Chunking Express DVD Comparison HK vs. Miramax

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S E A R C H D V D B e a v e r

(aka "Chongqing senlin")
directed by Wong Kar-wai
Hong Kong 1994

Criterion's 2025 4K UHD release of Chungking Express is reviewed / compared HERE

Ocean Shores - HK - Region 0 vs. Miramax - Rolling Thunder - Region 1

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Distribution	Ocean Shores Video Region 0 (NTSC)	Miramax Region 1 (North America)
Runtime	154:00 min ( With 'Ocean Shores' Promo Logo )	142:00 min
Video	1.85 Widescreen squished from Full Frame Average Bitrate: 4.97 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s	1.85:1 Letterboxed WideScreen Anamorphic Average Bitrate: 7.63 mb/s NTSC 704x480 29.97 f/s
Bitrate: Ocean Shores
Bitrate: Rolling Thunder Picures
Audio	Chinese (Cantonese) 2.0 Stereo	Chinese (Cantonese) 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles	(White) English, Traditional Chinese (burned in)	(Yellow) English and Removable
Features	Discographic Information: Region 0 (not encoded) Layers: Single Edition Details: • Widescreen format • Color • Burned in English and Chinese Subtitles No Extra Features	Discographic Information: DVD Encoding: Region 1 Layers: Dual Edition Details: • Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only) • Color • Original Hong Kong Trailer • Quentin Tarantino Introduction • Quentin Tarantino Wrap • Widescreen anamorphic format
Discrepancy	Criterion's 2025 4K UHD release of Chungking Express is reviewed / compared HERE US version expands the scenes where The Blonde prepares for the smuggling trip and later searches for smugglers. It also includes a kidnapping of an Indian girl which does not appear in the Hong Kong version. Sequence with Qiwu loitering outside girlfriend's window occurs earlier in US print. Indian music plays during smugglers arrival at airport in US print, in Hong Kong version the title theme plays. Song 'Dreams' sung by Faye Wong is at a different place in US version. Both version sare cropped: The Ocean Shores vertically and the Rolling Thunder horizontally.
	DVD Release Date: 26 January 1999 Keep Case Chapters: 0	DVD Release Date: May 21, 2002 Keep Case Chapters: 20
Other Releases:	Korean release ( No English Subs )	PAL Hong Kong Release

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