Aussie label Imprint Films is kicking off its Imprint Asia shingle on March 27 with a trio of lauded titles on limited edition Blu-Ray. Pre-orders are now available for each title both seperately, or as a bundle over at the Imprint website, and I’ve included them in the gallery below with full details and specs on Chen Sicheng’s Lost In The Stars, Akira Kurosawa’s The Sea Is Watching, and Takeshi Kitano’s rousing iteration of The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi.
We are kicking off with 2023 Chinese blockbuster LOST IN THE STARS, a Hitchcockian crime mystery thriller produced by Chen Sicheng, “one of the giants of contemporary Chinese Cinema” (Variety). The film follows the disappearance of He Fei’s wife, Li Muzi. When she returns, he insists that she is not his wife…
THE SEA IS WATCHING (2002) is coming to Blu-ray for the first time worldwide, a Japanese romance based on the final screenplay written by the legendary Akira Kurosawa. This is the story of a beautiful young geisha, who hides a samurai seeking refuge.
Our third Imprint Asia release is THE BLIND SWORDSMAN: ZATOICHI (2003), an action-packed revival of the classic Zatoichi series, directed, written, co-edited by and starring Takeshi Kitano (Battle Royale, Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence). This release includes a brand NEW Audio Commentary by film historian and author Sean Redmond.
Enjoy the gallery below, and head over to Imprint Films to pre-order the jewels, and mind the Region B coding as well as these are Australia/NZ releases.
