All Colorado info courtesy of Ka Chun and his excellent Hong Kong Films in the Denver Area Web Page.

Boulder:
 
The Next Generation
 
One of the best sources for Hong Kong films if you don't know where to start. Owner and manager Mike "Main Man" O'Toole, a big fan himself, can get you hooked with a good Jackie Chan or John Woo film, or any of the other 70-80 titles that he carries. Most of his stock is from Tai Seng so some of the really good titles (e.g., Police Story II, Supercop, Armour of God II) are unfortunately without subtitles. However discounts are given for non-subtitled or hard-to-read subtitled tapes. Laserdiscs of HK films are available including some rare and hard-to-find titles like A Chinese Ghost Story, and The Next Generation also stocks lots of regular movies on video and LD, as well as video games.
 
• 1980 8th, #C 8th and Pearl, on the west side of the Lolita's Building
• Boulder, CO 80302
• 12:30-10:00 p.m., Tues.-Sun.
• (303) 443-0097

Video Station:
 

Colorado's largest selection of videos and laserdiscs also has a small collection of Hong Kong films, with a few choice Jackie Chan and hard-to-find early John Woo titles. They are buying from Tai Seng, Made from Hong Kong, and a new firm that distributes dubbed versions of Drunken Tai-Chi, Butterfly and Sword, and (ugh!) the Shaolin Popeye series!
 
• 1661 28th St.
• Boulder, CO
• (303) 440-4448

Denver:

Truong An
 

Truong An is the place to go if you want the newest releases really quickly. They often have bootlegs off of Malaysian (three sets of subtitles!) and Taiwanese tapes months before the "official" Tai Seng or World release. Like just about all the rental places in the area, they make scores of copies of new releases which they then rent out, which means quality can be spotty (and nearly unwatchable for some of the boots). If you're really lucky, you might be able to rent the original tape--chances improve for older films. They also have the unfortunate tendency to sell off some of the older titles, so something might or might not be there, even if the box cover artwork is still in the three-ring binders. (Then again, the tape might just be checked out by someone for a really long time.) Tapes are available in Cantonese and Mandarin, and they have a section for Vietnamese tapes too. They also have loads of TVB series (but no ATV or Taiwanese TV series), which aren't in as high of a demand, so the originals are rented out. All titles are catalogued in three-ring binders. (Some information courtesy of Brandon S. Ou.)

• 333 S. Federal Blvd., #116 (in the Far East Center)
• Denver, CO 80219
• (303) 936-5004

Pacific Ocean International Supermarket
 

Shop for food and rent videos at the same time! Pacific Ocean probably has a similarly sized stock as Truong An down the street. They are starting to import more Taiwanese tapes so you can catch some releases extra early, but they don't seem to carry many Malaysian bootlegs at all. One also seems to have better luck finding some of the older titles at Pacific Ocean than at Truong An (but then again, I'm working on a small sample size). Again quality depends on whether you're lucky enough to get the original tape, or are stuck with a copy of the original. Boxes for new releases are laid out on shelves, while the older titles are relegated to three-ring binders. They carry both Cantonese and Mandarin language tapes. As far as TV mini-series and soap operas go, they are the opposite of Truong An, carrying ATV and Taiwanese shows but no TVB ones. (Some information courtesy of Brandon S. Ou.)
 
• 2200 W. Alameda Ave.
• Denver, CO 80219

Laserland
 

Finally a Denver source for HK laserdiscs, Laserland has updated their collection to include the hard-to-find A Chinese Ghost Story, A Chinese Ghost Story II, the Japanese version of Rumble in the Bronx, and other Jackie Chan, John Woo, and other HK films. (Information provided by Steven Grimm.)
 
• 1685 S. Colorado
• Denver, CO
• (303) 757-4181

JB & H Records
 

Slowly acquiring laserdiscs of HK movies (both the new Tai Seng re-masters as well as imports) along with their huge selection of regular films and anime. Rentals are $1.99 per disk, and the number of nights that you can check them out are equal to the number of discs. (Information provided by John Fiala.)
 
• Union and Alameda
• Denver, CO
 
Asia Video and Gift Shop
 
Having recently opened a few doors down the strip mall from Sunrise Video, AVGS seems to concentrate mostly on being a gift shop and has only a small selection of tapes. They do buy TV series from a non-TVB source, and have Vietnamese and some-other-language-I-don't-recognize-too-well (Laotian?) tapes.
 
• 1035(??) S. Federal Blvd.
• Denver, CO 80219

Sunrise Video
 

Vietnamese videos as well as Vietnamese dubs of HK films--more info to come . . .
 
• 1017 S. Federal Blvd.
• Denver, CO 80219
• (303) 936-5208

Honya Bookstore
 

Japanese bookstore with a moderate-sized collection of Japanese language movies for rental and sale. Presumably, all tapes are in original Japanese language with no subtitles. Honya is located on the second floor of Sakura Square, in downtown Denver.

• 1905 Lawrence
• Denver, CO
• (303) 292-4147

Ha Tien

Vietnamese videos--more info to come . . .

• 249 S. Federal Blvd.
• Denver, CO 80219
• (303) 922-5179

Westminster:

Chan Video
 

Watch HK films dubbed into Thai!--which can be a pretty interesting experience, considering that the distributor merely switches to a separate Thai soundtrack whenever there's dialogue. This means music, foley, and other sound effects are missing whenever the characters on screen talk. I've been lucky enough to rent only films that are also subtitled, but don't know if all of their tapes are similar. The selection is modest, with equal numbers of HK titles as well as original (I think) Thai and Laotian movies.
 
• 2963 W. 72nd Ave.
• Westminster, CO 80030
• (303) 430-4780

The 999 Ers Oriental Grocery
 

Right next to the Vientiane Garden restaurant, this is a Laotian grocery store, with a huge collection of HK films and TV series dubbed into Thai. They actually have a larger collection of Thai dubs than Chan Video.
 
• 7103 Sheridan Blvd.
• Westminster, CO
• (303) 428-466

This page last updated: 9-22-1997

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