Japanese Film DVD News

According to AICN, British company Hong Kong Legends has secured the rights to release Takeshi Miike’s acclaimed and hyper-violent live action manga adaptation Ichi the Killer. The film has not yet been scheduled for release on DVD in the UK or in Japan.

The new Tartan Video DVD re-release of Battle Royale is now available in the UK and online through Amazon.co.uk. The disc is only available in Britain, but is not region coded and is in NTSC format, making it compatible with any standard North American DVD player. The disc was mastered in NTSC format because only NTSC format supports progressive scan DVD authoring for increased image resolution quality.

Also according to an anonymous source, there are now plans for an American Region 1 special edition of the controversial Japanese “Lord of the Flies” style film to include supplemental features like trailers and behind the scenes bonuses.

Source: Ain’t It Cool News