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Info kindly provided by Marla and her mates from The Fortune Cookie 500 Club,
Tim Youngs from http://www.kowloonside.com,
and from Joelle Collier.
More details at http://www.kowloonside.com/extras/shopping/index.html
Videos
& Cie
The Win Win Shop
Sai Yeung Choi Street South
Mongkok
On the stretch between Mongkok MTR station Exit E2 and Shantung Street
has been a long-running favourite among both local film fans and tourists. They have a
very strong range of titles on both DVD and VCD -- from modern HK fare through to the much
less popular opera flicks. The main store at gets extremely crowded on weekends but the
nearby branch at 49 Tung Choi Street is much quieter. [Tim]
Hollywood AV Centre and the
Hollywood Centre DVD shop
on the 3rd floor shops a bit better (the one across the street from McDonalds with the
giant fish tank, not the one next to McDonalds). Best time to visit these two is between
10 and 12 in the morning on weekends or during weekday office hours when things are less
busy. [Marla]
Falls comparably short on VCDs but makes up for it with a great selection of DVDs and a
much nicer shopping environment at the back of the shop.[Tim]
Hollywood AV Centre
Shop B, G/F., Rear Portion, Bank Centre,
636 Nathan Road,
Mongkok
Sai Yeung Choi Street, near the MTR "E" exit turn right
The cheapest DVD shop in Mongkok. It has a lot of HK movie DVDs with the lowest prices
(both for old and new ones). [Marla]
P.O.V bookshop
Shop A, 1st Floor,
Hong Kong Mansion,
137-147 Lockhart Road,
Wanchai
which has VCDs (not DVDs) listed by director and lots of art films and mainland movies
(including some English-subtitled early classics from China). This shop is HK's premier
film buff store and their book section for Hong Kong movies is handy. [Marla]
Joelle reports bad news, however. P.O.V., every film buffs favorite store
owned by producer/director Shu Kei, is no more. He closed the Yau Ma Tei shop a couple of
years ago, but the Wanchai one--just meters from my flat--still existed when I was here
last year for the film festival. Now it's gone. However, in the space where the Yau Ma Tei
store used to be--next to the Broadway Cinematheque--is now the store "Kubric."
The dvd/vcd store is inside the cinema (as is an unrelated poster shop). Next door is a
cafe, bookstore, and lending library (for both books and films, for members only).
Definitely the best one-stop-shopping for cineastes. [Joelle]
Chameleon Visual
M 35-36, M Floor, Sino Centre,
582-592 Nathan Road
Mongkok
If you're looking for DVDs from other Asian countries try: for all Korean
English-subtitled DVDs, [Marla]
An international DVD shop named Chameleon Visual is an excellent place to shop. They have
an up-to-date range of discs across the genres and friendly staff who really know what
they sell. This was the first Hong Kong shop to bring in an extensive range of Korean
discs.[Tim]
Shinsheido music store
G/F Miramar Shopping Centre,
corner of Nathan and Kimberly Roads,
Tsim Sha Tsui
for a few Japan releases, [Marla]
Shinsheido has a reasonable selection, including HK titles, Japanese titles and animation.
[Tim]
Golden Arcade mall
Another good area would be in the Golden Arcade mall and the other mall
right at the Shamsuipo MTR station [Marla]
DVDShelf store
Kwun Tong.
If you get to meet Ricky Leung, he is also extremely knowledgeable. [Marla]
Cheapy's Movie Platform
on Cameron Road in Hong Kong. [Marla]
Cheapy Movie Platform,
in Tsim Sha Tsui,
opposite Tsim Sha Tsui MTR station Exit B2 on Cameron Road -- near KFC the best shop by
far. The shopping environment is harsh thanks to loud music but the staff are helpful and
accustomed to tourists stopping in to buy 30-or-so Hong Kong movies at a time. Prices are
superb and the range of both DVDs and VCDs is extensive. [Tim]
WideSight has shops in
*Mongkok (two shops on Sai Yeung Choi Street South, one near Win Win on the corner of
Shantung Street and Sai Yeung Choi Street South)
*Jordan (on Nathan Road opposite the Eaton Hotel) and Causeway Bay.
They generally offer good prices but their range is compromised by stocking so many music
CDs.
