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• The Sword Of Doom - The Criterion Collection | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Japanese action drama directed by Kihachi Okamoto. Tatsuya Nakadai plays Ryunosuke Tsukue, a sociopathic samurai with no morals or feelings of consequence for what he does. When he kills a man in a fencing match, the brother of the deceased man vows to train with a master fencer and track down Ryunosuke to get his vengeance.

• Attack on Titan - Complete Season 3 | Blu Ray | (19/04/2021) from £20.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The truth about the Titans begins to come to light. Political secrets, a false king, and the reality that will shake the foundation of the worldall falls on the shoulders of Eren and his friends, as they fight to survive. With Historia set to be the rightful Queen, the Levi Squad must act. But a figure from Levi's past, the deadly Kenny, could turn this into a losing battle. Are Eren and his friends prepared to face the true monsters that lie within the walls?

• Hanzo The Razor (3 DVD Special Edition Box Set) (UNCUT) | DVD | (06/04/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Love samurai films? Wish they were... dirtier? Welcome to Hanzo the Razor'sderanged world of crazy swordplay and sexploitation set to a 1970s funk soundtrack. Uncut for the first time ever in the UK this cult 1970s Japanese pinku trilogy was seemingly influenced by Dirty Harry and Shaft but there's no doubt who has the 'longer arm of the law'! Shintaro Katsu (best known as the blind swordsman in the original Zatoichi) stars as Hanzo - a rebellious yet obsessively moral samurai police officer who slashes his way through the backbone of crime uncovers corruption at higher levels and tortures relentlessly using his own unique techniques. Shocking audiences even today the hardest man in Edo regularly unleashes his special weapon in the form of his oversized penis which he uses to 'interrogate' female suspects into pleasured compliance. Despite the knuckle-biting graphic violence there is an underlying social commentary testifying to the noble honour of the samurai and emphasising Hanzo's status as the people's champion. In Sword of Justice Hanzo overturns his own gutless superiors; in The Snare he breaks into a temple used by local magistrates for the sadistic torture of young girls. In Who's Got the Gold? the shogunate treasury is being looted by its own officials. From the creator of the Lone Wolf and Cub series (used as the basis for Shogun Assassin and a direct influence on Tarantino's Kill Bill) the Hanzo the Razor trilogy is presented here for the first time in the UK complete and uncut.

• Attack on Titan: Season Three Part Two - Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (23/03/2020) from £7.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The long-awaited return to Shiganshinahas come. Once again, Eren, Mikasa, and Armin face the Titans in their hometown where the secrets of the Jaeger family cellar lie in wait. On this do-or-die mission to take back Wall Maria, the Scouts quickly learn that Reiner and Bertholdtare the least of their worries.

• Urotsukidoji - Legend Of The Overfiend / Legend Of The Demon Womb | DVD | (11/06/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A graphically violent and sexually explicit example of Japanese anime the first instalment of Urotsukidoji is seen by many as the manga film par excellence. According to ancient lore the earth is made of the three parallel realms of Human Man-Beast and Monster-Demon. Every three millennia the evil overfiend Chojin brings the realms together. If he succeeds this time all of mankind will be lost. Teenage hero Amano is the only hope for humanity. Seriously Disturbing - Daily Telegraph

• Trigun Complete Collection | DVD | (15/11/2010) from £28.27   |  Saving you £11.72 (41.46%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Trigun: Complete Collection (8 Discs)

• The Burmese Harp | Blu Ray | (13/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A rhapsodic celebration of song, a brutal condemnation of wartime mentality, and a lyrical statement of hope within darkness; even amongst the riches of 1950s' Japanese cinema, The Burmese Harp, directed by Kon Ichikawa (Alone Across the Pacific, Tokyo Olympiad), stands as one of the finest achievements of its era. At the close of World War II, a Japanese army regiment in Burma surrenders to the British. Private Mizushima is sent on a lone mission to persuade a trapped Japanese battalion to surrender also. When the outcome is a failure, he disguises himself in the robes of a Buddhist monk in hope of temporary anonymity as he journeys across the landscape – but he underestimates the power of his assumed role. A visually extraordinary and deeply moving vision of horror, necessity, and redemption in the aftermath of war, Ichikawa's breakthrough film is one of the great humanitarian affirmations of the cinema. Nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Oscar and honoured at the Venice Film Festival, The Burmese Harp is one of cinema's great anti-war classics, alongside La Grande Illusion (Jean Renoir), Grave of the Fireflies (Isao Takahata/Studio Ghibli), Paths Of Glory (Stanley Kubrick), All Quiet on the Western Front (Lewis Milestone), and The Great Dictator (Charlie Chaplin). Special Features: New, restored high-definition 1080p transfer officially licenced from Nikkatsu Newly translated optional English subtitles Exclusive video interview with scholar and filmmaker Tony Rayns Original Japanese theatrical trailer PLUS: A 40-page booklet with an essay by Keiko I. McDonald and rare archival stills

