Kommende Veröffentlichungen : Eastern & Asia

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A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (Japan / 1977)

Herstellungsland: Japan
Erscheinungsjahr: 1977
Darsteller: Kyôko Enami, Yoshio Harada, Masumi Okada, Shûji Sano, Yoko Shiraki
Regie: Seijun Suzuki

The editor of a sports magazine grooms fashion model Reiko (Yoko Shiraki) to become a pro golfer, while retaining exclusive rights to her likeness. Reiko’s popularity soars after she wins her first tournament and she becomes a media sensation, but when she and her manager (Yoshio Harada, Zigeunerweisen) cause a hit-and-run accident, the victim begins to blackmail Reiko, intruding further and further into her personal life. This was Seijun Suzuki’s comeback film after being blacklisted by the film industry for ten years. Though adapted from a popular manga, the bold visuals and absurdist plot twists are vintage Suzuki.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

- High-Definition digital transfer
- Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
- Audio commentary by critic and author Samm Deighan (2025)
- New interview with editor Kunihiko Ukai (2025)
- Trailer
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Sam Smith
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp and an archival review of the film
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Quelle: https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/product ... sadness-le

Info BD: https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/product ... sadness-le
Info Film: https://www.ofdb.de/film/34432,A-Story- ... d-Sadness/

VÖ-Termin: 28.04.2025

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Denki Kurage aka Play It Cool (Japan / 1970)

Herstellungsland: Japan
Erscheinungsjahr: 1970
Darsteller: Mari Atsumi, Yûsuke Kawazu, Akemi Negishi, Ryoichi Tamagawa, Kô Nishimura
Regie: Yasuzô Masumura

Play it Cool is a chic and erotically charged drama starring popular Japanese singer of the day Mari Atsumi as a college girl negotiating her way through the male-dominated hierarchies of Tokyo's seductive but treacherous nightclub culture.

Yumi (Mari Atsumi) is a pretty fashion student who shares a cramped home with her mother Tomi (Akemi Negishi, The Saga of Anatahan) and good-for-nothing stepfather Ryoichi. Tomi works at a local hostess bar and hopes for a better fate for Yumi. When Ryoichi violently forces himself upon her blossoming daughter, Tomi is not afraid to take action to protect her, an act which lands her in jail. Left to fend for herself, Yumi is taken in by her mother's former place of employment, where she finds herself fighting off the unwanted attentions of the men who swarm around her. Then one day, a rescue by handsome former lawyer Nozawa (Yusuke Kawazu, Cruel Story of Youth) from a vicious gangster seems to offer an escape into an altogether glitzier world, albeit one that turns out fraught with similar dangers.

Arrow Films is proud to release this little-seen gem by one of Japan's most highly regarded directors of the 1960s, Yasuzō Masumura (Giants and Toys, Irezumi), a filmmaker known for his social satires and powerful portrayals of women, as Play it Cool is released for the very first time for the home video market outside of Japan in a brand new high-definition transfer.

LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:

- High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation
- Original uncompressed mono audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Brand new audio commentary with critic and Japanese cinema specialist Jasper Sharp and professor and Japanese literature specialist Anne McKnight
- Too Cool for School, brand new video essay on Play it Cool and the career of writer-director Yasuzō Masumura by Japanese film scholar Mark Roberts
- Original theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Earl Jackson

Region Code: B

Quelle: https://www.arrowfilms.com/blu-ray/play ... 61299.html

Info BD: https://www.arrowfilms.com/blu-ray/play ... 61299.html
Info Film: https://www.ofdb.de/film/87009,Denki-kurage/

VÖ-Termin: 03.03.2025

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Mr. Nice Guy (1997)

Herstellungsland: Hongkong
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Darsteller: Jackie Chan, Richard Norton, Miki Lee, Karen McLymont, Gabrielle Fitzpatrick, Vince Poletto
Regie: Sammo Hung

Der beliebte Fernsehkoch Jackie hilft zufällig einer TV-Reporterin aus der Patsche. Sie wird von den Schergen eines Drogenbosses gejagt, von denen sie heimlich ein belastendes Video aufgenommen hat. Fortan knetet Jackie nicht nur seinen Nudelteig durch, sondern vermöbelt auch allerlei Fieslinge. Bei den turbuleten Prügeleien hinterlassen sie dabei eine Schneise der Verwüstung. Ursprünglich als fünfter Teil der POLICE STORY-Reihe konzipiert, entwickelte sich MR. NICE GUY zu einem alleinständigen Action-Spektakel, das in Sachen halsbrecherischer Stunts und perfekt choreografierten Fights anderen Chan-Klassikern in keinster Weise nachsteht. Wie bei DER POWERMAN und ACTION HUNTER führt hier wieder Kung-Fu-Legende Sammo Hung (IP MAN 2) Regie.

Quelle: https://shop.plaionpictures.com/mr.-nic ... 2-blu-rays

Info MB: https://shop.plaionpictures.com/mr.-nic ... 2-blu-rays
Info Film: https://www.ofdb.de/film/1278,Mr-Nice-Guy/

VÖ-Termin: 23.01.2025