Joy Sales will begin releasing non-digitally remastered Fortune Star DVDs on June 22. The first month of releases (June 22 to July 21) are as follows:
Specs for Joy Sales' non-digitally remastered Fortune Star DVDs:
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Languages
- Cantonese (Mono)
- Mandarin (Mono) - Included on most, but not all, of the DVDs
- Subtitles
- Chinese (Traditional) - For Cantonese dialogue
- Chinese (Simplified) - For Cantonese dialogue
- Chinese (Traditional) - For Mandarin dialogue
- Chinese (Simplified) - For Mandarin dialogue
- English
- Extras
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Photo Gallery
- Region Coding
These DVDs will feature new and improved English subtitles. Major changes include:
- The adding of captions for road signs, pictures, etc.
- Dialogue that lacked subtitles now has subtitles.
- Some badly translated dialogue has been re-translated.
- An effort has been made to try to match Chinese mottos/proverbs with the corresponding English ones.
- Nicknames in Chinese have been translated into English.
- All new English translation for jokes and gags. The audience will have more fun when watching the films.
Here is a brief comparison between the original burned-in Chinese/English subtitles and Joy Sales' new English subtitles:
Joy Sales June 14 Releases
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Never Ending Train
Cast: Michael Wong, Tiffany Lee, Vincent Wan, Cheung Kwok Keung
- 4:3
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Chinese (Traditional) and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
- PAL
- DVD-5
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It's Sunset Again (1978)
Cast: Joan Lin, Charlie Chin, Yin Bao Lian
- 4:3
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Chinese (Traditional) and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
- DVD-5
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Love In Spring
Cast: Joan Lin, Charlie Chin
- 4:3
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles [Non-Removable]
- DVD-5
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Panorama June 15 Releases
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The Art Of Seduction (2005)
Director: Oh Ki-hwan
Cast: Son Ye-jin, Song Il-gook
Synopsis
Min-joon is living two different lives. He is a promising architecture during the day time but at night, he is a lady-killer who's expertise is beyond anyone's imagination. And one day, he comes across with Ji-won and now she gives him a real challenge to his ever winning record. Ji-won is a private banker. She has never lost in her work and in her love game for the last 27 years of her life. Now she has another chance to make a nick to her roster of men who submitted to her. And until the end of the movie, nobody can guess who's going to be the winner in this game. One of the finest and witty romantic comedies that reveals the world of professional seducers.
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Korean, Cantonese (DD 5.1 + Stereo)
- Chinese and English subtitles
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Sing A Song Of Sex (1967)
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Cast: Ichiro Araki, Koji Iwabuchi, Hiroshi Sato, Nobuko Miyamoto
Synopsis
A group of provincial high school students, in Tokyo for their university entrance examinations, are thoroughly disillusioned with the older generation and see no hope for the future. They respond by going around singing dirty songs. A Korean prostitute teaches them that these songs are not only funny - they can be sad as well. Their fantasies have been centering around a rich girl they have seen. Now, still in fantasy, they set about killing her.
- Japanese
- Chinese and English subtitles
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Panorama June 8 Releases
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Love Letter (1995) [Collector's Edition]
Director: Shunji Iwai
Cast: Miho Nakayama, Etsushi Toyokawa, Miki Sakai, Takashi Kashiwabara
Synopsis
Hiroko Watanabe (Miho Nakayama) is a young woman living in Kobe. Her fiance, Itsuki Fujii, was killed in a mountaineering accident, a tragedy she has not been able to recover from. One day she comes across Itsuki's old school yearbook and finds his old address in Hokkaido. Without giving it much thought, she writes a letter and sends it to that address, hoping that it would reach him in heaven.
Meanwhile, in Otaru, Hokkaido, Itsuki Fujii (also played by Miho Nakayama) receives a letter that says, "Dear Itsuki Fujii. How are you? I am fine. Hiroko Watanabe." She has no idea who it's from and decides to writes back. When she receives another letter in reply, she goes to see Shigeru Akiba (Etsushi Toyokawa), a former mountaineering partner of Hiroko's fiancee who, after his partner's death, seriously considered marrying Hiroko whom he still loves.