• Yu Yu Hakusho Season 3 (Episodes 57-84) + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (06/12/2021) from £19.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The Dark Tournament has come down to a final grudge match and Yusuke's full wrath is unleashed as a friend's blood stains the arena floor. But there will be no time for rest or recovery as kidnapping follows victory and further intrigue threatens the boundary between worlds. A tunnel is being carved, one which completed will lay waste to the World of the Living. There are seven who seek an age of destruction and chaos, and hero must battle fallen hero. Box Contents includes: Season 3 of Yu Yu Hakusho and 2x artcards packaged in an collector's slip case.

• Yu Yu Hakusho Season 2 (Episodes 29-56) + Digital Copy | Blu Ray | (04/10/2021) from £29.85   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Episodes 29-56 of the Japanese anime based on the manga by Yoshihiro Togashi. High school student Yuusuke Urameshi (voice of Nozomu Sasaki) acts as a go-between for the spirit world and the real world tasked with ridding the world of evil spirits, aided by the god Botan (Sanae Miyuki). The episodes are: 'Flowers of Blood', 'Dragon of the Darkness Flame', 'Stumbling Warrior', 'Knife Edge Death-Match', 'A Day in Waiting', 'Percentage of Victory', 'Glimpse Beneath the Mask', 'Ambition Destroyed: A Trial By Light', 'Master of Disguise', 'Kurama's Stand', 'Crushing Revenge', 'Jin, the Wind Master', 'Reverse Decisions', 'A Matter of Love and Death', 'The Masked Fighter Revealed', 'Yusuke's Final Test', 'Hiei Battles On', 'Many Faces, Many Forms', 'Legendary Bandit: Yoko Kurama', 'The Cape of No Return', 'Genkai's Strength', 'Suzuka's Challenge', 'Arch-Rivals', 'The Death of Genkai', 'Overcoming Grief', 'The Beginning of the End', 'The Beast Within' and 'Yoko's Magic'.

• Zatoichi The Outlaw | DVD | (21/05/2001) from £10.98   |  Saving you £12.00 (150.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Arriving in the village of Kiyotaki Zatoichi the blind swordsman finds himself embroiled in a struggle between two Oyabun or gangland bosses. While the peasants starve one of the Oyabun Tamizo forces them to continue to gamble their way into destitution. His opponent Asagoro assumes the position of champion of the peasants and takes it upon himself to pay off their debts. Filled with admiration for Asagoro and compassion for the impoverished farmers Zatoichi lends his skills

• New Battles Without Honour & Humanity | Blu Ray | (21/08/2017) from £21.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  NEW BATTLES WITHOUT HOUNOUR AND HUMANITY: THE COMPLETE TRILOGY New Battles Without Honour and Humanity New Battles Without Honour and Humanity: The Boss's Head New Battles Without Honour and Humanity: Last Days of the Boss In the early 1970s Kinji Fukasaku's five-film Battles Without Honour and Humanity series was a massive hit in Japan and kicked off a boom in realistic modern yakuza films based on true stories. Although Fukasaku had intended to end the series Toei Studio convinced him to return to the director's chair for this unconnected follow-up trilogy of films each starring Battles leading man Bunta Sugawara and telling separate but fictional stories about the yakuza in different locations in Japan. In the first film Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir family member Aoki (Lone Wolf and Cub's Tomisaburo Wakayama) attempts to seize power from the boss and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honourable way out. In the second entry The Boss's Head Sugawara is Kuroda an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drug-addicted assassin Kusunoki (Tampopo's Tsutomu Yamazaki) goes wrong and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance. And in Last Days of the Boss Sugawara plays Nozaki a labourer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that forbids retributions against high-level members Nozaki forms a plot to exact revenge on his rivals but a suspicious relationship with his own sister (Chieko Matsubara from Outlaw: Gangster VIP) taints his relationship with his fellow gang members. Making their English-language home video debut in this limited edition set the New Battles Without Honour and Humanity films are important links between the first half of Fukasaku's career and his later exploration of other genres. Each one is also a top-notch crime action thriller: hard-boiled entertaining and distinguished by Fukasaku's directorial genius funky musical scores by composer Toshiaki Tsushima and the onscreen power of Toei's greatest yakuza movie stars. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition digital transfers of all three films High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentations Original uncompressed mono audio New optional English subtitle translation for all three films Beyond the Films: New Battles Without Honour and Humanity a new video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane New Stories New Battles and Closing Stories two new interviews with screenwriter Koji Takada about his work on the second and third films in the trilogy Original theatrical trailers for all three films Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist Illustrated collector's book featuring new writing on the films the yakuza genre and Fukasaku's career by Stephen Sarrazin Tom Mes Hayley Scanlon Chris D. and Marc Walkow

