Premier Asia
Premier Asia was a
Contender Entertainment Group took over Medusa Communications, including both Premier Asia and its sister label, Hong Kong Legends.[1] In 2007, Contender was themselves purchased by Entertainment One.[2] Premier Asia is the sister company of Hong Kong Legends, and whilst that company specialised only in Hong Kong films, Premier Asia encompassed films from all of the major film making centres of Asia (outside of mainland China), specifically Japan, South Korea & Thailand.[3]
In keeping with the Hong Kong Legends DVD format, many of the earlier releases included audio commentaries from
Asian cinema expert Mike Leeder
.
Releases
- Bang Rajan
- Bichunmoo
- Brotherhood
- Champion
- The City of Violence
- Crying Fist
- Duelist
- Ju-on: The Grudge
- Ju-on: The Grudge 2
- Ichi the Killer
- Ichi the Killer : Episode Zero (anime)
- Initial D
- My Wife Is a Gangster
- Once Upon a Time in High School
- One Missed Call
- Ong-Bak
- Shutter
- The Warrior
- Typhoon
- Warrior King
- Volcano High
References
- ^ "Contender Entertainment Group at IMDB". Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "E1 Entertainment UK - Who Are We?". Retrieved 19 December 2009.
- ^ "HKFlix Premier Asia Collection with release information". Retrieved 28 February 2010.