The UK scene for Asian Cinema has grown in recent years thanks to many independent distributors:
- 88 Films – Official site, Terracotta Store
- Arrow Films – Official site, Terracotta Store
- British Film Institute (BFI) – Official site
- Criterion – Official site (US based)
- Eureka Entertainment – Official site, Terracotta Store
- Radiance Films – Official Site
- Terracotta Distribution – Official site
- Third Window Films – Official site, Terracotta Store
- Toy Robot Video – Official site
Within the Asian Cinema scene, we have a variety of genres like action, horror and drama, but the ones that many will be more familiar with are iconic Hong Kong Martial Arts classics, Japanese Horror films and the occasional one hit wonders from different directors. It is thanks to the distributors listed above that many will be available for the first time ever in the UK or remastered in HD for the first time.
Now most of the films from the Asian Cinema scene tend to be Japanese or Chinese (either from Hong Kong or from the mainland), as Korean films tend to be much harder to acquire due to streaming or costs of licensing. Regardless, distributors do try to release them whenever possible.
Starting 2022, each quarter I also provide round-ups with adjustments depending on new additions or delays. You can view the current batch below:
| Year | UK Industry News Posts |
|---|---|
| 2022 | |
| 2023 | Q1 (Jan-Mar) – Q2 (Apr-Jun) – Q3 (July-Sept) – Q4 (Oct-Dec) |
| 2024 | Q1 (Jan-Mar) – Q2 (Apr-Jun) – Q3 (July-Sept) – Q4 (Oct-Dec) |
| 2025 | Q1 (Jan-Mar) – Q2 (Apr-Jun) – Q3 (July-Sept) – Q4 (Oct-Dec) |
| 2026 | Q1 (Jan-Mar) – Q2 (Apr-Jun) – Q3 (July-Sept) – |
Below is a list of every Asian Cinema title currently scheduled for the United Kingdom and Ireland on the Blu-ray format!
The list below is updated as of Sunday 30th August 2026.
7th September:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Roaring Fire (吼えろ鉄拳) Toy Robot Video – 1981 – Norifumi Suzuki Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
14th September:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Armour of God Collection: 88 Films – 1986-1991 – Armour of God (龍兄虎弟) Jackie Chan – Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles – Armour of God II: Operation Condor (飛鷹計劃) Jackie Chan – Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles | Blu-ray |
| Crazy Lips / Gore from Outer Space: Third Window Films – 2000-2001 – Crazy Lips (発狂する唇) Hirohisa Sasaki – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Gore from Outer Space (血を吸う宇宙) Hirohisa Sasaki – Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
| The Inugami Family (犬神家の一族) Radiance Films – 1976 – Kon Ichikawa Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
| Sex and the Emperor (满清禁宫奇案) 88 Films – 1994 – Sherman Wong Cantonese audio with English subtitles | CAT III Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
| Wicked Priest Collection: Arrow Video – 1968-1971 – Wicked Priest (極悪坊主) Kiyoshi Saeki – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Wicked Priest 2: Ballad of Murder (極悪坊主 人斬り数え唄) Takashi Harada – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Wicked Priest 3: A Killer’s Pilgrimage (極悪坊主 念仏人斬り旅) Takashi Harada – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Wicked Priest 4: The Killer Priest Comes Back (極悪坊主 念仏三段斬り) Takashi Harada – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Wicked Priest 5: Breaking The Commandments (極悪坊主 飲む打つ買う) Buichi Saitō – Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
21st September:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Cruel Tales Of The Bohachi: Eureka Entertainment – 1974-1976 – Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (ポルノ時代劇 忘八武士道) Teruo Ishii – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Bohachi Bushido: The Villain (忘八武士道 さ無頼) Takashi Harada – Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray |
| Resurrection (狂野时代) Cine Asia – 2025 – Bi Gan Mandarin audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
28th September:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| A Better Tomorrow Trilogy: Arrow Video – 1986-1989 – A Better Tomorrow (英雄本色) John Woo – Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles – A Better Tomorrow II (英雄本色2) John Woo – Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles – A Better Tomorrow III: Love and Death in Saigon (英雄本色3: 夕阳之歌) Tsui Hark – Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray |
| Ninja Wars (伊賀忍法帖) Toy Robot Video – 1982 – Kōsei Saitō Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
5th October:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Memories of Matsuko (嫌われ松子の一生) Third Window Films – 2006 – Tetsuya Nakashima Japanese audio with English subtitles | Blu-ray (re-release) |
19th October:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Blades of the Guardians: Wind Rises in the Desert (镖人: 风起大漠) Cine Asia – 2026 – Yuen Woo-ping Mandarin audio with English subtitles | 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Blu-ray |
| Ghouls Gone Wild: Eureka Entertainment – 1987-1988 – Scared Stiff (小生夢驚魂) Lau Kar-wing – Cantonese audio with English subtitles – The Haunted Cop Shop (猛鬼差館) Jeffrey Lau – Cantonese audio with English subtitles – Magic of Spell (桃太郎大顯神威) Chiu Chung-Hing – Cantonese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
| Manhunt (君よ憤怒の河を渉れ) Toy Robot Video – 1976 – Junya Satō Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
| Survive Style 5+ Third Window Films – 2004 – Gen Sekiguchi Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: 4K Ultra HD Standard Edition: Blu-ray |
