The Asian DVD Guide  

  Thursday, 3/20/2008


IVL April 1 Blu-ray Disc Releases

On April 1 (the 5th anniversary of Leslie Cheung's death), IVL will release the first Shaw Brothers Blu-ray disc Behind The Yellow Line:



Kam & Ronson March 20 Releases
Hero (2007)
Director: Masayuki Suzuki
Cast: Takuya Kimura, Lee Byung Hung

Synopsis
Based on a well-known TV series "Hero" Kuryu (Takuya Kimura) is finally back in the Tokyo Prosecutor's Office "Josai" Branch and reunited with old familiar colleagues and handling a variety of petty theft and injury cases. Until one day, what looked like an open-and-shut conviction is challenged by Japan's best defense attorney. When Kuryu and his colleagues discover the key to the case may lie in Pusan, South Korea, Kuryu and company hook up with an elite Korean D.A., (Lee Byung Hung) in a covert investigation to unlock the truth.
  • Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
  • Japanese, Cantonese
  • Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
  • Region 3
  • Running Time: 131 minutes


Universe March 14 DVD Releases
Man, Woman And The Wall (2007)
Director: Masashi Yamamoto
Cast: Sora Aoi, Keita Ohno

Synopsis
Ryou, who has just settled into her apartment, becomes intrigued when the room next door reveals a female voice. The phone rings...the shower runs...then gasping... From what is exposed from the thin walls, "Neighbor Girl" reveals an unparalleled lifestyle to those who haven't watched it. Ryou, who is prone to sickness, assumes that her neighbor is in the midst of a rendezvous with her lover. However, her neighbor Satsuki becomes increasingly worried with the daily hone threats she receives. "I'm going to mess you up..."

Without fully understanding what is demanded of her, the unseen threats become a source of continued terror for Satsuki. As Ryou becomes closer to Satsuki, this behavior gradually starts to escalate. Only a thin wall separates the offender and his victim; boundaries are trespassed and each vignette complicates as they meet. The worst course of action develops as they start their rendezvous.
  • Japanese (Stereo)
  • Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
  • Region 3
  • Running Time: 84 minutes
The Vanished (2006)
Director: Makoto Tanaka
Cast: Soko Wada, Yoko Maki

Synopsis
SOTA KANEISHI, a freelance writer for a lowbrow tabloid magazine, visits a local town to investigate the mysterious case of a dead child whose internal organ is completely missing. While interviewing, a doctor in a morgue, the dead child suddenly humps off the stretcher and runs away. With a help of FUMIO KOSAKA, a female officer at the village office, SOTA further investigates the incident of a sudden disappearance of a group of children happened there 35 years ago. They find a photo album of children at the now deserted elementary school, and one of the children in the album’s photo, taken 35 years ago, is the dead boy who escaped from the hospital...
  • Japanese (Stereo)
  • Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
  • Region 3
  • Running Time: 96 minutes


  Friday, 3/14/2008


IVL March 18 Pearl City Releases

Beasts, The (1980)
Director: Dennis Yu
Producer: Teddy Robin Kwan
Cast: Patricia Chong, Kent Cheng, Chan Sing, Wong Chung, Paul Chung, Ngai Dik
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
Bloody Money (1983)
Director: Wong Shu Tong
Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Lam Kau, Chu Tiet Wo, Chan Man Yee
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • No Subtitles
Cops And Robbers (1979)
Director: Alex Cheung
Producer: Teddy Robin Kwan
Cast: Wong Chung, Kam Hing Yin, Cheung Kwok Keung
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
Crazy 17 (1985)
Director: Manfred Wong
Producer: Johnny Mak
Cast: Ng Nga Ting, Isa Chow, Chan Sing, David Lo, Siu Yam Yam
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
Happy 16 (1982)
Director: Michael Mak
Producer: Johnny Mak
Screenwriter: Manfred Wong
Cast: Irene Wan, Ng Nga Ting, Roy Chiao, John Sham, Mak Tak Woh
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • No Subtitles
Last Affair, The (1983)
Director: Tony Au
Cast: Dodo Cheng, Pat Ha, Chow Yun Fat
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
Lonely Fifteen (1982)
Director: David Lai
Producer: Johnny Mak
Cast: Becky Lam, Irene Wan, Mak Tak Woh
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • No Subtitles
Savior (1980)
Director: Ronnie Yu
Producer: Teddy Robin Kwan
Screenwriter: Teddy Robin Kwan, Alfred Cheung
Cast: Pai Ying, Gigi Wong, Kent Cheng
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
Sensational Pairs, The (1983)
Director: Albert Lai
Cast: Kent Cheng, Liu Wai Hung, Elaine Jin
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • No Subtitles
Story Of Woo Viet, The (1981)
Director: Ann Hui
Cast: Chow Yun Fat, Cherie Chung, Cora Miao
  • 4:3
  • Cantonese
  • No Subtitles


  Wednesday, 3/5/2008 (Second Update)


CN Entertainment March 13 Releases

Backdancers (2006)
Director: Kozo Nagayama
Cast: hiro, Aya Hirayama

Synopsis
When their star singer Juli, suddenly decides to abandon her career to marriage, her four back-up dancers at a complete loss! The four backdancers are Miu, Yoshika, Tomoe, Aiko.

Later on they meet with a new young manager, Chano. Apparently, they are all fond of dancing deep inside their hearts, nevertheless, how dare they fight with another dancers on the stage and what's more they are fired and Chano struggles to find the right way for them.
  • Japanese
  • Chinese (Traditional) and English subtitles
  • Region 3
  • Running Time: 117 minutes


  Wednesday, 3/5/2008 (First Update)


Kam & Ronson March 4 Releases
Linger (2008)
Director: Johnnie To
Cast: Vic Zhou, Li Bingbing

  • Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
  • Cantonese, Mandarin
  • Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
  • Region 3
  • Running Time: 88 minutes


IVL March 4 Releases

Virgin Snow (2007)
Director: Han Sang-hee
Cast: Lee Joon-ki, Aoi Miyazaki

Synopsis
The joint Korean-Japanese movie "Virgin Snow", starring famous Korean actor Lee Joon-ki and Japanese actress Aoi Miyazaki, is a story about a high school student named Min (Lee) moves to Kyoto with his father, a renowned professor of ceramics, and falls in love with a young girl named Naname (Miyazaki), whose melancholic personality captivates his heart.
  • Letterboxed and 16x9 enhanced
  • Japanese/Korean
  • Chinese (Traditional), English, and Chinese (Simplified) subtitles
  • Region 3
  • Running Time: 101 minutes