The Asian Blu-ray Guide lists Asian films from Hong Kong, China, Korea, Japan and Thailand as well as Anime series and movies that have been released (or are available for preorder) on Blu-ray Disc. Currently the guide covers 815 discs from countries all around the world, making it the most comprehensive and hopefully the most useful source for Asian entertainment on Blu-ray Disc.
All information about the listed releases haven been gathered from message boards, news sites and retailers across the net or have been contributed by kind visitors.

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Bruce Lee Blu-ray Discs in mid-July?

Posted on July 02, 2009 at 20:09 by Ulrik. 0 comments

As some of you noticed and commented on, Fortune Star and Kam & Ramson sadly didn't release the Bruce Lee classics The Big Boss, The Way of the Dragon, Fist of Fury and Enter The Dragon on Blu-ray Disc in June like they announced back in May.
I was hoping till the last day of June that the titles would pop up at the usual retailers, but to no avail.
Now muldoon, admin of the recently mostly inactive Asian DVD Guide, has posted on the sites forum that the films will be released in mid-July! He doesn't mention any more information or sources but because of the sites good connections to the Asian labels I just hope that this time we'll finally be able to get the titles in fine high definition.

Tags: bruce lee, kam & ronson, fortune star, the big boss, the way of the dragon, enter the dragon, fist of fury, hong kong

500 Yen Summer Coupon for CDJapan

Posted on June 28, 2009 at 12:56 by Ulrik. 0 comments

CDJapan just started its 2009 Summer Sale (guess the weather over there is better than here) and is giving away 500 Yen (~3,70€/5.10US$) coupons until July 30! The discount code is valid for newly placed orders over 5000 Yen (excluding shipping costs) which shouldn't be a real problem with the Japanese media prices.
The sale also includes several Blu-ray Discs that have been reduced up to 70%!

Tags: cdjapan, japan, coupon

Miramax to release Hero, Zatoichi, Iron Monkey and Legend of Drunken Master!

Posted on June 19, 2009 at 22:06 by Ulrik. 5 comments

Miramax has finally decided to open their Asian films archive and announced to release Hero, Kitano's Zatoichi, Iron Monkey und Jackie Chan's moving alocoholic drama The Legend Of Drunken Master on Blu-ray Disc in the US on September 15, 2009! All four films will also be available in a "The Ultimate Force of Four" box set on the same date.
Hopefully Miramax will have better source material (or technicans) for Hero than Highlight/Constantin had so we can finally enjoy Zhang Yimou's masterpiece in an appropriate quality. And please, don't try to screw us with some crappy cut versions of Drunken Master and Iron Monkey, Miramax!



[via The HD Room, thanks to r3d-3agl3!]

Tags: hero, zatoichi, miramax, iron monkey, drunken master, usa

More Japanese Monsters on Blu!

Posted on June 19, 2009 at 09:13 by Ulrik. 0 comments

With the upcoming Blu-ray Disc releases of Kadokawa's Gamera and Daimajin collections, Toho announced to release their classic monsters on Blu as well! Godzilla will get three releases (Gojira, Godzilla vs. Biollante and Final Wars), Mothra and Rodan only one.
Of course, none of them will have English subtitles...




Big thanks to AnimeOnBlu for the heads up!

Tags: gozilla, mothra, rodan, japan, toho

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon UK Steelbook

Posted on June 18, 2009 at 07:57 by Ulrik. 3 comments

Here's something nice for you steelbook lovers from our friendly neighbours in the UK. While Sony Pictures USA decided to release Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon only as a part of a Blu-ray Trilogy Box together with House of Flying Daggers (cut) and Curse of the Golden Flower (Code A) on July 14, British film lover can enjoy Ang Lee's masterpiece on Blu-ray without the extra weight (film wise), over a week earlier (UK release is on July 6th) and in a sweet steelbook package.
At the moment only the Jersey based retailer Play.com shows the steely package but I think/hope that other retailers will offer this edition as well since the product description says nothing about this being an Play.com exclusive.

Tags: crouching tiger hidden dragon, ang lee, sony, steelbook, hong kong, uk

Upcoming French Releases from Wild Side Video

Posted on June 15, 2009 at 20:24 by Ulrik. 2 comments

Good times are coming for French fans of Asian cinema! Michael from Wildgrounds has posted this pamphlet by Wild Side Video on his twitter account which shows that the French distributor will release some nice titles including Takashi Miike's Crows Zero and Crows Zero 2, An Empress and the Warriors, The Sniper, OldBoy and Mamoru Oshii's The Sky Crawlers on BD in the next few months. Just don't expect English subtitles on these releases, French distributors are just as stubborn as their German neighbors...


Tags: france, oldboy, wild side video, an empress and the warriors, crows zero, sniper, sky crawlers

Police Story & Once Upon A Time in China Trilogy in June

Posted on June 01, 2009 at 00:37 by Ulrik. 0 comments

A small, but indeed very big update to the article about the planned Blu-ray Disc release of four Bruce Lee classics from May 18th. Seems like Marketing Interactive forgot to mention that Kam & Ronson will also release the first three Police Story films starring Jackie Chan, and Tsui Hark's Once Upon A Time in China Trilogy starring Jet Li on Blu-ray Disc!
The Hollywood Reporter /asia states that these titles should be available in June.

Tags: jackie chan, jet li, police story, once upon a time in china, fortune star, hong kong