Imprint Films Announces New Asian Releases
HomeImprint Films Announces New Asian Releases
Posted August 17, 2026 05:37 AM by Webmaster
Australian label Imprint Films has informed us that it will add two new Asian titles to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: Australian label Imprint Films has informed us that it will add two new Asian titles to its Blu-ray catalog. They are: Kunio Watanabe's The Loyal 47 Ronin (1958) and oshiharu Ikeda's Cursed Village in Yudono Mountains (1984). The two releases are scheduled to arrive on the market on September 30.
THE LOYAL 47 RONIN A.K.A. CHUSHINGURA
The most successful film of 1958 in Japan was Chushingura: The Loyal 47 Ronin, a sprawling epic from director Kunio Watanabe following the true story of a group of samurai warriors in the early 1700s.
After lord Asano Naganori assaults court official Kira Yoshinaka, he is forced to commit seppuku (suicide). His samurai warriors are left without a leader and carefully plan their revenge on Yoshinaka, building to a daring assault on his estate.
Starring Kazuo Hasegawa (An Actor's Revenge), Shintaro Katsu (The Tale of Zatoichi), Koji Tsuruta (Big Time Gambling Boss), Raizo Ichikawa (The Betrayal), Yataro Kurokawa (Gate of Hell), and Michiyo Kogure (Drunken Angel), this is a must-see samurai legend, produced by Masaichi Nagata (Ugetsu).
CURSED VILLAGE IN YUDONO MOUNTAINS
Folk horror and suspense thriller collide in Cursed Village in Yudono Mountains, a Japanese fascination from director Toshiharu Ikeda (Evil Dead Trap, Mermaid Legend).
Awaji, the president of a famous food company, is found murdered in a locked bathroom with mummified human hands found all over his body. Taki, a young bonze, begins to investigate…
Starring Toshiyuki Nagashima (Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters), Eiko Nagashima (Gonin), Nobuko Sendo (The Makioka Sisters), and Rie Nakagawa (Lovers Are Wet), Cursed Village in Yudono Mountains is a cinematic experience like no other, filled with twisted visuals that must be seen to be believed.
THE LOYAL 47 RONIN A.K.A. CHUSHINGURA
The most successful film of 1958 in Japan was Chushingura: The Loyal 47 Ronin, a sprawling epic from director Kunio Watanabe following the true story of a group of samurai warriors in the early 1700s.
After lord Asano Naganori assaults court official Kira Yoshinaka, he is forced to commit seppuku (suicide). His samurai warriors are left without a leader and carefully plan their revenge on Yoshinaka, building to a daring assault on his estate.
Starring Kazuo Hasegawa (An Actor's Revenge), Shintaro Katsu (The Tale of Zatoichi), Koji Tsuruta (Big Time Gambling Boss), Raizo Ichikawa (The Betrayal), Yataro Kurokawa (Gate of Hell), and Michiyo Kogure (Drunken Angel), this is a must-see samurai legend, produced by Masaichi Nagata (Ugetsu).
CURSED VILLAGE IN YUDONO MOUNTAINS
Folk horror and suspense thriller collide in Cursed Village in Yudono Mountains, a Japanese fascination from director Toshiharu Ikeda (Evil Dead Trap, Mermaid Legend).
Awaji, the president of a famous food company, is found murdered in a locked bathroom with mummified human hands found all over his body. Taki, a young bonze, begins to investigate…
Starring Toshiyuki Nagashima (Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters), Eiko Nagashima (Gonin), Nobuko Sendo (The Makioka Sisters), and Rie Nakagawa (Lovers Are Wet), Cursed Village in Yudono Mountains is a cinematic experience like no other, filled with twisted visuals that must be seen to be believed.
