I want to apologize in advance if anything listed here seems excessively detailed! I do NOT expect EVERYTHING I wrote to be listed word-for-word on Rewind. But I just figured all of you would be interested to know about this release!
Title: "The Protector"
Country: Japan
Region: A
Releasing Studio: Paramount
Case Type: Keep case
Aspect Ratio: 1:85:1
Codec:
- 1. AVC MPEG-4 (Extended Japanese & US versions)
2. MPEG-2 (Hong Kong Version)
- 1. 1080p/24p (Extended japanese & US versions)
2. 720p 30fps (Hong Kong version)
US version:
- 1. English DTS-MA 5.1 (with the newly redone sound effects & mix by Fortune Star)
2. Japanese 2.0 Dolby Digital stereo (original sound effects)
- Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 mono
- 1. English/Cantonese 2.0 stereo lpcm
2. Japanese Dub 2.0 lpcm stereo
US Version
- 1. Japanese for all dialog (optional)
2. Japanese for Japanese dub (optional)
- Japanese (optional)
- Vertical Japanese subtitles burnt into the right side of the frame (no optional subtitles)
NONE!
- US Version: 1:35:05
HK Version: 1:27:31
Japanese version: 1:36:55
Extras:
1. Vintage "Making of Featurette" 4:59
2. Hong Kong theatrical trailer: 4:00
3. Photo slideshow: 1:56
4. New edited version trailer: 1:40
5. Vintage Japanese trailer: 1:22
6. Promotional material & merchandise slideshow: 1:18
Notes
The blu-ray comes with 2 different Japanese-language booklets describing the film, its development, and release (I don't know this for certain since I don't know Japanese, but I'm 99% certain that it's safe to assume that). The booklet also shows various promotional material used for the movie in Japan. There are also some "movie cards" included.
About the Extended Japanese Version
- 1. THIS is the Japanese blu-ray that has the Extended Japanese Version in FULL HD. There are various speckles, scratches, and "cigarette burns", indicating that this was restored from a print. Nonetheless it has been REMASTERED into TRUE HD and it's very high quality.
2. The Extended Japanese version can be described as an "extended version of Jackie Chan's edit". All scenes taking place in New York & Hong Kong match the HK version and even use the alternative takes that Jackie Chan chose for his edit. And obviously, like Jackie Chan's edit, the nudity has been removed in favor of Jackie Chan's replacement scenes.
3. All scenes taking place in New York are un-dubbed on the Cantonese/English sountrack. However, the score, dialog, and even some sound effects have been MIXED differently to match this unique edit. Also, the scenes of Billy Wong asking a pedestrian where the bearded crook went and an African-American cop giving verbal support to Billy have a unique ENGLISH dub to them...WITH Jackie Chan's voice! Since these two scenes were not filmed with sync-sound, a dub had to be made.
4. The Cantonese/English soundtrack on the Extended Version uses the Cantonese dub of the Hong Kong version for ALL scenes taking place in Hong Kong.
5. The Extended version contains the following scenes that were NOT included in Jackie Chan's Hong Kong edit- a. Billy Wong & Garoni learning about the massage parlor from a native HK police officer after talking to Superintendent Whitehead.
b. Billy Wong & Garoni discussing their plans outside of the police station after getting scolded by Whitehead
c. Benny Garucci & David Ho talking in their car after picking up Garucci from the airport (exclusive to the Japanese version)
c. Benny Garucci meeting with Harold Ko at Ko's office to exchange money.
- a. Billy Wong & Garoni talking to Whitehead. The Cantonese dub of the HK version had Whitehead telling Garoni & Wong about the massage parlor. But because of the inclusion of the next scene where Wong & Garoni talk to the HK inspector, this had to be changed to match the context of the original US version.
b. Benny Garucci & David Ko talking to each other after Ko leaves the press conference. This was changed to make Benny Garucci not repeat the exact same dialog to Ko later.
- a. Billy Wong & Garoni learning about the massage parlor from a native HK police officer after talking to Superintendent Whitehead.
Amazon ASIN: B00NDPE8KC
Source:*
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1