It doesn't take long for Hiroko to discover that she's been corresponding with a former classmate of her late fiance, a woman who coincidentally shares the same name as him. Through their exchanges, the two women begin to share memories of the dead Itsuki.
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Japanese, Cantonese
- Chinese and English subtitles
- Extras
- A 4-frame film strip from the original film
- Audio Commentary by Film Critics Shu Kei and Tong Ching-siu (with Chinese & English Subtitles)
- Includes both the original Japanese and Cantonese dubbed soundtrack
- Shunji Iwai on the creation of "Love Letter" (in Chinese)
- Newly printed "Love Letter" postcards
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Tora-san's Song of Love (1983)
Director: Yoji Yamada
Cast: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho, Harumi Miyako
Synopsis
The 31st instalment in the Tora-san series. On a ship en route to the Sado Islands, Tora-san enjoys the company of a beautiful woman (Miyako Harumi), unaware that she's a famous enka singer traveling incognito. In this variation on Roman Holiday (1953), the enka star enjoys Tora-san's company when her boyfriend left her. Eventually, she returns to her glamorous life, but not before surprising everyone in Shibamata by showing up to give Tora-san a ticket to her latest concert. Tora-san thought that this could be a good start, but she finally tells him that... her boyfriend is back. This movie features many enka stars (including Miyako herself) and longtime character actresses Tanie Kitabayashi and Chieko Nakakita, because director Yamada Yoji is also a big fan of Miyako.
- Japanese
- Chinese and English subtitles
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Joy Sales June 6 Releases
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Lovable You (1980)
Cast: Feng Fei Fei, Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan
- 4:3
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Chinese (Traditional) and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
- DVD-5
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Lover On The Wave (1978)
Cast: Joan Lin, Charlie Chin
- 4:3
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles [Non-Removable]
- DVD-5
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Universe June 3 Releases
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Install (2004)
Director: K Kataoka
Cast: Aya Ueto, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shichinosuke Nakamura
Synopsis
Techno-illiterate highschooler Asako is about to be inserted into the hard-driving world of erotic internet chat rooms! This adaptation of the prize-winning novel by its 17-year-old author has become the "schoolgirl's bible" since its publication. A surprising leap into bold subject matters for teen idol Ueto Aya.
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Japanese (Stereo)
- Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
- Region 3
- DVD-5
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Doraemon Feature - Nobita And The Animal Planet (1990)
- Cantonese
- Chinese (Traditional) and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
- Region 3
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Panorama June 1 Releases
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Cafe Lumiere (2003)
Director: Hou Hsiao Hsien
Cast: Yo Hitito, Tadanobu Asano
Synopsis
Cafe Lumiere - dual burden is split between the film - protagonist Yoko (Hitito Yo) and her friend Hajime (Asano Tadanobu), an owner of a small bookshop. Hajime - pastime is to travel Tokyo - serpentine train and subway lines making live audio recordings of the dynamic, found sounds. Yoko is ostensibly working at a career as a writer but more likely is simply a university graduate searching around her for a purpose. She is currently attached to the idea of researching Jiang Ewn-Ye, a Taiwanese pianist who moved to Japan and flourished in popularity and in a number of arts.
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Japanese
- Chinese and English subtitles
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Carmen Comes Home (1951)
Director: Keisuke Kinoshita
Cast: Hideko Takamine, Shuji Sano, Chishu Ryu
Synopsis
This landmark motion picture is not only the first ever colour film shot in Japan, but it also ranks as one of the most successful comedies the country has ever produced. When the daughter, Carmen, of one of the townsmen, Aoyama Shoichi, decides that she will be returning to her hometown for a visit, her father becomes very angry, remarking that he never knew he has a daughter with a foreign name. Years ago, Carmen left for Tokyo to become a famous dancer. The townspeople have only heard about her celebrity but don't really have an idea of how famous she is. When the fact that she is a high-class exotic dancer comes to light, scandal erupts. This crowd-pleasing musical satire enables Kinoshita to lovingly ogle the majestic scenery with his camera.
