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Review Koch Vision  / The Gentlemen of Titipu
Actors & Directors
  • Ron Haddrick
  • Katrina Comino
  • Anna Russell
  • Ross Higgins
  • Leif Gram
  • Bunny Brooke
Release date: 2006-03-07
Run time: 45 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $4.17

Review The Gentlemen of Titipu / Koch Vision:

In the Japanese fishing village of Titipu preparations are underway to welcome the Emperor to the annual cherry blossom festival. During the welcoming ceremony Koko the Major and town tailor of Titipu commits the unforgivable sin of winking at Kataisha the Emperor s future daughter-in-law. He is promptly banished to the deepest dungeon under the sentence of death for flirting. Koko becomes embroiled in a deception when the Emperor s son Nanki Poo falls in love with the beautiful Yum Yum and pretends to be executed. The deception is discovered but the Emperor decides to forgive everyone and gives his blessing for a double wedding. System Requirements:Running Time 50 Mins. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: CHILDREN/FAMILY Rating: NR UPC: 741952637592 Manufacturer No: KOCDV6375.

Review Kino International  / Chaos
Actors & Directors
  • Jun Kunimura
  • Hideo Nakata
  • Miki Nakatani
  • Masato Hagiwara
  • Ken Mitsuishi
Release date: 2003-04-15
Run time: 104 min.
Creator: Hisashi Saito
List Price: $14.95
Price: $7.49

Review Chaos / Kino International:


Review A.D. Vision  / Nadia The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture Release date: 2002-08-27
Run time: 90 min.
List Price: $29.98
Price: $4.94

Review Nadia The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture / A.D. Vision:

This 1993 feature won't make much sense to viewers who don't already know the characters from the 39-episode TV series (1990). Two years after her original adventure, Nadia hasn't had much success as a reporter in London. But when important military, political, and business figures begin evaporating, she investigates. Dr. Giegar, a former follower of Gargoyle, is replacing world leaders with robots. He plans to start a world war, so he can conquer humanity during the ensuing chaos. Improbably, the comic villains Grandis, Sanson, and Hanson appear to rescue Nadia, Jean, and a mysterious girl with the unfortunate name of Fuzzy. Nearly one-third of the film consists of flashbacks, and the recycled footage barely leaves the filmmakers the time to set up their baroque story before it ends. The result is a mishmash that lacks the charm of the program. Unrated; suitable for ages 10 and up for violence and brief nudity. [+]
-Charles Solomon.

Review VCI Entertainment  / My Lucky Stars
Actors & Directors
  • Sammo Hung
  • Jackie Chan
  • Sammo Hung
  • Eric Tsang
  • Richard Ng
  • Yuen Biao
Release date: 2008-02-01
Run time: 96 min.
List Price: $4.99
Price: $2.04

Review My Lucky Stars / VCI Entertainment:

Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large quantity of diamonds. After one of them is captured by the ninja gang protecting the rogue cop the other cop (Jackie Chan) gets his old orphanage gang to help him. System Requirements:Running Time: 96 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY/BUDDY FILMS UPC: 879431000527 Manufacturer No: MAC52.

Review Deltamac (HK)  / A Battle of Wits (Special Edition) 2 Disc Set
Actors & Directors
  • Choi Si won
  • Jacob Cheung Chi Leung
  • 86 minutes of extras (Chinese Subtitle Only)
  • Hung Tin Chui
  • 2 disc package (region 0 NTSC)
  • Chin Siu hou
  • English and Chinese (T) Subtitles
Run time: 133 min.
Creator: Nicky Wu
Price: $23.95

Review A Battle of Wits (Special Edition) 2 Disc Set / Deltamac (HK):

In 370 B. C, China was separated as seven nations and several other small tribes, one of these being the city state of Liang. The nation of Zhao is led by the terrifying prime commander Xiang Yangzhong who orders his troops to launch an attack on Liang in a bid to conquer the small city. Leaping to the defense of the cowed people of Liang is a warrior who goes by the name of 'Ge Li' from the Mo-Tsu tribe, renowned for its defensive skills. He is their last hope as the terrors of Yangzhong's troops are unleashed. The future of Liang now hangs in the balance, with all their hopes pinned on the mysterious Mo-Tsu warrior Ge Li.