This is the same WideSight as the budget video distributor, so expect to find in-house
products sold on the cheap. [Tim]
The WideSight branch in
Causeway Bay
Jardine's Bazaar street
has the largest selection of local discs and lowest prices among shops on Hong Kong
Island. [Tim]
Original shops
with shops in Kwun Tong and Kowloon City.
The superior Kwun Tong shop underneath the Silver Theatre on Fu Yan Street
These are not convenient stores for tourists unless there's a good reason to be in the
area but the range of out-of-print VCDs can be useful. Prices are fine and the staff are
helpful if queries are asked in Cantonese. [Tim]
HMV has megastores at
convenient locations in Tsim Sha Tsui, Central and Causeway Bay. Higher
prices keep most local shoppers away from extensive racks of VCDs, DVDs and even some LDs,
which in turn leads to more space to move around and some out-of-print titles remaining
unsold on the shelves. HMV usually has a good range of Hong Kong soundtracks on CD too.
[Tim]
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Memorabilia
Hong Kong Movie
Allied Plaza
MRT station Prince Edward
http://www.hkmovie.com.hk
They should be on the second floor of the building (i.e. on the second floor above the
ground level arcade) on the side with the escalators. In addition to Wong Kar-wai items,
they sell posters, lobby cards and postcards. Their web site used to be hkmovie.com.hk, so
shoppers might be familiar with them from online orders. Can be expensive but is well
known. Signs in Prince Edward MTR Station will point to the exit for Allied Plaza. [Tim]
Sino Centre
582-592 Nathan Road
Mongkok
The best film memorabilia place is the Sino Centre in Mongkok. Film memorabilia shops on M
Floor or 1 Floor sell many of the same things as Hong Kong Movie in Allied Plaza. Also,
the basement of the Sino Centre has a record shop with '60s movie magazines and some old
soundtrack LPs. [Tim]
Twinkle
Showroom at Rm.303,
Chung Ying Building,
20 Connaught Road West,
Sheung Wan
Hong Kong Island
http://www.twinkle.com.hk
On a big memorabilia shop wher there are posters, books, watches, lobby cards, postcards
and more. Quite expensive. [Tim]
Emperor Group Centre
corner of Johnston Road and Mallory Street
Wanchai, Hong Kong Island
The basement of the Emperor Group Centre has a memorabilia shop with a lot of posters,
lots of lobby cards (taken from the former Cathay Cinema) and Bruce Lee items. Imports
include attractive Thai posters for HK films. Poster prices might be reasonable but the
once-cheap lobby card prices shot up after some large early sales. [Tim]
In Causeway Bay there is a Japanese bookshop with some
import film books, sometimes including WKW stuff but also photo books for Japanese films.
Go to the end of Jaffe Road (behind the World Trade Centre)
and walk to the undercover lane that goes through to Lockhart Road. The shop will be on
the left. [Tim]
The Commercial Press
Some Chinese-language film books can be found in The Commercial Press, who have a large
bookshop in Star House near the Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry
piers. These include movie picture books (for films like Inner Senses) or
books on old movie stars like Chan Po-chu. [Tim]
A dedicated look through junk shops in the Cat Street/Hollywood Road area in Sheung Wan and the ground floor
of Western Market might result in some interesting finds. Items hiding in
shops include original '60s star photos, some movie set pictures, original film scripts,
handbills, old newspapers, original newspaper photos, posters and assorted general
memorabilia. Some of these shops will set the prices too high, so haggle to bring them
down to acceptable levels. [Tim]
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Japan
Info kindly provided by Stephane Perrin (zeni [hon])
from http://www.cho-yaba.com
Tokyo
Videos
VIDEO MARKET
7-9-13 Nishi Shinjuku,
Shinjuku-ku,
Tokyo
http://www.be.wakwak.com/~videom/
Excellent store located in Nishi Shinjuku, an area famous for its records and videos
shops. There are several floors. One of them is dedicated not only to Far East movies, but
also to movies B European movies, Z movies, Cult, horror movies and so forth. Their
Japanese, Korean, HK and Indian productions are vastly available with other Asian country
productions (e.g. Malaysia, Philippine). The thing is that it is pricey, as usual in
Japan. But they have plenty of DVDs, VHS, VCDs and HK magazines. The only stuff missing is
probably books about HK cinema.
