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13 films on Best Blurays

Type: Region

Films where Korea is in a pick or an upcoming release.

Directors: Jim Tao & Chang Yi & Edward Yang & Ko I-chen

Best English-Friendly:

OOP Taiwan and Korea Blu-ray

Best Video:

Director: Edward Yang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP Taiwan and Korea Blu-ray

Sources: YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Taiwan has 2017 2K restoration but Taiwan and Korea Blu-ray are OOP

Director: Edward Yang

Best English-Friendly & Video:

OOP France/Japan/Korea/Taiwan Blu-ray

Sources: filmlinc.org (opens in a new tab) · YouTube (opens in a new tab)

Video Notes:

Director: Jang Sun-woo

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Blue Kino Korea

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

Best Video:

Carlotta (France)

Video Notes:

Carlotta (France) far better than Blue Kino (Korea); caps

Best Audio:

Both Blu-rays are the same

Additional Info:

Carlotta is not English-friendly

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly:

Korea Nova Media Blu-ray, or Imprint Boxset Blu-ray

Sources: caps-a-holic (opens in a new tab) · DVDBeaver (opens in a new tab)

Upcoming Release:

Film Movement Blu-ray release soon

Best Video:

No comparisons, but Korea Nova Media caps
DVDBeaver's Imprint Blu-ray caps

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:

?

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly:

Imprint Blu-ray or new restoration soon

Sources: fareastfilm.com (opens in a new tab)

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Best English-Friendly & Video:

All BDs are similar. Sony Blu-ray probably best encoding but cuts off last few seconds of music

Upcoming Release:

UK Curzon Blu-ray in July

Best Audio:

Korea Blu-ray

Audio Notes:

Korea Blu-ray has less limiting, proper 24-bit audio, and does not cut off the last few second of music

Director: Stephen Chow

Video format: 1080p Blu-ray

Best Video:

Theatrical (102 min): Korea Ultimate Edition DVD

Director's Cut (112 min): Japan Paramount Blu-ray

International Cut (88 min): Korea Blu-ray

Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Best English-Friendly:

Korea Blu-ray

Best Video:

France/Italy

Video Notes:

France/Italy has Blu-ray, no US/UK releases

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray has no DNR or sharpening from past releases

Best Audio:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray for the Dolby Atmos remix on the director's cut and the original 5.1 mix on the theatrical cut

Korea Nova Media Blu-ray for the original 6.1 mix on the director's cut

Additional Info:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray has the Hong Kong English subtitles instead of the censored Miramax subtitles.

Miramax Blu-ray has lossy Mandarin audio and does not have the director's cut.

Director: Edward Zwick

Best English-Friendly & Video:

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

Director: Zhang Yimou

Best English-Friendly & Video:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray

Video Notes:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray has a superior MPEG-4 AVC encode over the US Sony Blu-ray's MPEG-2 or France/Australia Universal Blu-ray's VC-1. Open matte version also included

Best Audio:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray has a Dolby Atmos remix and the original audio in DTS 5.1.

Korea Blu-ray for lossless original 5.1 audio mix.

Additional Info:

Germany Turbine Mediabook Blu-ray is completely uncut and uncensored, having none of Sony US's PG-13 edits or Pathé UK's BBFC horse trip cuts.

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