ONIBABA (Masters of Cinema) (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (25/02/2013)
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| RRP Kaneto Shindo, one of Japan's most prolific directors, received his biggest international success with the release of Onibaba (The Demoness) in 1964. Its depiction of violence and graphic sexuality was unprecedented at the time of release. Shindo managed - through his own production company Kindai Eiga Kyokai - to bypass the strict, self-regulated Japanese film industry and pave the way for such films as Yasuzo Masumura's Mojuu (1969) and Nagisa Oshima's In the Realm of the Senses (1976). Onibaba (or Onibabaa, in its alternate spelling) is set during a brutal period in history, a Japan ravaged by civil war between rivaling shogunates. Weary from combat, samurai are drawn towards the seven-foot high susuki grass fields to hide and rest themselves, whereupon they are ambushed and murdered by a ruthless mother (Nobuko Otowa) and daughter-in-law (Jitsuko Yoshimura) team. The women throw the samurai bodies into a pit, and barter their armour and weapons for food. When Hachi (Kei Sato), a neighbour returning from the wars, brings bad news, he threatens the women's partnership. Erotically charged and steeped in the symbolism and superstition of its Buddhist and Shinto roots, Kaneto Shindo's Onibaba is in part a modern parable on consumerism, a study of the destructiveness of sexual desire and - filmed within a claustrophobic sea of grass - one of the most striking and unique films of Japan's last half-century, winning Kiyomi Kuroda the Blue Ribbon Award for Cinematography in 1965. The memorably frenetic drumming soundtrack was scored by long-time Shindo collaborator Hikaru Hayashi. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Onibaba for the first time on Blu-ray in the UK. Special Features: Gorgeous New 1080p HD Transfer Full-length Director's Audio Commentary by Director Kaneto Shindo and the Stars of the Film, Kei Sato, and Jitsuko Yoshimura Video Introduction by Alex Cox 8mm Footage (40-minutes) Shot on Location by Lead Actor Kei Sato Optional English Subtitles Original Theatrical Trailer Production Stills and Promotional Art Gallery 36-Page Booklet with a New Essay by Doug Cummings - An English translation of the original short Buddhist fable that inspired the film and a statement from Writer/Director Kaneto Shindo about why he made Onibaba
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The Sword Of Doom - The Criterion Collection | Blu Ray | (04/12/2017)
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| RRP 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.
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Akira | Blu Ray | (27/06/2011)
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| RRP Neo-Tokyo 2019. The city is being rebuilt post World War III. Kaneda and Tetsuo two high school drop outs stumble on a secret government project to develop new weapons - telekinetic humans. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer' Akira the project's most powerful subject and determines to challenge him...
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Akira | DVD | (27/06/2011)
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| RRP Neo-Tokyo 2019. The city is well on the way to rebuilding after World War III. The central characters Kaneda and Tetsuo two high school drop-outs are members of a joy-riding motorcycle gang. In the opening scene Kaneda and Tetsuo stumble upon a secret government project to develop telekinetic humans apparently for use as weapons. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer' Akira the project's most powerful subject and determines to challenge him...
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Horrors Of Malformed Men | Blu Ray | (17/09/2018)
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| RRP Cult director Teruo Ishii (Shogun s Joy of Torture, Blind Woman s Curse) presents a nightmarish, hallucinogenic tale drawn from the fevered imagination of Japan s celebrated pioneer ofero-guro ( erotic grotesque ) literature, Edogawa Rampo. Medical student Hirosuke Hitomi slips out of the asylum in which he has been wrongfully confined and stealthily assumes the identity of a recently deceased nobleman with whom he bears an uncanny resemblance. Hirosuke eases his way into the nobleman s household and his dead double s marital bed. But as long-repressed memories begin to bubble to the surface, he soon finds himself drawn to a remote isle where he is confronted by a mad scientist and his malformed men, and discovers the key that will unlock some long-suppressed mysteries of his own. A dark labyrinth of the monstrous and perverse that fuses mystery and horror while incorporating motifs from a myriad of Rampo's tales, Horrors of Malformed Men boasts astonishing carnivalesque art design and haunting performances. Withdrawn from cinemas by its own studio after its original scandalous release nearly fifty years ago, the film is among the very best screen interpretations of the author s macabre brand of horror-fantasy fiction, and a unique oddity of Japanese cult cinema. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original negative High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio Newly translated optional English subtitles Two audio commentaries by Japanese cinema experts Tom Mes and Mark Schilling Malformed Movies: a new video interview with Toei exploitation movie screenwriter Masahiro Kakefuda Malformed Memories: Filmmakers Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo the Iron Man) and Minoru Kawasaki (The Calamari Wrestler) on the career of director Teruo Ishii Ishii in Italia: Ishii and Mark Schilling visit the Far East Film Festival Image Gallery Theatrical trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's booklet featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp, Tom Mes and Grady Hendrix
Akira - (Ultimate Collection) (Two Discs) | DVD | (23/06/2003)
