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Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen

Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen

5 films on Best Blurays1 in 4K4 in HD

Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen photo

Lawrence Ko (Chinese: 柯宇綸; pinyin: Kē Yǔlún; born 28 April 1977) is a Taiwanese actor. Ko made his film debut when he was four years old. He has had roles in the Edward Yang films A Brighter Summer Day (1991), Mahjong (1996) and Yi Yi (2000), as well as the film Lust, Caution by Ang Lee. In 2011, he starred in the biopic Jump Ashin! (2011). He also appeared in the films Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow? (2013), To My Dear Granny (2013) and Murmur of the Hearts (2015).

Biography from TMDB

Leading role · Director: Edward Yang

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray 4k restoration

Supporting role · Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan and France has new 2016 restorations but not English friendly and no reviews yet.
Taiwan has an older 1080i release, but not sure if it's the same master.

Supporting role · Director: Ang Lee

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray

Sources: DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab) · Blu-ray.com (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Kino Lorber Blu-ray has original 1.85 aspect ratio, and better encoding but with a few caveats: some scenes are in a lower quality than the rest of the film see DVDBeaver

Make sure you have the replacement disc with correct location title card

Small role · Director: Edward Yang

Best English-Friendly:

Korea Nova Media Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Best Video:

2018 Carlotta France Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Korea Nova Media Blu-ray probably > Criterion

Best Audio:

?

Small role · Director: Edward Yang

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · slow.pics (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

France Carlotta 4K Blu-ray is FiM encoded and superior to Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps but the Carlotta release is not English friendly

Best Audio:

2011 Criterion Blu-ray

Additional Info:

A user writes: 'the 5.0 mix does not closely resemble the matrixed stereo track included on all prior releases (save for a 2003 French DVD which had 5.1). There is significant dialogue emphasis in the 5.0 mix while the older stereo mix has ambient sounds and dialogue mixed at nearly the same loudness. Additionally, the 5.0 mix has minor limiting in select loud sequences and a strange distorted quality on occasion (one notable example is the sound of a plane taking off which plays during a static shot of clouds in the sky). The stereo mix included on the FRA UHD/BD is a downmix of the 5.0 track.'

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