- Japanese
- Chinese and English subtitles
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Maria And The Inn (1997)
Director: Seon woo-wan
Cast: Shim Hye-jin, Shin Hyeon-jun, Kim Sang-jun, Seo Ji-hie, Lee Kyeong-yeong
Synopsis
Ki-Tae, who is innocent like a child, is representation of ridiculous human being. Under the innocence, atrocious desire lurks and the desire leads him to ruin. On the other hand, Ki-Wuk is another name of oppressed and calmed desire. They are suppressing their beast-like instinct which is sleeping at the end of an abyss under the name of rationality. Choo Myeong-Ja, the fatal woman who cleverly weighs desire and rationality of human being, succeeds in satisfying her desire teasing two brothers adroitly but she also gets to prepare to drive into catastrophe by another desire, that is her daughter, Maria, who remembers everything.
- Korean
- Chinese and English subtitles
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IVL June 8 Shaw Brothers Releases
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Ambush (1972)
Director: Ho Meng-hua
Cast: Li Ching, Chao Hsiung, Yang Chi-ching, Wang Hsia
Genre: Martial Arts
Synopsis
This intriguing effort has more than a touch of both westerns and detective films in the martial arts mix. It could even be called an "Eastern Mystery" movie. It, of course, lives up to its title, as a noble guard is both attacked by bandits as well as betrayed by a relative. Then it's nephew against uncle, daughter against father, concubine against hero, and the law vs. vigilante justice before the last plot is exposed and the lovers are able to ride off into the sunset...
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Mandarin (Mono)
- Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
- Region 3
- Extras:
- Trailers, picture gallery, poster art, biographies/filmographies, and production notes.
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Protectors, The (1974)
Director: Wu Ma
Cast: Lo Lieh, Chang Pei-shan, Wang Hsia, Yang Ai-hua
Genre: Martial Arts
Synopsis
While American and European movies feature "security guards," they are virtually never the kind of heroes who appear in many great kung-fu thrillers. This time Wu Ma, who had cut his teeth as Chang Cheh's assistant director, decided to go to the heart of the matter. He cast Lo Lieh, the Shaw Studios first international star (from King Boxer), as the best of the best, who must protect a shipment of silver from both thieves and treachery alike.
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Mandarin (Mono)
- Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
- Region 3
- Extras:
- Trailers, picture gallery, poster art, biographies/filmographies, and production notes.
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Shaolin Martial Arts (1974)
Director: Chang Cheh
Cast: Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-chi, Irene Chen I-ling, Gordon Liu Chia-hui
Genre: Martial Arts
Synopsis
Take Chang Cheh as director. Assign Liu Chia-liang and Tang Chia as choreographers. Star Alexander Fu Sheng. Introduce international Shaolin monk icon Gordon Liu Chia-hui in his first role. And then add relevatory training sequences in the Eagle Claw, Hung Hsi Kuan, and Yung Chun schools of kung-fu. The result? An epic for the record books and a must for any martial arts movie fan.
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Mandarin (Mono)
- Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
- Region 3
- Extras:
- Trailers, picture gallery, poster art, biographies/filmographies, and production notes.
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Twelve Deadly Coins (1969)
Director: Hsu Cheng-hung
Cast: Ching Li, Lo Lieh, Tien Feng, Fang Mien
Genre: Martial Arts
Synopsis
Noted director Hsu Cheng-hung personally created the original story for this deadly family feud. The tone is set when the patriarch of the An Ping Security Service is shown to use a dozen killer coins as his personal kung-fu weapon. After they are hired to escort 200,000 taels worth of silver to safety, "flipping a coin" takes on a whole new meaning in this action-packed, emotional martial arts melodrama - choreographed by, and featuring, Liu Chia-liang and Tang Chia.
- Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
- Mandarin (Mono)
- Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
- Region 3
- Extras:
- Trailers, picture gallery, poster art, behind the scenes pictures, biographies/filmographies, and production notes.
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Mei Ah June 6 Releases
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Pagodatree Aroma In Autumn [TV Series]
- Letterboxed
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Chinese (Traditional) and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
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ERA June 16 Releases
