Will we ever see remastered anamorphic transfers of bruce lee and sonny chiba films?
 

Will we ever see remastered anamorphic transfers of the bruce lee and sonny chiba films? anyone have any new on these titles?

I'm 99% certain Fox reissued: Fist of Fury, Chinese Connection, Way of the Dragon, and Game of Death with anamorphic prints and original language trackss.

Of course, Enter the Dragon has a wonderful anamorphic 2-Disc SE from WB.

As far as the Chiba films go, there are a handful that have proper SEs out, but I can't remember which.

Um...
 

they're already out there. Are you talking about certain titles that aren't released yet?

http://www.amazon.com/Bruce-Ultimate...0047810&sr=1-2

http://www.amazon.com/Enter-Dragon-T...047810&sr=1-10


If you go check Yesasia.com or DDDhouse.com they have the R3 versions if that's what your looking for. There's also the HKL version which are R2.

There's a bunch of DVDs released by Adness under "The Sonny Chiba Collection" banner that I think are anamorphic remasters: Karate Bullfighter, Karate Bearfighter, G.I. Samurai, Shogun's Ninja, Shogun's Shadow, The Legend of the Eight Samurai, etc.

Yep .. Adness/Ventura and Brentwood. They are very good quality releases as well.

To the OP definitely look for the box sets instead of the individual releases (if plausible) as they will save you in the long run.

Shogun Collection - Adness/Ventura
- Shogun's Ninja
- Shogun's Samurai (The Yagyu Clan Conspiracy)
- Shogun's Shadow
- Swords of Vengeance

Samurai Collection - Brentwood Home
- GI Samurai
- Legend of the Eight Samurai
- Ninja Wars

The Masutatsu Oyama Trilogy - Brentwood Home
- Karate Bull Fighter
- Karate Bear Fighter
- Karate for Life

I can't vouch for the last set as I haven't picked it up yet. But if Brentwood treated this release the same as the Samurai Collection I'm sure it's fine.

There are of course other releases other than the one's above.

Slightly O.T., has Pray for Death, starring Shô Kosugi, ever been released on DVD?

get the box set "Lethal Chiba" theyre all anamorphic, and if you get it from deepdiscount its about $13.

Fyi,
 

the Brentwood releases are repackaged versions of the Adness versions. The folks behind Adness are now part of Brentwood/BCI.

to anyone that owns the sonny chiba samurai collection can you tell me how the dvds are housed? is it a digipack or 3 keep cases in a box? thanks in advance.

They are 'thin cases' in a sturdy cardboard box. They are similar to keep cases, just much slimmer than a normal.

It's on HD DVD and Blu-Ray too. I compared it to my old Enter the Dragon DVD and was floored by the difference.

The Bruce Lee ultimate collection has great picture quality and sound.

i don't think any lee movies are missing

Sonny Chiba Collection DVD Set (Hyb) LiveAction

Here, in one deadly collection, are six films from Sonny Chiba's celebrated career in motion pictures and television. From a captain of the famous Bullet Train to a deadly assassin, Chiba's performances are always dazzling and intense.

This set includes the first-ever US release of the longer cut of Bullet Train with English subtitles and the international cut of Bullet Train with a dubbed English audio track. Golgo 13 is also uncut and includes both the Japanese audio and English dubbed audio track, plus, this set includes new anamorphic widescreen transfers of the English dubbed versions of Dragon Princess, The Bodyguard, Karate Warriors, and Sister Street Fighter.

Contains the following films:
Golgo 13
Bullet Train
Karate Warrior
Dragon Princess
Sister Street Fighter
The Bodyguard

Nov 20 2007


http://www.rightstuf.com/cgi-bin/cat...em/76470/4/0/0

I've been waiting for the Street Fighter series in anamorphic and in Japanese/ eng. subs. Hopefully someday.