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Release: February 22, 2022

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One of the preeminent works of the Hong Kong New Wave, Boat People is a shattering look at the circumstances that drove hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese refugees to flee their homeland in the wake of the Vietnam War, told through images of haunting, unforgettable power. Three years after the Communist takeover, a Japanese photojournalist (George Lam) travels to Vietnam to document the country’s seemingly triumphant rebirth. When he befriends a teenage girl (Season Ma) and her destitute family, however, he begins to discover what the government doesn’t want him to see: the brutal, often shocking reality of life in a country where political repression and poverty have forced many to resort to desperate measures in order to survive. Transcending polemic, renowned director Ann Hui takes a deeply humanistic approach to a harrowing and urgent subject with searing contemporary resonance. DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES New, restored 4K digital transfer, approved by director Ann Hui, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack New conversation between Hui and filmmaker Stanley Kwan, who was the movie’s assistant director Keep Rolling, a 2020 documentary about Hui made by Man Lim-chung, Hui’s longtime production designer and art director As Time Goes By, a 1997 documentary and self-portrait by Hui, produced by Peggy Chiao Press conference from the 1983 Cannes International Film Festival Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: Essays by film critic Justin Chang and scholar Vinh Nguyen

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After his martial-arts master dies under suspicious circumstances, Chen Zhen launches a ferocious investigation that turns into a one-man war for honor.

Release: March 4, 2025

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A blind swordsman accidentally saves a young girl after she survives a massacre at the hands of a ruthless officer. Under the persistent persuasion of the orphaned girl, he reluctantly keeps her by his side and teaches her his martial arts skills. As the fame of this new knife-wielding duo spreads, the evil officer again sets his sights on the young girl, but the lethal swordsman is not willing to allow harm to come for his young protégé, and the duo team together to bring down the cold-blooded officer and his empire.

Release: November 28, 2023

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Product Description Blind Cheng, known as the “knife-catcher", is a bounty hunter with great skills. When he meets an abused young girl after her family was massacred, he initially doesn’t want to get involved, but driven by rage and guided by justice, he intervenes. Review "a must-see for fans of Zatoichi or just fans of awesome movies" --The Action Elite “Has everything a martial arts fan could want” --comicon.com "pleased to see Tse Miu still kicking ass" --Letterboxd Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Eye for an Eye: The Blind Swordsman

Release: December 12, 2023

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Like the Royal Theater in The Last Picture Show and the title movie house in Cinema Paradiso, the Fu-Ho is shutting down for good. The Fu-Ho’s valedictory screening is King Hu’s 1967 wuxia epic Dragon Inn, playing to a motley smattering of spectators. The standard grievances persist: patrons snack noisily and remove their shoes, treating this temple of cinema like their living room. The sense that moviegoing as a communal experience is slipping away takes on a powerful and painful resonance. Yet Tsai Ming-liang’s Goodbye, Dragon Inn is too multifaceted to collapse into a simple valentine to the age of pre-VOD cinephilia. A minimalist where King Hu was a maximalist, preferring long, static shots and sparse use of dialogue, Tsai rises to the narrative challenges he sets for himself and offers the slyest, most delicate of character arcs (the manager, a woman with an iron brace on her leg, embarks on a torturous odyssey to deliver food to the projectionist, played by Lee Kang-sheng). By the time the possibility arises that the theater is haunted, we’ve already identified it as a space outside of time—indeed, two stars of Hu’s original opus, Miao Tien and Shih Chun, watch their younger selves with tears in their eyes, past and present commingling harmoniously and poignantly. 4K Restoration by CINEMATEK, the Royal Film Archive of Belgium. Special Features: • Audio commentary by film critic Phoebe Chen • Introduction by film critic Nick Pinkerton • Light (2019, a short film by Tsai Ming-liang) • Re-Release Trailer

Release: May 20, 2025

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When ruthless drug kingpin Wei Yun-zhou tightens his grip on the city, fear and chaos spread. Law enforcement has failed to bring him down until Huang Ming-jin steps in. Determined and relentless, he takes on the criminal empire, facing brutal enforcers and deadly traps at every turn. As the battle intensifies, fists and bullets fly in a relentless fight for justice.

