The Taste of Tea Limited Edition R3 Available for Pre-Order

If this is one of the rare R3 LEs that subtitle the supplemental stuff I will definately be picking this up. Otherwise I can wait for the US release.

FYI, the Japanese R2 release also has English subs...

yeah, i own the japanese.
good quality and english subtitles.
better movie than funky forrest IMHO.
no subs on extras but i dont care

I own the Japanese DVD too, Korean one sounds like a 1/1 copy really (apart from the Korean subs).

For those of you living in Belgium or The Netherlands, there's a local release too. Very nice indeed.

I really wish I had the Japanese LE which has the books that grandpa made in the film.

I ought to have written, "an affordable English-friendly edition (the Japanese standard edition runs $46). While I have no way of knowing about the subbing of special features, I'm fairly certain that the packaging will knock the socks off any American release.

Also, I can't conceal the fact that I'm a little disappointed that nobody seems to be interested in "The Eyes of Dawn." "Sandglass," by the same team, was one of the best Korean releases in the past year (feature films included), and not only is it a great introduction to Korean TV drama, it is also a must for anyone with an interest in recent Korean history. While I don't watch much TV, it has some of the highest production values I've seen for something of this kind. So, when X says that it's predecessor is even better, I know that this must be something special.

There definetly won't be any subtitles on those extras - I've never seen a Korean release for a Japanese film where they would have gone the trouble of translating the extras into English.

Looks like a good release, contains everything the Japanese LE does, except the beautiful box and the book replicas. I'm fairly certain it will be a port image quality wise of the Japanese disc.

As for the Korean series mentioned. I'm personally not too keen on picking up any Korean releases at this time. All the Korean titles I've seen recommended lately have been huge letdowns; The host, king and the clown and that one series which name eludes me at the moment, to name a few...

I had to go and preorder this after actually seeing the film. I picked this edition and a Director's cut of Princess-D for just under $34, with free shipping. Can't beat that!