| Visitor Q (ビジターQ) Radiance Films – 2001 – Takashi Miike Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
26th October:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| A Chinese Ghost Story Trilogy: Arrow Video – 1987-1991 – A Chinese Ghost Story (倩女幽魂) Tony Ching Siu-Tung – Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles – A Chinese Ghost Story II (倩女幽魂II人間道) Tony Ching Siu-Tung – Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles – A Chinese Ghost Story III (倩女幽魂III: 道道道) Tony Ching Siu-Tung – Cantonese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray |
| The Owl Vs Bumbo (貓頭鷹與小飛象) 88 Films – 1984 – Sammo Hung Kam-Bo Cantonese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
| Where’s Officer Tuba (霹靂大喇叭) 88 Films – 1986 – Ricky Lau, Philip Chan Yan-Kin Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
9th November:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| The Blade Spares None / The Hurricane: Arrow Video – 1971-1972 – The Blade Spares None (刀不留人) Teddy Yip Wing-Cho – Mandarin audio with English subtitles – The Hurricane (金旋風) Lo Wei – Mandarin audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
16th November:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| A Man of Reason (보호자) Toy Robot Video – 2022 – Jung Woo-sung Korean audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
| Radical Japan: Survival and Desire – Six Films by Shohei Imamura: Radiance Films – 1958-1964 – Pigs & Battleship (豚と軍艦) Shōhei Imamura – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Stolen Desire (盗まれた欲情) Shōhei Imamura – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Nishi-Ginza Station (西銀座駅前) Shōhei Imamura – Japanese audio with English subtitles – The Insect Woman (にっぽん昆虫記) Shōhei Imamura – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Endless Desire (果しなき欲望) Shōhei Imamura – Japanese audio with English subtitles – Intentions of Murder (赤い殺意) Shōhei Imamura – Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray |
| Zipang (ZIPANG) Toy Robot Video – 1990 – Kaizo Hayashi Japanese audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
23rd November:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Shawscope Presents: Street Gangs of Hong Kong: Arrow Video – 1973-1980 – The Delinquent (憤怒青年) Chang Cheh, Kuei Chih-hung – Mandarin & English audio with English subtitles – The Teahouse (成記茶樓) Kuei Chih-hung – Cantonese & Mandarin audio with English subtitles – Big Brother Cheng (大哥成) Kuei Chih-hung – Cantonese audio with English subtitles – Big Bad Sis (沙膽英) Sun Chung – Cantonese & Mandarin audio with English subtitles – The Big Holdup (大劫案) Chor Yuen – Mandarin audio with English subtitles – The Convict Killer (插翅難飛) Chor Yuen – Mandarin & English audio with English subtitles – The Brothers (差人·大佬·搏命仔) Hua Shan – Mandarin audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: Blu-ray |
| Wheels on Meals (快餐車) Eureka Entertainment – 1984 – Sammo Hung Cantonese & English audio with English subtitles | Limited Edition: 4K Ultra HD |
Licensed, No Scheduled Date Yet:
88 Films:
| Film Name |
|---|
| None yet |
Arrow Films:
Note: Arrow have acquired all 156 films from Shout! Factory’s deal with Golden Princess. Not every title will be listed here but the ones that stood out to me will for the time being.
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Aces Go Places Collection: 1982-1989 – Aces Go Places (最佳拍檔) Eric Tsang Chi-Wai – Cantonese – Aces Go Places II (最佳拍檔大顯神通) Eric Tsang Chi-Wai – Cantonese – Aces Go Places III: Our Man from Bond Street (最佳拍檔III之女皇密令) Tsui Hark – Cantonese – Aces Go Places IV: You Never Die Twice (最佳拍檔之千里救差婆) 1986 – Ringo Lam – Cantonese – Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit (新最佳拍檔) 1989 – Lau Kar-Leung – Cantonese | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray |
| The Big Heat (城巿特警) 1988 – Andrew Kam Yeung-Wah, Johnnie To – Cantonese | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray |
| Full Contact (俠盜高飛) 1992 – Ringo Lam Ling-Tung – Cantonese | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray |
| I Love Maria (鐵甲無敵瑪利亞) 1988 – David Chung – Cantonese | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray |
| Pedicab Driver (群龍戲鳳) 1989 – Sammo Hung – Cantonese | – |
| Prison on Fire I & II Collection: 1987-1991 – Prison on Fire (監獄風雲) Ringo Lam – Cantonese – Prison on Fire II (監獄風雲II逃犯) Ringo Lam – Cantonese | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray |
| Swordsman Trilogy: 1990-1993 – Swordsman (笑傲江湖) Tsui Hark, Tony Ching Siu-Tung, King Hu, Raymond Lee Wai-Man – Cantonese – Swordsman II (The Legend of the Swordsman) (笑傲江湖II東方不敗) Tony Ching Siu-Tung – Cantonese – Swordsman III: The East Is Red (東方不敗之風雲再起) Tony Ching Siu-Tung, Raymond Lee Wai-Man – Cantonese | 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Blu-ray |
| Tiger on the Beat I & II Collection: 1988-1990 – Tiger on the Beat (老虎出更) Lau Kar-Leung – Cantonese – Tiger on the Beat 2 (老虎出更2) Lau Kar-Leung – Cantonese | 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray |
Eureka Ent.:
| Film Name |
|---|
| None yet |
Radiance Films:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Gozu (極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU) 2003 – Takashi Miike | Blu-ray |
Third Window Films:
| Film Name | Format |
|---|---|
| Funky Forest: The Second Contact (ナイスの森 THE SECOND CONTACT) 2026 – Katsuhito Ishii, Hajime Ishimine & Shunichiro Miki – Japanese | Blu-ray |
| Mag Mag (禍禍女) 2025 – Yuriyan Retriever – Japanese | Blu-ray |