After several delays from distributor Contents Zone, Asian retailer YesAsia finally listed the South Korean Blu-ray Disc release of A Bittersweet Life.
Kim Ji-Woon’s thriller starring Lee Byung-Hun will hit the shelves on August 30th in two editions with different packages but both including the Director’s cut and English subtitles. The standard edition comes with a simple slipcover while the limited Coffee Book edition keeps the disc in a thick hardcover book. Both editions will also be packaded with four stills from the film.

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Good news for those who can’t or just don’t want to decide if they prefer the international or theatrical cut (check out wildgrounds’ comparison) of Kim Ji-Woon’s bloody thriller I Saw The Devil (악마를 보았다 ). The South Korean distributor Blue Kino announced to release a Blu-ray Disc set that will include both versions and English subtitles on July 27th.
Judging from the product image I stole from YesAsia, the set consists of two standard amarays packed inside a (limited) slipcase. Too bad they didn’t use the nice fold-out package from the already released DVD set…

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Nice one, kinda reminds me of my last winter holiday…

[via IMPAwards]

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Splendid Entertainment will release Kim Ji-Woon’s (A Tale of Two Sisters, A Bittersweet Life, The Good, the Bad, the Weird) Thriller I Saw The Devil (악마를 보았다 ) starring Choi Min-Sik and Lee Byung-Hun (A Bittersweet Life) on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in Germany on April 15th. These releases won’t have English subtitles, so if you don’t understand German I’m afraid you’ll have to wait for an International release…which haven’t been announced yet.

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Choi Min-Sik vs. Lee Byung-Hun…

[via FilmSmash]

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First Teaser Trailer for Kim Ji-Woon’s (director of A Tale of Two Sisters, A Bittersweet Life, The Good, the Bad, the Weird) upcoming thriller I Saw The Devil (악마를 보았다 ) starring Lee Byung-Hun (A Bittersweet Life) and the OldBoy Choi Min-Sik himself.
Lee Byung-Hun plays a secret agent who’s out to get the psychopathic serial killer (Choi Min-Sik) who brutally murdered his fiancee. On his path of revenge he slowly turns into a ruthless monster himself. The film is set to open in Korea this Summer.

[via Wildgrounds]

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Looks like once again Japan will get the biggest and sweetest piece of the Blu-ray disc release cake.
While Kim Ji-Woon’s oriental western The Good, The Bad and the Weird has already been released on Blu-ray Disc in several countries, all these releases have some kind of small drawback. The British release by Icon Home Entertainment offers the International version (and the Korean ending as an bonus feature) but suffers from several small cuts that were made because of animal cruelty (falling horses) during the showdown.
The Korean release (looking great in the digipak and sleeve) is fully uncut in this department but only includes the shorter International cut (just like the French release), a fact that has only been announced a few days before the release.
Now Warner Japan announced to bring a release that includes the Korean and International cut (both with falling horses) and English subtitles on February 10, 2010. The only setback could be the price of currently 5,905 Yen (~45 € or 66 US$) without shipping…
[thanks to AnimeOnBlu for the heads up!]

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