Takeshi Kaneshiro
1) Dragon
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The quiet life of a village craftsman is disrupted when he comes under investigation after he single-handedly saves a shopkeeper from two notorious criminals.
Series
Criterion collection volume 453
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Description
Two cops share their stories at a snack bar in Hong Kong. Two intertwined romantic tales take place inside the Chungking high-rise shopping center in downtown Hong Kong.
3) The warlords
Series
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This lavish historical epic is set in the midst of war and political upheaval during the Taiping Rebellion of the 1860s.
4) Returner
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2004.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (117 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The year 2084, when humanity is decimated by a ruthless alien force, all hope lies in Milly, as she goes back in time to stop the invasion. Ending up in present-day 2002, she takes on a mysterious mercenary who has a thirst for blood. Through some coercing, Miyamoto unwillingly joins the mission, as they infiltrate the government base that holds a captured alien and its crashed spacecraft. With Mizoguchi and the Triads moving in, seeking some of the...
Series
Publisher
distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (288 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"[T]he epic historical drama based on a legendary 208 A.D. battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty. A power-hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao seeks permission from the Han Dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush the two troublesome warlords who stand in his way, Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Vastly outnumbered by Cao Cao's brutal, fast-approaching army, the warlords band together to mount a heroic campaign-unrivaled...
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
7 Blu-rays (716 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
As tears go by: Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.
Days of being wild: A man tries to find out who his real mother is after the woman who raised him tells him the truth.
Chungking express: Two melancholy Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious female underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. Leo is a police officer who sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers" organization. Leo ends up arresting Mei, only to have Jin break her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. But...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1207
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (185 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Description
"The Heroic Trio and its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu-fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city"--Container.
The heroic trio. With this outrageously entertaining cult favorite, director Johnnie To and his lineup of legendary stars gave Hong Kong cinema something new: its own homegrown superhero cinematic universe. Thief Catcher,...
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
During the reign of the Tang dynasty in China, a secret organization called "The House of the Flying Daggers" rises and opposes the government. Leo is a police officer who sends officer Jin to investigate a young dancer named Mei, claiming that she has ties to the "Flying Daggers" organization. Leo ends up arresting Mei, only to have Jin break her free in a plot to gain her trust and lead the police to the new leader of the secret organization. Things...