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Warner will be Good, Bad, Weird and Blu in Japan

Posted on November 19, 2009 at 23:00 by Ulrik.Tweet this

Looks like once again Japan will get the biggest and sweetest piece of the Blu-ray disc release cake.
While Kim Ji-Woon's oriental western The Good, The Bad and the Weird has already been released on Blu-ray Disc in several countries, all these releases have some kind of small drawback. The British release by Icon Home Entertainment offers the International version (and the Korean ending as an bonus feature) but suffers from several small cuts that were made because of animal cruelty (falling horses) during the showdown.
The Korean release (looking great in the digipak and slipcase) is fully uncut in this department but only includes the shorter International cut (just like the French release), a fact that has only been announced a few days before the release. Now Warner Japan announced to bring a release that includes the Korean and International cut (both with falling horses) and English subtitles on February 10, 2010. The only setback could be the price of currently 5,905 Yen (~45 € or 66 US$) without shipping...
[thanks to AnimeOnBlu for the heads up!]

There are 5 comments
Ulrik
30. November 2009 - 17:15

Thanks, I've changed the passage in the entry.

AnimeOnBlu
25. November 2009 - 18:42

www.blu-ray.com

"The disc contains the 130-minute “Argentinean” cut of the film, not the shorter Cannes Film Festival version. It also contains more than 50 minutes of deleted and alternate scenes."

Ulrik
25. November 2009 - 16:56

@gasteropod
mmh, I always thought it features both cuts. Does anybody here have this release and could check this?

gasteropod
25. November 2009 - 01:15

Are you sure the UK release features the longer cut as well? I thought it was just the international cut and had the alternative ending in the extras.

DeathShrike
20. November 2009 - 22:10

What the fuck? Why wouldn't Korea have the longer version? What kind of crazy bullshit is that?

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