Monday, March 12, 2012

Kadokawa & Paramount Japan BD/DVD announcements


Kadokawa Pictures

March 16:
  • Red Sun BD (first time) / DVD (previously available from other publishers)

  • One From the Heart (2003 restored version) BD (first time) / DVD (reissue)
  • Hammet DVD (reissue)
  • Abel Gance's Napoleon (222 mins Coppola version) DVD (reissue)


Paramount Pictures Japan

April 13:
  • Ken Russell's Tommy BD (DVD is already available) seems to have most of the extras of the previous UK DVD special edition (as with the Japanese DVD)


May 11:
  • Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here BD/DVD
  • 55 Days in Peking DVD (reissue)
  • Terence Young's The Christmas Tree DVD

June 8:
  • David Lean's Summertime BD (first time) / DVD (already available from other publishers)
  • Ken Russell's Mahler BD/DVD
  • Paper Tiger BD/DVD
  • Monty Python's And Now For Something Completely Different BD/DVD
  • Trouble In Mind BD/DVD
  • The Whales of August DVD

I saw some BD titles listed above are not available in the US,
but Amazon.com have them as instant video.
On the other hand Amazon Japan doesn't offer instant video at all.
So this may mean the difference of the markets.
I mean, Americans are more toward online viewing than Japanese.

[EDIT Sep. 27, 2012: Repaired some broken links]