Blu-ray release - Hotel Hibiscus (Bandai Visual) available on 7/23/2009
Posted by Kevin Ouellette on Friday, May 29, 2009 EST at 2:01am
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, DVD/Blu-ray releases
Yuji Nakae‘s Hotel Hibiscus (2004) will be released on Blu-ray disc with English and Japanese subtitles this July.
The film is based on a popular manga by Miiko Nakasone and tells a comical story through the eyes of a young girl named Mieko (Honami Kurashita) based on her experiences one summer at her family’s small, run-down hotel in sunny Okinawa.
Region-free Blu-ray, 16:9 anamorphic widescreen, 1080p HD. Japanese Linear PCM stereo audio with selectable English and Japanese subtitles. Features include theatrical trailer, TV spot, and making-of featurette.
Available at the following retailer(s) on July 23, 2009:
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Tags: bandai visual, honami kurashita, jun murakami, kimiko yo, masao teruya, misako oshiro, naomi nishida, nesumisu, okinawa, seijin noborikawa, taeko yoshida, tomi taira, toshihiro wada, yuji nakae
I also noticed that Nakae's "Nabbie's Love" will be coming out on Blu-ray on the same day, also with English subs. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BCXJ-182
Posted by Brian at 9:19am EST on Thursday, June 4, 2009