Jasmin Tea
Broadway 3F
Nakano 5-Chome
Nakano-ku, Tokyo
This shop only deals HK stuffs: VCDs, DVDs and also music CDs. It's not too expensive
despite a medium range of goods. They carry however items on sale and brand new movies in
DVDs! Worth a try.
To rent & to buy
TSUTAYA
http://www.tsutaya.co.jp/index.zhtml
Several shops around: in Shinjuku & Shibuya (to buy). Please check out their Website
for more details.
Usually dedicated to video rental, the Tsutaya shops or ("Convenient Culture
Shops" as they say) propose a large selection of Japanese movies, but Far East movies
as well as HK movies. Films are available in VHS or DVD and can be purchased in some of
the Tsutaya stores. Probably not the best place to find some rare movies, but they are
very popular for their rental activities.
CINE CITY HONG KONG
Minato-ku,
Minami Aoyama 3-14-17.
Tokyo
http://www.cinecity.co.jp
message@cinecity.co.jp
A paradise for Asian cinema fans! That's at least what the flyer says… No Japanese
cinema here but mostly mobvies from Hong-Kong and Korea. For that, oit's probably the best
place in Tokyo. There are tons of magasine (from the French magasine HK Extreme Orient
Cinema, to local pop & fashion & design magasine, passing by festival catalogue,
press kits and so forth). They have VHS, DVDs, VCDs and audio Cds. All the best to make
the afficionado happy! Be aware that this shop is however very serious and that yoiuwon't
find any category 3, genre cinema or exploitation cinema. Here, Wong Kar Wai is the king
alongside Godard! the other half of the ship is mostly dedicated to French cinema. That's
one of the must-seen place, even if it's kind of weird to find it beteween some of the
most expensive fashion store in Tokyo.
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Singapore
Info courtesy http://www.netkomlink.com
More details at: http://www.netkomlink.com/dvdSShops.htm
DVD Shops
MUSIC WAREHOUSE
200 Meters outside FUNAN CENTER
Very GOOD selection of DVDs Region 1 and 3. They have a very good selection and usually
they offer about 10 % discount on the items in stock. They also have some of the more rare
stuff like DVD audio/video test disks and a nice selection of MUSIC DVD's.
Sim Ling Square
Basement and 2 Floors
Small selection. Region 1 and 3
HMV
Orchard
Small Selection. Region 1 and 3
Small Shops
Opposite Phoenix Hotel/Orchard
Reasonable Selection. Region 1 and 3
That's Music
220, Orchard Road #1-02 Midpoint Orchard
Good Selection. Region 1 and 3
Super Megahits
#01-18 Funan Center Ground floor
Reasonable Selection. Region 1 and 3
Changi Aiport
Airport
Reasonable Selection. Region 1 and 3. Very expensive.
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Taiwan
FNAC
The Fnac is a French Multimedia stores that has shops all around the world. There you
should be able to find books, Cds, DVDs, and other multimedia things. It's worthwhile to
have a look in the ones in Taiwan since they may have Chinese movies.
There are 2 FNACs, we recommend to get on touch with them
to know their exact location in Taiwan.
contact@fnac.com.tw
Tel: (02)87120331
Fax: (02)27130466
Monday~Thursday: 11:00-22:00
Friday / Sunday: 11:00-23:00
Saturday: 10:30-23:00
Fnac, Future Center
Tel: (02)23816669
Fax: (02)27130466
Monday~Friday: 11:00-23:00
Saturday~Sunday: 10:00-23:00
Tower Records
The Tower Records is an American entertainment stores that has shops all around the
world. There you should be able to find Cds & DVDs. It's worthwhile to have a look in
the ones in Taiwan since they may have Chinese movies. More details at: http://www.towerrecords.com
Ding Hao
2F 71 Chung Hsiao East Rd.,
Section 4, Taipei, Taiwan
886-2-2741-4891
Open 10:30am - 10:30pm
Tower Records
Hsi Men Ding
9F-1 No.131, Han-Chung St.
Taipei, Taiwan
886-2-2389-2025
Open 10:30am - 10:30pm
Tower Records
Hsin-Chu
Shin Kong Mitsukoshi Department Store
7th Floor, No. 190, Section 2, Chun-Hwa Road,
Hsin-Chu City, Taiwan
Phone: 886-3-515-1333
Tower Records
Hsin Yi
6F, No. 11
Son-Kao Road
Taipei, Taiwan
Phone: 886-2-8780-0665
