Premier Asia was a UK DVD distribution company

Distribution (business)

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, operating between the years 2003 - 2008. It was owned by Contender Entertainment Group  until the summer of 2007 when Contender was purchased by Entertainment One

Entertainment One

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. Premier Asia is the sister company of Hong Kong Legends

Hong Kong Legends

Hong Kong Legends was a United Kingdom DVD distribution company, based in Hertfordshire and operating from the UK and Australia between 1999 and 2007...

, and whilst that company specialised only in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 films, Premier Asia encompassed films from all of the major film making centres of Asia (outside of mainland China

China

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), specifically Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

, South Korea

South Korea

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 and Thailand

Thailand

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In keeping with the Hong Kong Legends

Hong Kong Legends

Hong Kong Legends was a United Kingdom DVD distribution company, based in Hertfordshire and operating from the UK and Australia between 1999 and 2007...

 DVD format, many of the earlier releases included audio commentaries from Hong Kong cinema

Cinema of Hong Kong

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 expert, producer and screenwriter Bey Logan

Bey Logan

Bey Logan is a respected expert on East Asian cinema, particularly Hong Kong action cinema. He is also notable as a screenwriter, film producer and as a martial artist who has had roles in a number of films, including the 2003 Dante Lam film The Twins Effect.He has written two books - Hong Kong...

, he is here partnered for many releases with Asian cinema

Asian cinema

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 expert Mike Leeder

Mike Leeder

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Releases

• Bang Rajan
  Bang Rajan (film)
  Bang Rajan is a 2000 Thai historical drama film depicting the battles of the Siamese village of Bang Rajan against the Burmese invaders in 1767, as remembered in popular Thai culture...
  
  
• Bichunmoo
  Bichunmoo
  Bichunmoo is a South Korean martial arts film written and directed by Kim Young-jun featuring Kim Hee-sun and Shin Hyun-june. Originally released in 2000, it was at the time the most expensive film in Korean history ....
  
  
• Brotherhood
  Taegukgi (film)
  Taegukgi Hwinallimyo is a 2004 South Korean war film directed by Kang Je-gyu. It tells the story about the effect of the Korean War on two brothers. The film's title is the name of the pre-war Flag of Korea as well as the postwar Flag of South Korea...
  
  
• Champion
  Champion (2002 film)
  Champion is a 2002 South Korean film, directed by Kwak Kyung-taek, about South Korean boxer Duk Koo Kim, portrayed by Yu Oh-seong. Kim was Korea's most popular boxer, who in his rise to international fame faced the reigning lightweight champion Ray Mancini in 1982. He lost the match after 14 long...
  
  
• The City of Violence
  The City of Violence
  The City of Violence is a 2006 South Korean action film co-written and directed by Ryu Seung-wan. The story re-unites three old friends for a fourth one's funeral, where they vow to find his murderer.-Plot:...
  
  
• Crying Fist
  Crying Fist
  Crying Fist is a 2005 South Korean film written and directed by Ryu Seung-wan.- Synopsis :Jobless, besieged by creditors, and abandoned by his wife, the once silver medalist Tae-shik has sunk to street hustling, becoming a human punching bag. Meanwhile, young Sang-hwan's delinquent ways land him...
  
  
• Duelist
  Duelist (film)
  Duelist is a 2005 South Korean martial arts film, directed by Lee Myung-se. The Korean title translates as "The Detective".- Plot :The movie opens with a fish tale narrated by a low-class metalsmith in a tavern in Joseon-era south-western Korea. The scene then cuts to a street circus, in which an...
  
  
• Ju-on: The Grudge
  Ju-on: The Grudge
  is a 2003 Japanese horror film written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. The film is the third entry in the Ju-on series and is the first film theatrically released...
  
  
• Ju-on: The Grudge 2
  Ju-on: The Grudge 2
  Ju-on: The Grudge 2 is a 2003 Japanese horror film and the fourth in the Ju-on series written and directed by Takashi Shimizu. The film was released in Japan on August 23, 2003....
  
  
• Ichi the Killer
  Ichi the Killer
  is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name.- Plot : While alone with a prostitute, crime lord Anjo is brutally murdered...
  
  
• Ichi the Killer
  Ichi the Killer
  is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Takashi Miike, based on Hideo Yamamoto's manga series of the same name.- Plot : While alone with a prostitute, crime lord Anjo is brutally murdered...
  
   aka Ichi the Killer: Episode Zero (anime)
• Initial D
  Initial D (film)
  Initial D is a 2005 Hong Kong film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is a film adaptation of the Japanese Initial D manga and anime series.-Plot:...
  
  
• My Wife Is a Gangster
  My Wife is a Gangster
  My Wife is a Gangster is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Cho Jin-gyu; it's about a female gang boss who needs to get married to fulfill her dying sister's wishes...
  
  
• Once Upon a Time in High School
  Once Upon a Time in High School
  Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do is a 2004 South Korean drama film. The background of the film is set in a high school in South Korea, 1978...
  
  
• One Missed Call
• Ong-Bak
• Shutter
• The Warrior
  Musa (film)
  Musa , released as both The Warrior and The Ultimate Warrior in English-speaking countries, is a 2001 South Korean epic film directed by Kim Seong-soo, starring Jung Woo-sung, Ahn Sung-ki, Ju Jin-mo and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi...
  
  
• Typhoon
• Volcano High
• Warrior King