Mitani's ザ・マジックアワー (The Magic Hour) Out on English Subbed DVD!

You probably know by now that ScreenAnarchy loves Mitani Koki, the man behind the lovely THE 有頂天ホテル (The Uchōten Hotel) and 笑の大学 (University of Laughs), so it's always good news to hear more of his work will get a chance to shine outside Japanese shores. And no, we're not talking of festival runs or anything, but the news that Japanese DVD and Blu-Ray releases of Mitani's latest ザ・マジックアワー (The Magic Hour) will indeed feature English subs.

The 2008 comedy stars Tsumabuki Satoshi as a gangster who recruits an actor to play a hitman, after all the hoopla caused by his affair with the boss' - Nishida Toshiyuki of スキヤキ・ウエスタン ジャンゴ (Sukiyaki Western Django) - wife. Up for release this December, you can find a Special Edition DVD, the cheaper Standard Edition DVD, and the Blu-Ray. All three have English Subs, Dts 6.1 tracks and in the SE's case another disc of extras.