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• Blue Spring | Blu Ray | (29/03/2021) from £17.97   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Directed by Toshiaki Toyoda (9 Souls, Pornostar, Crows Explode). Based on a manga by Taiyo Matsumoto, Toshiaki Toyoda's Blue Spring is a story about high school anarchy in the long, bruised-and-battered tradition of Be-Bop Highschool and Fudoh: The New Generation. In a school surrounded by misleadingly picturesque cherry trees in full bloom, it's the students who set the rules while uncooperative teachers are dangled from windows. Special Features: Audio Commentary by director Toshiaki Toyoda Making Of Trailer

• Pornostar | Blu Ray | (18/10/2021) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A young man gets off the train in the morning and wanders the business districts aimlessly. He runs across some yakuza gangsters, whom he despises, and goes on a killing spree, but soon becomes involved with a subordinate gang.

• Ichi The Killer | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Explore your fear Welcome to a world where violence is a virtue and depravity is a way of life. This is the underside of Shinjuku and the Home of Kakihara a sadistic Yakuaza killer. He relentlessly tears apart the underworld searching for the man who killed his boss. The mastermind behind the plot is Jijii an ex-cop bent on turning the gangsters of Japan against one another. His trump card is a physically powerful child-like lunatic who is constantly on the verge of snapping. This madman is Ichi the Killer and between him and Kakihara the streets will run red with blood.

• Love and Peace | Blu Ray | (11/07/2016) from £15.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For shy and awkward Ryoichi, dreams of musical superstardom have long since faded and he's resigned himself to a lifetime of unrewarding office work for a company that barely acknowledges his existence. But when he randomly buys a pet turtle named Pikadon, a series of events are put into place that not only give Ryoichi the chance to fulfil his rock and roll fantasies, they might just bring about the end of the world. With more imagination in the first ten minutes than most films can boast in their entire running time, Love and Peace is pure Sono: a bonkers and uproarious one-of-a-kind that simply has to be seen to be believed.

• Ichi The Killer | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £15.94   |  Saving you £4.05 (25.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Yakuza boss Anjo disappears with 100 million yen. His loyal gang members led by Kakihara start a search but their aggressive methods worry the other yakuza gangs. Kakihara's most scary counterpart is the mysterious Ichi a psychopathic killer with a dark childhood secret...

• Tezuka's Barbara | Blu Ray | (28/06/2021) from £15.67   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of Osamu Tezuka's most adult and sexually-charged works, Barbara (1973-74) was originally serialized as a follow-up to Ayako (1972-73) in Big Comic from July 1973 to May 1974. Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka's reimagining of The Tales of Hoffmann. Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named Barbara. The controversial story, dealing with various taboos such as forbidden love, mystery, art, Eros, scandal and occultism, was said to have been impossible to be cinematized at the time of its original publication, but was made into a live-action film for the 90th Anniversary of Osamu Tezuka's birth by his son Macoto Tezka (The Legend of the Stardust Brothers) Special Features: Behind the Scenes (30 mins) Interview with director Macoto Tezka (30 mins) Interview with cinematographer Christopher Doyle (12 mins) Interview with actor Goro Inagaki (15 mins) Interview with actress Fumi Nikaido (7 mins) Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending (6 mins) All Region DVD and Bluray

• Love and Peace | DVD | (11/07/2016) from £9.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Bullied and diminished by his fellow employees, demure and bashful Ryoichi Suzuki finds support in an unusual friendship with a turtle. Together they will share many adventures and finally conquer the world.

• Lowlife Love (Dual Format BLURAY & DVD) | Blu Ray | (21/11/2016) from £15.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Tetsuo is a lowlife. As a film director, he had an indie hit many years back, but refuses to go against his artistic integrity. One day, two new students come to his school: Minami, a naive girl from the countryside who wants to be an actress, and Ken, a scriptwriter. Tetsuo thinks Minami could be a real star, and Ken has a brilliant script that could relaunch his career as a director. With the help of an unsavory film producer, they strive to turn this project into something tangible, but Minami's ability starts to impress others, and Tetsuo's world soon falls apart.

• Isn't Anyone Alive? | DVD | (22/10/2012) from £9.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When people talk about a bizarre urban myth at a University hospital people start dying inexplicably one after another... With the air of this 'energy void' throughout, the world of this absurd black comedy, based upon the theatre play of the same name, starts to take over the world. With 'Crazy Thunder Road' (1980), 'Burst City' (1982), 'The Crazy Family' (1984), 'Angel Dust' (1994), 'Electric Dragon 80,000V' (2001) and more, Gakuryu Ishii (previously known as Sogo Ishii) has been amusing u...

• Nine Souls | DVD | (30/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Michiru a teenage boy who recently murdered his father finds a hole in the floor of his prison cell and escapes with nine other prisoners. Led by the eldest memeber Torakuchi they steal a truck and and head for a destination located at the foot of Mount Fuji where a stash of counterfeit money awaits...