Review Mti Home Video  / Kibakichi
Actors & Directors
  • Tom-o Haraguchi
  • Ryuji Harada
  • Miki Tanaka
  • Mubu Nakayama
Release date: 2005-06-28
Run time: 95 min.
List Price: $9.98
Price: $4.56

Review Kibakichi / Mti Home Video:


Review Adv Films  / Final Fantasy - Unlimited (Phase 7)
Actors & Directors
  • Kôji Ishii
  • Robert Newell (II)
  • Rin Mizuhara
  • Mahiro Maeda
  • Akiko Yajima
  • Shawn Sides
Release date: 2004-07-06
Run time: 75 min.
List Price: $24.98
Price: $2.69

Review Final Fantasy - Unlimited (Phase 7) / Adv Films:

Twelve-year-old twins Ai and Yu Hayakawa take a mysterious subway to Wonderland to look for their missing scientist-parents. Wonderland is a hostile place, ruled by the petulant Earl Tyrant and his assorted hench-creatures. Ai and Yu are attacked by monsters and saved first by Lisa, a practitioner of the "Kigen Arts," then repeatedly by the taciturn, gun-totting Kaze. The first episodes are cluttered with characters who appear briefly then vanish. Although Ai, Yu, and Lisa do a lot of traveling, the series doesn't really go anywhere: the filmmakers seem more interested in showcasing the elaborate CG effects at their disposal than in coherent storytelling. The effects are very flashy, but they never meld satisfactorily with the drawn animation. Based on the popular videogame franchise, Unlimited borrows from Matsumoto's Galaxy Express and Miyazawa's Galactic Railroad, but offers none of their mystery and magic. (Rated 12 and older: violence, tobacco use) -Charles Solomon.

Review Adv Films  / Final Fantasy - Unlimited (Phase 4)
Actors & Directors
  • Mahiro Maeda
  • Rin Mizuhara
  • Robert Newell (II)
  • Kôji Ishii
  • Akiko Yajima
  • Shawn Sides
Release date: 2004-03-02
Run time: 100 min.
List Price: $24.98
Price: $3.35

Review Final Fantasy - Unlimited (Phase 4) / Adv Films:

Twelve-year-old twins Ai and Yu Hayakawa take a mysterious subway to Wonderland to look for their missing scientist-parents. Wonderland is a hostile place, ruled by the petulant Earl Tyrant and his assorted hench-creatures. Ai and Yu are attacked by monsters and saved first by Lisa, a practitioner of the "Kigen Arts," then repeatedly by the taciturn, gun-totting Kaze. The first episodes are cluttered with characters who appear briefly then vanish. Although Ai, Yu, and Lisa do a lot of traveling, the series doesn't really go anywhere: the filmmakers seem more interested in showcasing the elaborate CG effects at their disposal than in coherent storytelling. The effects are very flashy, but they never meld satisfactorily with the drawn animation. Based on the popular videogame franchise, Unlimited borrows from Matsumoto's Galaxy Express and Miyazawa's Galactic Railroad, but offers none of their mystery and magic. (Rated 12 and older: violence, tobacco use) -Charles Solomon.

