Product Details

• Actors: Sonny Chiba, Akane Kawasaki, Akiko Koyama, Hideo Murota, Isao Natsuyagi
• Directors: Kazuhiko Yamaguchi, Yutaka Kohira
• Writers: Hirô Matsuda, Tatsuhiko Kamoi
• Format: Color, Dubbed, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Bci / Eclipse
• DVD Release Date: August 14, 2007
• Run Time: 179 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000R7I3WI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,507 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Welcome to the Grindhouse: Dragon Princess/Karate Warriors" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 2 great movies for the price of 1, September 2, 2007

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morgoth "we lamas are traditional enemies of ... (omaha, NE) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Welcome to the Grindhouse: Dragon Princess/Karate Warriors (DVD)

I have been looking forever for a widescreen print of Dragon Princess, and I finally found it! I will talk about the movies below, but first I want to talk about the grindhouse experience this disc offers. Before the double feature starts 2 original Sonny Chiba trailers are shown. After the first movie ends, 2 more trailers are shown right before the second movie begins.


DRAGON PRINCESS-

After Sonny Chiba's daughter witnesses him get beat up in a spectacular fight at the start of the movie, Sonny Chiba trains his daughter (Etsuko Shihomi) to be a karate killing machine. Sonny Chiba's role is basically only a cameo since he dies 20 minutes into the movie. So now his daughter goes to take revenge. She teams up with kung fu movie legend Yusuaki Kurata to take down the killers.

The action is fantastic. Sonny Chiba's fight at the start of the movie is the best fight in the movie, and the other fights are good. Etsuko Shihomi was one of very best Asian martial arts actresses and she reallY gets to show off. Yusuaki Kurata's kicking skills are up there with anybody and he is a very welcome addition to the cast.

Rating- 4/5

The picture quality is very good and looks 100 times better than my 3 previous super full frame versions. And the English dub is remastered to perfection.


KARATE WARRIORS-

Similiar to Streetfighter, Sonny Chiba plays a mercenary killer. There are 2 gangs at war and both are trying to get a big stash of heroin. There is a samurai working for one of the gangs and Chiba knows he will have to fight him one day because they are both after the heroin. The samurai has a son and Chiba and the boy get along very well. Like most Chiba movies, this is very dark and bloody, and the story is a actually told a lot better than most Chiba movies.

The action is awesome and never lets up. They use a really cool camera technique when Chiba kicks soembody. I was glued to the screen from beginning to end.

4.5/5

Picture and sound quality are very good.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY!!! Karate Warrios at his best quality!!!! :D, August 11, 2008

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Francisco Cortes - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Welcome to the Grindhouse: Dragon Princess/Karate Warriors (DVD)

I remember when I saw Karate Warriors for the first time and it SUCKED!!! It was standarscreen, you could hardly see the fights and the picture quality was blurred. This Grindhouse version was the one that I was looking for! It has widescreen, BETTER picture quality and better sound.

Is a shame that there isn't the Japanese language track in this dvd but at least we have the best quality. YEAH!!!

P.S: I wasn't interested in Dragon Princess.