Some good news coming from a recent MadMad update, as it seems like the Korean DVD of Inudo Isshin's メゾン ド ヒミコ (Maison De Himiko) will be a (much cheaper) port of the Japanese DVD. The biggest hint is that the only audio option is a LPCM 2.0.
But here's what we're getting: 16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen; English, Korean and Japanese subs (another major hint it's a port); all of this in 2 Discs. Widemedia is releasing this, out on May 19. On Disc 1 other than the film we get a Commentary with Director, DP and Producer (Korean subs) and various promotional material. Disc 2 features 167 Minutes of extras (Korean subs), including a making of, deleted scenes, interviews with Odagiri Jo and Shibasaki Ko and even a short film starring Odagiri. Exclusive to this release a featurette with the Korean VIP Screening.
Take a look at the set here. And, if you're interested, here's the preorder.
according to dvdfromkorea, it includes a film cut and 5 postcards
Fabool-- could you be a touch more explicit on what you enjoyed about Josee & why you feel Maison de Himiko falls short? Readers know how much I enjoyed Isshin's previous film (released as R3 K) and I can't seem to find very much information about this latest effort. Much appreciated!
I see that they are now releasin Isao Yukisada's A Day on the planet. A flawed film but I still like it quite a bit, not as good as Joze or Maison but I feel it somehow complements them - probably the reason why the chose to release all three in a row. It also stars the two leads from Joze. A nice enough film to consider picking up if you like slice-of-life type of stuff.
http://www.dvdfromkorea.com/shop/p_detail.asp?idx=4157&genre;=Drama
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