Release: May 12, 2026

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Eight warriors - amongst them Nora Miao and Angela Mao - ride out for revenge against the cruel general who killed all their fathers. Before he helped Bruce Lee unleash his Fists of Fury, director Lo Wei established himself as a master of action with swordplay classics like this story of family and vengeance; eight warriors - amongst them Nora Miao (The Way of the Dragon) and Angela Mao (Ener the Dragon) - ride out for revenge against the cruel general who killed all their fathers. With action arranged by the young genius Sammo Hung - who also appears - Invincible Eight is an undisputed classic of early Hong Kong action, now beautifully restored and presented on blu-ray for the very first time. Bonus Materials O-RING SLIP CASE WITH NEW ARTWORK BY AURELIO LORENZO 2K RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE REMASTERED ORIGINAL MANDARIN MONOAURAL SOUNDTRACK NEWLY TRANSLATED ENGLISH SUBTITLES Original Trailer Audio Commentary with Asian Cinema Experts Frank Djeng & Michael Worth Image Gallery Reversible sleeve with original Hong Kong poster artwork Original Trailer Cast & Crew Actors: Nora Miao Ching Tang Angela Mao Sammo Hung Lydia Shum Ching-Ying Lam James Tien Ying Bai Director: Lo Wei Top About this item Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews The Invincible Eight The Invincible Eight

Release: December 19, 2023

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Product Description Arbelos Films presents LIFE IS CHEAP … BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE - New digital restoration of Director Wayne Wang's definitive cut of this much-loved independent film. Exploding a seemingly simple premise - a nameless "cowboy" courier (Spencer Nakasako) arrives in pre-Handover Hong Kong to deliver a mysterious briefcase to a mercurial Mob boss whilst becoming entangled with his femme fatale mistress (Cora Miao) - independent filmmaking legend Wayne Wang's LIFE IS CHEAP … BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE barrels through inspired genre deconstruction, guerrilla docu-fiction and fierce political jeremiad, all with a keen sense of humor and deeply rich visual palette. Tracking the Man-with-no-name's increasingly byzantine mission across every level of the city's social strata, we're introduced to fortune families, cabdrivers, hustlers, butchers and more, each punctuating the high-octane Neo-noir narrative with instantly memorable monologues that capture a now-distant era in Hong Kong history. Multifaceted but never incoherent LIFE IS CHEAP … BUT TOILET PAPER IS EXPENSIVE is among Wang's most unique and bracing contributions to the independent film cannon. Much-loved on the international film festival circuit but unjustly overlooked in North America, this is a maverick tour de force ripe for rediscovery. Specs: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.66:1. DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono. Region code: A. Special Features: New 4K restoration of Wayne Wang's final cut by Lightbox Film Center at University of the Arts in collaboration with University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. New video interview with Wayne Wang. New video interview with Wayne Wang and co-writer/co-director Spencer Nakasako. Original chase sequence. U.S. Theatrical Trailer. New essay by Aliza Ma. Review Director Wayne Wang's versatility has never failed to impress. --Matt Zoller Seitz, Rogerebert.com (I)ncredibly unique ― and a reminder of how gloriously unhinged late 20th-century independent cinema could be. --Lee Jutton, Film Inquiry Wayne Wang's Hong Kong Noir Dazzles In New Director's Cut & Restoration. --Kyle Turner, Playlist Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Life is Cheap But Toilet Paper is Expensive

Release: May 16, 2017

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NEW 4K SCAN AND RESTORATION! Tang Lung (Lee) flies to Rome to help a friend of the family, Chen Ching-hua (Nora Miao). She is being threatened by local gangsters to sell her restaurant and they will stop at nothing to get the property. When Tang proves to be a treat to the syndicate’s plans they hire the best martial artists to take out Tang Lung. In one of the film's most famous sequences, Bruce Lee takes on American martial arts expert Colt (Chuck Norris) in the ancient city’s majestic Coliseum. This martial arts classic, also known as WAY OF THE DRAGON, is written and directed by Bruce Lee.