Review Tai Seng Video Marketing  / In the Line of Duty V: Middle Man
Actors & Directors
  • Billy Chow
  • Kim Penn
  • Chuen-Yee Cha
  • Ricky Hung
  • Cynthia Khan
Release date: 2001-03-06
Run time: 96 min.
List Price: $19.95
Price: $19.95

Review In the Line of Duty V: Middle Man / Tai Seng Video Marketing:


Review Strand Releasing  / Blue Gate Crossing
Actors & Directors
  • Joanna Chou
  • Shu-hui Liang
  • Chin-yen Yee
  • Bo-lin Chen
  • Lunmei Kwai
Release date: 2004-02-24
Run time: 85 min.
List Price: $24.99
Price: $4.73

Review Blue Gate Crossing / Strand Releasing:


Review Tai Seng  / The 18 Bronzemen, Part 2 Release date: 2002-03-19
Run time: 94 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $9.92

Review The 18 Bronzemen, Part 2 / Tai Seng:


Review Tai Seng  / Dream of a Warrior Release date: 2004-09-21
Run time: 84 min.
List Price: $14.95
Price: $1.97

Review Dream of a Warrior / Tai Seng:

Pop superstar Leon Lai (Bullets Of Love, Infernal Affairs III) stars in this futuristic time travel adventure. Lai is a cop who is sent back in time to rescue Nam-Hong, the daughter of Doctor Jang who invented the time-travel device. He finds himself strapped in an unknown pocket of space filled with gladiators and bounty hunters. He must rescue Nam-Hong and return with her to the present world soon before the time travel machine is destroyed by an evil cult leader.

Review YA Entertainment  / One Fine Day
Actors & Directors
  • Namgoong Min
  • Sin Hyeon Chang
  • Lee Yeon-Hee
  • Sun Yu-Ri
  • Gong Yoo
Release date: 2008-05-27
Run time: 960 min.
List Price: $99.99
Price: $62.03

Review One Fine Day / YA Entertainment:

Orphaned as children, stepsiblings Gun (Gong Yoo) and Ha-Neul (Sung Yu-ri) are adopted into very different families. Ha-neul grows up in Korea with a wealthy, loving family, while Gun becomes a small-time thug in Australia. Reunited after 15 years, they have nothing in common but painful memories.

Review Phantom Sound & Vision  / New Police Story Release date: 2005-02-08
List Price: $45.98
Price: $6.41

Review New Police Story / Phantom Sound & Vision:

2-DVD set also known as San Ging Chaat Goo Si. Directed by Benny Chan and starring Jackie Chan. Optional Cantonese or Mandarin dialogue. Optional English & Chinese subtitles. All Code/NTSC. Joy Sales Film. 2004.

Review Image Entertainment  / Black Tight Killers
Actors & Directors
  • Eiji Go
  • Yasuharu Hasebe
  • Akemi Kita
  • Bokuzen Hidari
  • Akira Kobayashi
  • Mieko Nishio
Release date: 2000-08-15
Run time: 87 min.
List Price: $24.99
Price: $56.90

Review Black Tight Killers / Image Entertainment:

Filmed in delirious pop-art color and directed like a live-action comic book, this tongue-in-cheek Japanese spy thriller plays like a surreal cliffhanger serial dropped into swinging Tokyo and zipped through on fast-forward. Go-go-dancing female assassins in form-fitting black leather bedevil a globetrotting photographer as he battles the Yakuza thugs and American gangsters who keep kidnapping his stewardess girlfriend. The women, armed with ninja chewing gum bullets, razor-sharp phonograph records, and explosive golf balls, alternately flirt and fight it out with our suave hero (played with effortless charisma by Akika Kobayashi), while his doe-eyed innocent honey Chieko Matsubara is tied up and staked out in one kinky trap after another. Director Yasuharu Hasebe was a disciple of genre-busting legend Seijun Suzuki, and this debut film plays like a pulpier take on Suzuki's Tokyo Drifter and Branded to Kill. The ostensible plot has something to do with a fortune in World War II gold and a super-secret treasure map, but it's merely an excuse for outrageous set pieces and high-energy fight scenes, edited with jackhammer rapidity and a giddy disdain for logic. Dig that crazy score of jangly surf rock and funky jazz, and have a ball with the typo-riddled subtitles-they become just another goofy element of this campy masterpiece. The sharp widescreen print is mildly worn but vivid and bright. The DVD also features a 20-minute video interview with the director, which for some reason is dubbed over in English rather than subtitled. -Sean Axmaker Playgirl assassins a-go-go! A Mod/Pop Art sixties masterpiece masquerading as a gangster/spy spoof, "Black Tight Killers" (Ore Ni Sawaru To Abunaize, roughly "Don't Touch Me, I'm Dangerous") stars then-current matinee idol and singing star Akira Kobayashi as a combat photographer trying to save his stewardess girlfriend (Chieko Matsubara) from an alliance of American mobsters and Japanese yakuza (gangsters). He's alternately helped and hindered by a strange band of girl assassins who use razor-sharp 45 rpm records as weapons and wads of bubblegum to blind pursuers. [+]
What he soon discovers is that everyone is after a cache of gold hidden by Matsubara's late father immediately after World War II. The first film from one of Nikkatsu Studios' most talented late sixties directors, Yasuharu Hasebe, "Black Tight Killers" shows a definite influence from Hasebe's mentor, the iconoclastic and brilliant Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter).

