News: The Shawshank Redemption (JP - DVD R2)

The Shawshank Redemption (JP - DVD R2)

The Japanese 10th Anniversary Memorial Box looks stunning

Title: The Shawshank Redemption
Starring: Morgan Freeman
Released: 1st July 2005
SRP: ¥10290

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July 1st marks the release of The Shawshank Redemption – 10th Anniversary Memorial Box, a strictly limited Japanese release. The film will be presented in an anamorphic widescreen format with English and Japanese audio in Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0 respectively. A staggering 160min worth of supplementary materials will be provided, including a making of featurette, documentary, audio commentary, trailers and more. Bonus goodies include a book “Golden Boy” – a collection of short stories by Stephen King, movie book (approximately 100 pages with Japanese translations), a leather-made book cover (pocket edition size) and three postcards. To top it all off, everything is neatly presented inside special packaging. Expect to dig deep and shell out ¥10290 (approx $91.92) for this one; it can be bought from top retailer CD Japan. We have attached an image of the set below:

The Shawshank Redemption

News by Bodhi Sarkar

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Eva Unit02

Quote: Originally posted by brad avon
The Japanese and Koreans have been doing this for years.
They do this sort of stuff for games and anime as well. Character figurines, OSTs, soundtrack remix albums, artbooks, tinboxes, deluxe woodboxes...

*Yawn* Expensive superfluous crap to me. I just want the actual film and extras discs, preferably housed in standard amarays.

Krug Krug

wow, if I had a way to get that I would.

Manmc

You know , I've only recently learned that it is , in fact, possible to write 'dts' without any exclamation marks at all

Liran Marom

just remember that the R2 3 disc set has an amazing package and the only one with DTS!!!

Bodhi

True our Far Eastern cousins do love to make more of an effort when it comes to Limited Edition packaging.

But they usually pay just as much attention to the audio/video transfer - perhaps more so than US/UK/AUS distributors. In general, Region 3 and Japanese Region 2 discs are arguably some of the best DVDs in the world.

bradavon

The R1 I hear has better AV than the UK R2.

Quote: Originally posted by Mr Vess
[b]My God... do they actually pay attention to what *boxes* look like there?
Huh? It looks normal to me for an LE.

Aaron Schneiderman

I am all for a terrific transfer and a nicely rendered insert in a keep case... maybe a slip cover as well... thats all that motivates me...you can keep all that other crap.

Mr Vess

My God... do they actually pay attention to what *boxes* look like there?

Not a word of what actually matters, i.e. *the contents of the discs*. When the "Shawshank Anniversary" came out, I chose the UK R2 edition, for the third disc with interviews, but the US R1 looked tempting, too, with some exclusive features, including an alleged animated parody of the film. I wonder if, perhaps, this releases will combine the features of both previous ones... :\

bradavon

The Japanese and Koreans have been doing this for years.

Xander Harris

Just..wow. That's huge. What is up with all these movies getting these fantastic special editions in japan!

The Ranger

That is a sweet set. I really like all the packaging especially the tin. I am quite happy with my R2 3 disc though.

Jonny "Me You"

That's the sickest box set I think I've ever seen in terms of quality items that tie-in. They even throw it in the lunch box/tin from the end.

Boooooo Japan....Boooooo!