Slippery slope and slithery slime

[flemmings]

All that poking about at youtube is making me want to watch that Shunsui TV drama- err, The River Flows Eastward. I gather this is a twelve hankie tragedy in which a) rocks fall, everybody dies and b) Hu Jun does Someone wrong and ends badly (youtube is good about telling you how people end badly so there's no suspense.) So who does Uncle Ming play? and who's the woman in the cap?

The China Centre woman said region 1 DVDs won't play on a region-free DVD player. Does anyone know if that's true?

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[paleaswater.livejournal.com]

Yesasia usually has all the versions from the three Chinese-speaking territories as well as the North American edition, which you should be able to play and watch. Depending on the stock situation sometimes one or the other will disappear from the search, but definitely the TV series should all be available in a North American Region1 Mandarin DVD edition except for the really old ones like Last Emperor. Just check back periodically. Next time I go to Chinatown I can check for you, which ones would you like, in order of preference?

The subtitled ones are usually movies, but they are usually also not in a NA region 1 format. I'm kind of surprised that River flows eastward is subbed, but there's no accounting for it.

[flemmings.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Mhhh- in order of preference 大汉天子, 茉莉花, and 冬至. Shan't mind puzzling through subtitles so long as I have a mandarin soundtrack.