oshima is neither from hong kong nor chinese.  i didn't know what you meant by "on the hong kong dvd side..."
also i do not own a dvd player, but have seen a couple and both had a director commentary version of the film.  is this a standard?  standard in asian dvds also?
firetree65, it is great that you have found asian cinema...hope you enjoy it!!

i watched afterlife recently.  the premise is amazing and the first 3/4 of it is quite good...but i think toward the end, he didn't quite pin down what he wanted.  it was loosely, sorta drowned out edited into semi-chaos.  i'll watch it again, but any comments on that? is it just me?
---nana 