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| RRP Artist-writer Katsuhiro Omoto began telling the story of Akira as a comic book series in 1982 but took a break from 1986 to 1988 to write, direct, supervise and design this animated film version. Set in 2019, the film richly imagines the new metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, which is designed from huge buildings down to the smallest details of passing vehicles or police uniforms. Two disaffected orphan teenagers--slight, resentful Tetsuo and confident, breezy Kanada--run with a biker gang, but trouble grows when Tetsuo start to resent the way Kanada always has to rescue him. Meanwhile, a group of scientists, military men and politicians wonder what to do with a collection of withered children who possess enormous psychic powers, especially the mysterious, rarely seen Akira, whose awakening might well have caused the end of the old world. Tetsuo is visited by the children, who trigger the growth of psychic and physical powers that might make him a superman or a super-monster.As befits a distillation of 1,318 pages of the story so far, Akira is overstuffed with character, incident and detail. However, it piles up astonishing set pieces: the chases and shoot-outs (amazingly kinetic, amazingly bloody) benefit from minute cartoon detail that extends to the surprised or shocked faces of the tiniest extra; the Tetsuo monster alternately looks like a billion-gallon scrotal sac or a Tex Avery mutation of the monster from The Quatermass Experiment; and the finale--which combines flashbacks to more innocent days with a destruction of Neo City and the creation of a new universe--is one of the most mind bending in all sci-fi cinema. --Kim NewmanOn the DVD: as befits this films status as a Manga classic, Akira has a wide selection of extras spread across two discs, including a "Making of Akira" documentary, a photo gallery, a quiz and a "Make your own trailer" feature, as well as one hidden feature on each disc. The film has been digitally remastered and presented in widescreen format, with Dolby Digital 5.1 for the English-dubbed version, and Dolby Digital 2.0 for the original Japanese language version. The only disappointment of the disc is the animated Scene Selection, where the clips are rendered so small that they can be a bit difficult to decipher. --Rob Burrow
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Akira - Collector's Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (27/06/2011)
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| RRP Neo-Tokyo, 2019. The city is well on the way to rebuilding after World War III. The central characters, Kaneda and Tetsuo, two high school drop-outs, are members of a joy-riding motorcycle gang. In the opening scene, Kaneda and Tetsuo stumble upon a secret government project to develop telekinetic humans, apparently for use as weapons. Tetsuo learns of the existence of his 'peer' Akira, the project's most powerful subject, and determines to challenge him...This super limited Collector’s Edition pack comes with the new rematered edition of AKIRA on Blu-ray and bonus DVD disc along with a specially produced 40-page booklet exclusive to the UK and packaged inside a goregous steelbook case.
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Riding Bean | DVD | (08/10/2001)
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| RRP In Chicago ace courier Bean Bandit rules the road and operates on both sides of the law. If a cargo has to absolutely positively be there now Bean's your man - for a price. Want to make sure that the getaway from your next heist goes smoothly? No problem - but it will cost you. Bean's latest cargo is a ten year old girl worth 50 grand when delivered home. What he doesn't know is that she has already been kidnapped and he's about to be framed for the snatch. Meanwhile the real
Full Metal Panic - Vol. 1 | DVD | (20/10/2003)
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| RRP 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)
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| RRP 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...
Full Metal Panic - Mission 2 | DVD | (15/12/2003)
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| RRP They say vacations never go according to plan and school trips are no exception. Instead of enjoying sunny skies in Okinawa Sousuke and Kaname's classmates are under cloud cover in Siberia playing the part of hostages. A vicious and unbalanced terrorist has kidnapped Kaname to donate her brain to science - with or without her consent! Will Sousuke and Mithril be able to scramble an ad-hoc rescue? Will they be able to get everyone out alive? Get ready as Full Metal Panic! launche
Full Metal Panic - Mission 4 | DVD | (19/04/2004)
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| RRP When tempers flare between Sergeant-Major Mao and Captain Testarossa there's only one way to settle the score: an AS duel. The stakes are high the price of failure a fate worse than death; a lap around the track on the Mithrill base naked! However the summer fun grinds to a halt when Sousuke is called away for a top-secret mission at his old stomping ground where painful memories threaten to bury him alongside his fallen comrades. Will he make it out alive? Don't miss a minu
Full Metal Panic - Mission 5 | DVD | (21/06/2004)
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| RRP It's never easy being the new guy. Ask Sousuke. Proving himself to a squad of team mates at least ten years his senior will be an uphill battle. But when the mission drops them deep behind enemy lines with no support it's going to take everyone's cooperation just to stay alive. Suffice to say not everyone cooperates. Nor does everyone who dies actually stay dead. And speaking of things that won't die the rivalry between Kaname and Tessa finds new life on Tessa'a home turf. It's
Full Metal Panic - Mission 7 | DVD | (18/10/2004)
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| RRP Action and adventure abound in volume 7 thrilling final installment of Full Metal Panic! A rogue US Navy Captain out for revenge targets the Tuatha de Danaan and Mithril's Lt. Commander Kalinin must struggle to stop the attack. On the de Danaan Sousuke and Kurz fight to restore order to the ship when the chain of command becomes unclear and Kaname uses all her abilities as a Whispered to help make things right!
Full Metal Panic - Mission 6 | DVD | (16/08/2004)
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| RRP We open on a hot bath with three hot babes: Sergeant Major Mao Captain Testarossa and Kaname. The lovely Sergeant Major exposes her past (and then some!) when she tells the story of how she first met Kurz and Sousuke. Funny how little has changed since then... Meanwhile the Tuatha de Danaan is racing full steam ahead to the Pacific island of Berildaobu. Terrorists have taken over a U.S. chemical weapons dismantling facility and taken the island residents hostage. Mithril's entire Special Response Team and the de Danaan are committed to the mission but sudden shifts in the power structure threaten to tear the crew and the ship apart. With hidden agendas and splintering loyalties at work can Mithril pull together and get the job done? There's more than a few curves coming your way as Full Metal Panic launches into its sixth exhilarating volume!
Babycart in the Land of Demons | DVD | (03/11/2008)
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