New 4Ks, Blu-rays and DVDs announced for January to March 2025
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This January we bring two more films by Akira Kurosawa to Blu-ray for the first time in the UK. High and Low (1963) stars Toshiro Mifune as a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a kidnapper. This tense adaptation of Ed McBain’s novel is released ahead of Spike Lee’s upcoming remake. Mifune also stars as the homicide detective on the hunt for a stolen gun in Kurosawa’s masterful crime drama Stray Dog (1949). Both Blu-rays come with new artwork designed by Matt Needle.
In February we release a new 4K restoration of Guillermo del Toro’s debut film Cronos (1992). This independently produced vampire movie has since become regarded as one of the most important Mexican, and horror, films of all time. Starring Federico Luppi and Ron Perlman (who both went on to become regular actors in del Toro’s films), this new restoration, available in limited edition 4K UHD and Blu-ray sets, has been personally approved by the director….
