Third Window Films Discussion Thread

[thenexus6]

Sadly, it's not playing near me in the Japan film tour starting today so I'll have to wait for the blu / rental.

[Yurakucho]

Watched the 32min short film Strawberry Jam on the Suffering of Ninko disc - nice little film!

[repulsed]

Originally Posted by Yurakucho

Watched the 32min short film Strawberry Jam on the Suffering of Ninko disc - nice little film!

I watched it for Japanuary. I agree.

[OddOne]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Region free according to Amazon. I believe many of Third Window releases are region free

Good to know. Thanks!

I have a few of their older region free releases but for the longest time I thought most of their releases were strictly region B so I skipped a whole bunch of stuff over the years. But then I looked again recently and found out even though some say region B, they were actually region free.
Does anyone know if they're all mostly region free or is there a list of which discs are and aren't. There's so many release from them I would love to get.

[Grethiwha]

Originally Posted by OddOne

Good to know. Thanks!

I have a few of their older region free releases but for the longest time I thought most of their releases were strictly region B so I skipped a whole bunch of stuff over the years. But then I looked again recently and found out even though some say region B, they were actually region free.
Does anyone know if they're all mostly region free or is there a list of which discs are and aren't. There's so many release from them I would love to get.

It's kind of half and half... I think they're pretty good about indicating which films are region free and which are B-locked... You can scroll through all their releases on their website, click on each film and scroll down to the blu-ray specs for that film and it should say Region B or Region Free:

https://thirdwindowfilms.com/distributed-films/

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by OddOne

Good to know. Thanks!

I have a few of their older region free releases but for the longest time I thought most of their releases were strictly region B so I skipped a whole bunch of stuff over the years. But then I looked again recently and found out even though some say region B, they were actually region free.
Does anyone know if they're all mostly region free or is there a list of which discs are and aren't. There's so many release from them I would love to get.

Here's the list of region free blurays
https://boxd.it/bZIpG$v0tXxLdC1BkT9txP

[OddOne]

Originally Posted by thirdwindowfilms

Here's the list of region free blurays
https://boxd.it/bZIpG$v0tXxLdC1BkT9txP

Awesome, thanks! Wish the rest were region free too.

[thirdwindowfilms]

Originally Posted by OddOne

Awesome, thanks! Wish the rest were region free too.

region free player....

[MifuneFan]

Standard edition of The Guard from Underground coming April 7th

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Guard-Under...=BdFnAMhNLq7vH

[Cinematt]

Adam posted on Bluesky that the check discs are in for Tokyo Pop, so I guess we'll see that around May, as he posted about Samurai in Time checkdiscs not too long ago, and that's the end of April.

[repulsed]

Newest batch of Director's Company titles (from terracotta dist.) are Out for Delivery today!

[jonboy24]

Originally Posted by Cinematt

Adam posted on Bluesky that the check discs are in for Tokyo Pop, so I guess we'll see that around May, as he posted about Samurai in Time checkdiscs not too long ago, and that's the end of April.

5th May according to the terracotta website

[Ben_C]

Originally Posted by repulsed

Newest batch of Director's Company titles (from terracotta dist.) are Out for Delivery today!

Mermaid Legend and Bumpkin Soup dispatched from HMV today, but not Scent of a Spell. Looking forward to more 80s Japanese films, and always hope we get more from that era.

[Sibbo192]

All 3 dispatched from zavvi!

[MifuneFan]

Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl coming to Blu-ray April 7th

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shark-Skin-...=JFy3Dq4PT4wuI

Samehada (Tadanobu Asano) has ripped off money from the syndicate and is on the run; Toshiko (Shie Kohinata) is also on the run from a creepy manager named Sonezaki (Yohachi Shimida) from the Hotel Symphony where she works, and who is obsessed with controlling her. Brought together by a car crash, they find themselves on the run from the syndicate, Sonezaki, and Yamada (Tatsuya Gashuin), a shy employee of the hotel who just also happens to be a contract killer.

EXTRAS:

• New digital remaster from the original negatives
• Promise of August - Katsuhito Ishii's debut film (50 mins)
• Interview with director Katsuhito Ishii
• Director Katsuhito Ishii audio commentary
• Robert Edwards video essay

Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl 鮫肌男�桃尻女 (Directed by Katsuhito Ishii, 1998) Original Trailer - YouTube

[logboy]

Originally Posted by Ben_C

Mermaid Legend and Bumpkin Soup dispatched from HMV today, but not Scent of a Spell. Looking forward to more 80s Japanese films, and always hope we get more from that era.

had an hmv delayed stock notice on 'scent of a spell'.

[Ben_C]

Originally Posted by logboy

had an hmv delayed stock notice on 'scent of a spell'.

Had that too. Strange one has a stock issue and the other two haven’t.

[logboy]

Originally Posted by Ben_C

Had that too. Strange one has a stock issue and the other two haven’t.

copies in the wild since last year too.

[JeanIII]

Hi guys,
I'm looking for the artwork of the reversible sleeves for DOOR (1 and 2). I cannot seem to find a "flat" version anywhere (every time it's a shot with the spine). Do you know where to find these ?

[Yurakucho]

Is Scent of a Spell actually, you know, good?