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Hong Kong

9 films on Best Blurays

Type: Region

Films where Hong Kong is in a pick or an upcoming release.

Director: Yasujirō Ozu

Best English-Friendly:

Hong Kong/Japan Blu-ray

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

France Carlotta Blu-ray has best encoding of France/Hong Kong/Japan. Criterion/BFI are older master

Best Audio:

2004 Tartan DVD

Audio Notes:

(Raro/Madman/Shochiku DVDs probably similar)

Director: Shōhei Imamura

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Hong Kong

Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab) · shop.panorama.com.hk (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Hong Kong has new 4k resto

HK has new 4k resto Arrow boxset says 2k resto not sure if they are the same

Director: Edward Zwick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Brazilian/Hong Kong/Polish/Korea/Thai Warner Bros Blu-ray for the TrueHD track

Director: Ronny Yu

Best English-Friendly:

Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray

International Theatrical Cut/US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray

Hong Kong Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Singapore

Thai Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Thailand

Best Video:

Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray

International Theatrical Cut (aka. Unrated Cut): Universal Blu-ray

US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray, Starz Streaming for open matte

Hong Kong Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Singapore, Singapore Disney DVD for open matte

Thai Theatrical Cut: Disney+ Streaming in Thailand, Thailand Disney DVD for open matte

Best Audio:

Director's Cut: Hong Kong Edko Films Blu-ray, Universal Blu-ray for original 5.1

International Theatrical Cut/US Theatrical Cut: Universal Blu-ray

Hong Kong Theatrical Cut: Singapore Disney DVD

Thai Theatrical Cut: Thailand Disney DVD

Director: John Woo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray

Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?

Additional Info:

Hong Kong Blu-ray has extras not on the US release

Director: John Woo

Best English-Friendly & Video:

International Cut: US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray

Original Hong Kong Cut (2 parts): US Magnolia Pictures Blu-ray or Hong Kong Blu-rays?

Additional Info:

Hong Kong Blu-ray has extras not on the US release

Director: Damien Chazelle

Video format: UHD Blu-ray

4K · Excellent
Upcoming Release:

US Lionsgate Limited 4K Blu-ray re-release announced with Dolby Vision, a new exclusive bonus, and the previously retailer pre-order bonus-exclusive/Hong Kong-exclusive bonus interviews in HD

Video Notes:

Italy Eagle Pictures has DV, better encode, and no brightness shifts compared to Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Lionsgate 4K Blu-ray for the original Dolby Atmos mix

Additional Info:

Hong Kong Panorama 4K Blu-ray has two interviews available in HD that are SD everywhere else and only included as retailer-exclusive pre-order bonus DVDs with the US Blu-ray

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly:

Well Go US 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Any of the 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Engilsh dub: Well Go 4K Blu-ray
5.1: 2019 Hong Kong 4K Blu-ray (upsampled to 24/96)

Director: Makoto Shinkai

4K · Excellent
Best English-Friendly:

Hong Kong Neofilms 4K Blu-ray

US/UK Crunchyroll Blu-ray for English dub

Upcoming Release:

US/UK Crunchyroll 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Hong Kong Neofilms 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Hong Kong Neofilms 4K Blu-ray/Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray

US/UK Crunchyroll Blu-ray for English dub

Additional Info:

Hong Kong Neofilms 4K Blu-ray has better bitrate and detail than Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray, both releases have English subtitles.

The original theatrical Atmos mix has not been given a home release.

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