Review Adv Films  / 2009 Lost Memories
Actors & Directors
  • Tôru Nakamura
  • Nobuyuki Katsube
  • Si-myung Lee
  • George Manley
  • Ken Mitsuishi
  • Kil-Kang Ahn
Release date: 2004-11-02
Run time: 175 min.
List Price: $19.98
Price: $4.74

Review 2009 Lost Memories / Adv Films:

What if Japan allied with the United States during WWII? What if nuclear bombs were dropped on Berlin instead of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? What if the sovereign nation of Korea never existed? To J. B. I. agent Masayuki Sakamoto these questions aren't speculation-they're history. During a routine investigation, he uncovers a web of intrigue that will turn his world inside out.

Review Xenon  / Mystery of Chess Boxing
Actors & Directors
  • Julie Ege
  • Marvin Wiseth
  • Solfrid Heier
  • François Fillon
Release date: 2002-02-05
List Price: $19.98
Price: $18.99

Review Mystery of Chess Boxing / Xenon:


Review Mondo Macabre  / The Living Corpse
Actors & Directors
  • Asad Bukhari
  • Cham Cham
  • Yasmine (IX)
  • Habib
  • Deeba
  • Khwaja Sarfraz
Release date: 2003-10-14
Run time: 104 min.
List Price: $20.98
Price: $15.06

Review The Living Corpse / Mondo Macabre:

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Review Geneon [Pioneer]  / Battle Athletes Victory, Vol. 5: No Looking Back Release date: 1999-09-14
Run time: 65 min.
List Price: $14.98
Price: $5.00

Review Battle Athletes Victory, Vol. 5: No Looking Back / Geneon [Pioneer]:

Akari and her teammates have struggled to win enough events to qualify for the Cosmo Beauty competition, but fortunately, they are finally coming together as a team. Meanwhile Lahri, the reigning Cosmo Beauty, crushes Jessie, Akar's old rival, during the competition! Jessie's body can take the punishment, but can her spirit? Not everyone can make it to the next level, so there is no time for regrets!.

Review Phoenix  / Fists of Dragons Release date: 2006-02-07
Run time: 73 min.
List Price: $9.95
Price: $0.78

Review Fists of Dragons / Phoenix:


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The Gentlemen of Titipu, Chaos, Nadia The Secret of Blue Water - The Motion Picture, My Lucky Stars, A Battle of Wits (Special Edition) 2 Disc Set, Kibakichi, Final Fantasy - Unlimited (Phase 7), Final Fantasy - Unlimited (Phase 4), In the Line of Duty V: Middle Man, Blue Gate Crossing, The 18 Bronzemen, Part 2, Dream of a Warrior, One Fine Day, New Police Story, Black Tight Killers, 2009 Lost Memories, Mystery of Chess Boxing, The Living Corpse, Battle Athletes Victory, Vol. 5: No Looking Back, Fists of Dragons

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