POWER PLAY (1978) [R2 Japan] ADDED

[Davy_Lee]

Title: Power Play
Country: Japan
Region: 2
Distributor: Paramount Home Entertainment
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Anamorphic?: Yes
PAL or NTSC?: NTSC
Soundtracks: English DD 2.0 mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): Japanese (optional)
Cuts: None (102:08)
Extras: Theatrical trailer (3:23)
Source: My collection

Title: Power Play
Country: Japan
Region: 2
Distributor: Stingray
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Anamorphic?: Yes
PAL or NTSC?: NTSC
Soundtracks: English DD 2.0 mono, Japanese DD 2.0 mono
Subtitles (are they optional?): Japanese (optional)
Cuts: None (102:08)
Extras:
● TV broadcast version of Japanese dubbed recording (TBS "Monday Roadshow" September 8, 1980 broadcast)
● Audio commentary by director Martin Burke
● Interview with director Martin Burke
● Interview with George Toriatosu
● Original theatrical trailer
● Leaflet
● Mini theatrical flyers reprint

Notes: This is a limited edition release by Stingray Japan (http://www.allcinema.net/dvd/powerplay.html)

[Samuel_Scott]

Do you have a source for the Stingray set other than an e-tailer Davy?

[Davy_Lee]

Do you have a source for the Stingray set other than an e-tailer Davy?

I'm afraid not, Sam. I haven't been lucky enough to find one Japanese site that reviews DVDs and BDs , let alone one that reviews obscure films of the 70's!
Anyway, you may want to place that release on the "Notes" section as usual without keeping the details.

BTW, it's an interesting political thriller that had been on my wishlist for years. I missed getting the US DVD that had long been OOP. Then I found the Spanish release, which didn't convince me as I had a feeling it was a bootleg (but sold on Amazon Spain ). Then I came across the Stingray release but it was being sold at a ridiculous price (5000 yen) and they didn't ship overseas. Finally last month, while browsing Amazon Jpn I found this was about to be re-released a month ago, so I didn't wait any longer.

[James-Masaki_Ryan]

Stingray has some interesting stuff, but there are no reliable Japanese review sites around and have to rely on blogs here and there.

Added the Paramount, put the availability of the Stingray edition as a note. It looks to have the same extras as the Scorpion, and uses the Code Red/Scorpion transfer with additional remastering, but can't find reliable full spec runtimes.