domingo, 27 de junio de 2010

Shogun Assassin Blu-ray USA en Agosto 2010

por Van Helsing » Dom Jun 27, 2010 10:45 pm
Citado de cultmovieforums.com

On August 24, 2010 Animego will issue Shoun Assisson on Blu-ray.
AnimEigo is proud to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the legendary samurai cult classic, Shogun Assassin, by announcing the first ever high-definition version of the film! The most famous samurai film in the Western World is finally coming to North America in the clearest and most pristine version ever seen by man, woman, or ninja.

In 2006, our first official release of Shogun Assassin set the bar for high quality with its crystal-clear DVD picture. This time around, we once again reconstructed the film, this time using uncompressed 1080p 24p source materials.

But that’s not all! For this special edition of samurai slaughter, we’ve compiled some incredible exclusive extras, only available on this disc. For starters, there’s a must-see 10+ minute interview with Samuel L. Jackson about his fondness of Shogun Assassin and other samurai films, shot exclusively for this release in 2009. And to top it all off, we gathered three of the original cast and crew for a brand new, highly-informative, feature-length audio commentary. This new commentary features never-before-heard insider perspectives of the 1980 film’s creation from some of the key players who made it all happen: Producer David Weisman, Illustrator Jim Evans, and Gibran Evans, who provided the epic voice narration of Daigoro!

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And the best part of the disc is… the price! We’ve set our suggested retail price at $24.98, so expect great deals on this groundbreaking release.
See the most famous Samurai movie of all time–that the Japanese have still never heard of!
See the movie that you’ve watched a million times, but never really seen–because you’ve never seen it in 1080p!

It’s the one… the only… Shogun Assassin… in High Definition!
Because the best color for blood… is Blu!
The Shogun Assassin 30th Anniversary Collector’s Edition Blu-ray will be available on the AnimEigo website in July and from a store near you August 24, 2010.


por MartinD1 » Lun Jun 28, 2010 12:00 am
Nunca entendí bien como salió bien esta película.
Es una combinación de 2 películas japonesas en 1.
Las películas eran: "Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance" y "Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart at the River Styx". (títulos en inglés obviamente)
Y el resultado final, es un "clásico" y tiene audio en inglés (dubbed) doblado por el director americano, el productor americano y hasta Sandra Bernhard (en su primer papel para el cine, aunque solo sea su voz) !!!.

En UK hay un pack de Eureka con toda la saga de Lone Wolf original en japonés y el "mashup" este en inglés, es algo pendiente en mi colección.

The Complete Lone Wolf & Cub Boxset [DVD] [1972]
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Number of discs: 7
DISC 1 - SWORD OF VENGEANCE (1972, Kenji MISUMI) 84 minutes
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DISC 2 - BABY CART AT THE RIVER STYX (1972, Kenji MISUMI) 82 minutes
DISC 3 - BABY CART TO HADES (1972, Kenji MISUMI) 89 minutes
DISC 4 - BABY CART IN PERIL (1972, Buichi SAITO) 81 minutes
DISC 5 - BABY CART IN THE LAND OF DEMONS (1973, Kenji MISUMI) 90 minutes
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DISC 6 - WHITE HEAVEN IN HELL (1974, Yoshiyuki KURODA) 84 minutes
DISC 7 - SHOGUN ASSASSIN (1980, Robert Houston) 86 minute
Fuente: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Lone-W ... 002MPTIYK/
DVD Review: http://homecinema.thedigitalfix.co.uk/c ... ntid=72010
Comparación gráfica: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews10/lonewolf.htm

La calidad del pack de UK de las 6 películas originales es increíble por lo que se ve en las capturas, no tanto el disco de Shogun Assassin que metieron en el mismo pack como Disco 7.
La última imagen que puse es de "Babycart in the Land of Demons".
Ah, y miren la diferencia de calidad que hay entre "Sword of Vengeance" y "Shogun Assassin":
SWORD OF VENGEANCE
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SHOGUN ASSASSIN
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Bah, no es tanta, pero aparentemente no viene del mismo master japonés.

Comentario en inglés de DVDBeaver.com:
Eureka used excellent Toho restorations for this 7-disc boxset. Unfortunately, we could not compare to the second edition or to Animeigo US releases, but compared to Artsmagic's first release the improvement can be seen easily. Each progressive all-region disc use NTSC masters from Japan, so there is no PAL/NTSC conversion issues. White font subtitles with black borders are easy to read and placed over the image (see examples below). The bonus 7th disc presents a 1980 US re-edit and re-dub of the second film (plus a few scenes from the first) called Shogun Assassin. Most English-language speakers learned about the series from this version and it's been restored as well. Notice that in the second comparison from Shogun Assassin, the damage spot from is missing in the original.


Esperemos que el Blu-Ray pueda usar algo de los elementos asiáticos, que por lo que muestran los DVDs están en mejor estado.


por MartinD1 » Lun Jun 28, 2010 12:10 am
En USA como se puede apreciar a la saga se la conoce como Shogun Assassin y no Lone Wolf & Cub. Hay un Box Set también.
Este pack Zona 1 no trae las versiones japonesas. Viene solo con audió en inglés (dubbed).

Shogun Assassin : 5 Film Collector's Set / DVD-Video / Widescreen 2.35:1 Color (Anamorphic) / Region 1
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Studio: AnimEigo / Release Date: 11/11/2008 / Length: 427 mins / Number of Discs: 5
Incluye:
Shogun Assassin (85 min)
Shogun Assassin 2: Lightning Swords of Death (89 min)
Shogun Assassin 3: Slashing Blades of Carnage (81 min)
Shogun Assassin 4: Five Fistfuls of Gold (89 min)
Shogun Assassin 5: Cold Road to Hell (83 min)
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EXTRAS:
- Audio commentary with film scholar Ric Meyers and martial arts scholar Steve Watson for Shogun Assassin
- Interview with Scott Houle the English Dub director for Shogun Assassin 3-5 (16X9; 31:25)
- Trailer for Shogun Assassin (16X9; 2:25)
- Trailers for: The Wolves (16X9; 3:22), The Geisha (16X9; 3:03), Ashura (Letterboxed Widescreen; 1:24), Kon Ichikawa's 47 Ronin (16X9; 1:56), Shinsengumi (16X9; 2:42)
Zatoichi's Conspiracy (Letterboxed Widescreen; 3:18), Shadow Hunters (Letterboxed Widescreen; 2:29), Shogun Assassin 4: Five Fistfuls of Gold (16X9; 2:09), Shogun Assassin 5: Cold Road to Hell (16X9)
- Image galleries for each film
- Program notes: text based extras about each film
- 28 page booklet with liner notes about each film
DVD Review: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/dvd_revi ... sassin.htm
Shogun Assassin Series: http://www.dvdempire.com/exec/v1_list_s ... s_id=31331

Como ya dije Shogun Assassin combina las 2 primeras películas japonesas en 1.
Y las otras 4 son las que vendrían a ser de la 3ra. a la 6ta. en el pack de UK.

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