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• Zokki | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Five interconnected stories from the wild mind of cult manga author Hiroyuki Ohashi (On-gaku: Our Sound) comprise this live-action feature by directors Takayuki Yamada, Naoto Takenaka and Takumi Saitoh. There's an old man who feels the need to impart his knowledge to a grown-up granddaughter; a quiet loner seeking self-discovery on his bike and the fisherman he encounters who invites him to a special meal; a school friendship that turns awkward because of an infatuation with an older sibling; a boy and his father who have very different ideas about how to enjoy themselves; and a friendship between two neighbours that revolves around a series of notes. Scripted by Yutaka Kuramochi, 'Zokki' is less an anthology than a series of snapshots of a strange and quirky world.

• 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

• The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker | DVD | (14/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Both the director and writer behind Fish Story bring another topsy-turvy tale that will have you guessing till the thrilling climax! Moving into his new apartment in Sendai, college student Shiina (Hamada Gaku) meets his new neighbour Kawasaki (Eita). Tall, confident Kawasaki and short, mild-mannered Shiina seem to be unlikely candidates for friendship, but they click over a mutual interest in Bob Dylan. Kawasaki is an odd duck, but in an irresistibly cool and charming kind of way, and Shiina can't help but be drawn into his more exciting, if slightly loony world. Kawasaki's head is full of unpredictable ideas like his absurd warnings about pet shop owner Reiko (Otsuka Nene) or his even more absurd plan to steal a dictionary for their Butanese neighbour. Next thing Shiina knows, he's standing watch with a toy gun outside the bookstore, on the beginning of their bizarre, existential adventure. Special Features: 35 minute 'Making Of' Deleted Scenes. Theatrical Trailer.