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Farewell My Concubine AKA Ba Wang Bie Ji (Blu-ray) (1993)
The story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years.Director: Kaige Chen
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
The US/Canadian and 2024 French releases have 5.1 audio and some differing exclusive extras.
The Chinese and Korean releases have an audio commentary and the original 2.0 audio.
The 2011 French release has an exclusive extra and has the original 2.0 audio, but the film is in 1080i.
GENERAL NOTES:
In the United States, the film was shortened from 172 minutes to 157 minutes including cuts to obtain an R-rating, and this cut was released to VHS and laserdisc. The cuts were restored to the U.S. DVD edition despite the R-rating on the back cover.
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CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts - director's cut
- Blu-ray A Canada- Criterion Collection - No cuts - director's cut
- Blu-ray A Taiwan- Cai Chang International - No cuts - Director's Cut (171:20).
- Blu-ray ALL China- HPM - No cuts - Director's Cut (171:27).
- Blu-ray ALL South Korea- Art Vision - No cuts - Director's Cut (171:27).
- Blu-ray B France- Carlotta Films - No cuts - Director's Cut (171:39)
- Blu-ray B France- D'Vision - No cuts - Director's Cut (164:55 - 25fps).
- Blu-ray B Germany- KNM Home Entertainment - No cuts - Director's Cut (164:22 - 25fps).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- British Film Institute - No cuts - Director's Cut (171:14).
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Comparison added by James-Masaki_Ryan on 29/05/15
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 02/08/24UPDATE LOG:
29/05/15: Initial entry.
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23/02/16: Addition of UK.
29/02/16: DVDBeaver.
19/04/21: Added Taiwan.
02/08/24: Added Canada, updated US.
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