiful, young woman turns … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: August 14, 2012 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973), the first and only Godzilla film to feature Megalon and Jet Jaguar, star of the Godzilla video games. Considered the most elusive and sought-after Godzilla film. … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2012 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for The Suicide Song. Kana commits suicide in her classroom one afternoon. Her friend, Anzu, hears Kana humming a strange song as she witnesses the tragic scene. With the mysterious … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2012 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for The Black House. Jun-oh is a geeky insurance investigator who answers a call to a family s dilapidated home, where he discovers the young son hanged in his room. As … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 25, 2012 Tokyo Shock presents 2006′s Gamera the Brave on Blu-ray! Gamera the Brave contrasts the strained relationship between a father and his son with the strong bond of a boy and a young monster growing up … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: October 16, 2012 CJ Entertainment presents the DVD for Spellbound. A young street magician meets a miserable girl during one of his Performances. She soon winds up in his “Horror magic show” and they becomes a smash. However, … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: September 18, 2012 Bayview Entertainment presents the DVD for Tazza: The High Rollers (aka The War of Flower). After losing his entire savings in an illegal, backroom card game, Goni (Cho Seung-woo, The Sword with No Name) discovers … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: November 6, 2012 CJ Entertainment presents the DVD for Helpless. The story follows a detective who is approached by a man to help locate his missing fiance’. As the detective looks into the beautiful girl’s disappearance, he soon learns … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: July 24, 2012 Tokyo Shock presents the DVD for Red Eye. It’s Mi-sun s first day as a rail attendant. Her assignment is an overnight trip through Korea, and she s understandably nervous. But it’s not the motley … Continue reading →