• Street Fighter Alpha - The Movie | DVD | (16/04/2001) from £7.89   |  Saving you £10.10 (56.10%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Street Fighter Alpha is an animated film aimed less at admirers of the comic strip from which it derives than aficionados of the arcade computer game which is the best known embodiment of the material; as such, the narrative line is mostly an excuse for balletic fights in which eyes glare and sides of buildings fall off. Ryu is a brilliant young fighter worried that his technique may yet corrupt him into monstrousness; the boy Shun appears, claiming to be his brother and already well on the way to corruption by the technique known as the Dark Hadou. When Shun is kidnapped by an evil scientist, Ryu goes after him in spite of the possible cost to his own moral status; his friend Ken and Interpol agent Chen go along to help him, and if necessary to kill him to prevent his corruption. This is largely by-the-numbers martial arts anime, but at times exciting or beautiful for all of that; devotees of the game will love it. On the DVD: The DVD is generously stacked with English and Japanese soundtracks and English subtitles. There are interviews with the artists, creators and voice actors, a making-of documentary and various trailers and previews. --Roz Kaveney

• The Bad Sleep Well | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £14.59   |  Saving you £5.40 (37.01%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A tense re-working of Hamlet (adapted from a novel by Ed McBain) is a biting expos of the corruption and politics of greed at the heart of Japanese business. Beautifully photographed in ravishing black and white Tohoscope this is original Japanese version never before released in Europe. A young man marries the boss's daughter as part of a scheme to take revenge on the influential businessman who forced his father to commit suicide. Leisurely paced bitterly ironic the film emplo

• Yu Yu Hakusho 3 | DVD | (13/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Yu Yu Hakusho - Vol. 3

• Criterion Collection: Yojimbo | Blu Ray | (23/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Underwater Love | DVD | (21/11/2011) from £10.78   |  Saving you £5.21 (32.60%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Asuka works in a lakeside fish factory. She is just about to be married to her boss.One day, she encounters a Kappa, a water creature living in the lake and learns that it is the reincarnation of Aoki, her first love.What ensues is a zany spectacle of love, music and sex.

• Lady Snowblood 1 - Blizzard From The Netherworld | DVD | (02/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A band of ruthless criminals kidnap and brutalise a lone woman. Incarcerated the women survives only on her desire for revenge and purposefully gets herself pregnant so that her child will become an instrument of vengeance. Unfortunately the woman dies in childbirth and it is her daughter Yuki who is raised as an assassin knowing no family but only killing and revenge... This seminal Japanese gender-bending samurai movie directed by Toshiya Fujita is at heart a hack n' slash

• Full Metal Panic - Vol. 1 | DVD | (20/10/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  On the surface Kaname Chidori appears to be a normal popular high school student. The problem is she doesn't realize just how popular she is. Unbeknownst to her a group of terrorists believe she possesses the special powers of ""the Whispered "" and they're out to kidnap her. Enter Sousuke Sagara a young hotshot agent from the stealthy anti-terrorist organization Mithril. Will he be able to protect Kaname without her finding out what's really going on? Or will he just drive he

• Sword Of Doom | DVD | (02/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Tatsue (Nakadai) a man brought up to recognise only the way of the sword as the way of life finds that the art of killing is a pleasure. Ranged against him is Shimada (Mifune) who regards the use made of the sword as the manifestation of a man's spiritual state and vows to end Tatsue's spree in an era without values...

• Urusei Yatsura - Movie 1 | DVD | (12/11/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  It isn't easy being a guy - especially if you're Ataru Moroboshi the luckless lecher loved by Lum the aviating Alien Princess with a very short temper. Lum doesn't need much assistance going ballistic when everyone in Tomobiki gets an invitation to Ataru's wedding and she's not listed as the bride! Seems some 11 years ago Ataru played 'Shadow Tag' with a young girl named Elle and won; unfortunately Elle was another Alien Princess and on her planet if a boy steps on a girl's s