Giles

Saw this listed over on DVDTimes.co.uk

Zatoichi

Bandai Visual have announced the Japanese Region 2 DVD release of Takeshi Kitano's Zatoichi for 11th March 2004 with a retail price of 3990 Yen. Kitano's 2003 reinterpretation of this classic Japanese series sees him star as the infamous blind swordsman, Zatoichi, and has resulted in a film that has garnered many awards and critical acclaim as it toured festivals around the world.

The 'First Pressing' of this release will feature (as far as I can tell) limited edition special packaging and a bonus disc totalling 120-minutes of special features including behind-the-scenes material, interviews and more (a logbook is also mentioned).

The specs for the movie disc are:
Anamorphic Widescreen transfer
Japanese DD5.1 Surround
English and Japanese Subtitles
"Hot News Report"
Theatrical Trailer
TV Spot

JIF

I caught this film at the Toronto International Film Festival. It's worth owning; but, will it have English subtitles?

Cosmic Bus

Cool, I was just looking for a date on this one the other day.

JIF:

eXcentris

Already up for pre-order:

http://us.yesasia.com/en/PrdDept.asp...ideos/did-160/

Too darn expensive as always. I'll wait for a cheaper release from HK or somewhere else.

Kumar J

I would recommend Azumi
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=ASBY-2381
The special Edition is rally good!Director is Ryuhei Kitamura of Versus

cultshock

I am happy to say, yes!!!

I missed this in Toronto , but I've seen the trailer, got the Japanese film program, and love both Kitano and the original Zatoichi films, and I can't wait to buy this DVD! Screw waiting for Miramax to do whatever the hell they are going to do with this film in the US (if anything).

pat00139

I got mine on pre-order. The set looks great and I'm glad I bought it. I almost saw it at the Busan film festival, but I missed it. I also have Azumi on order, which should come in a short while. I also have Alive and Aragami coming soon enough, both from that Versus dude, Kitamura.

For those of you who like Tak Sakaguchi, you might want to check out Battlefield Baseball. I haven't seen it but I've read it's great. The SE/LE - whatever they're calling it - looks great, but it's kind of expensive. I pre-ordered mine from cdjapan.

sicklerice

It aint Zatoichi without Katsu. I like Kitano alot, but he aint a Katsu.......

I still haven't seen this yet, but I will and I'm dreading it a bit.

Romerojpg

Zaoichi its cheap . or was cheap at Amazon.japan a lot cheaper than anywhere else. I bought it instantly. cannot wait.

Kortik

got to read Japanese though

http://www.dvd.netyokocho.jp/movie_tv/BCBJ-1811/

enjoy

candyrocket786

Hey...these guys have the Kill Bill box set.

Are they reliable and do they ship to the US?

Kortik

Oh yes, they are reliable, but they dont ship to US. Got to have a friend in Japan to order for you and send you.

candyrocket786

Damn!......oh well.

Thanks for clarifying...saved me from having to manually translate the site (via worldlingo)

flashburn

My copy just shipped from Amazon.jp!