"Actor: Sakai"

• The Grudge 2 (Single Disc) | DVD | (16/07/2007) from £7.98   |  Saving you £5.00 (100.20%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Takashi Shimizu returns with this a sequel to his own 'Ju-On' movie, expanding the macabre mythology of the ghostly little boy Toshio.

• Shogun (New to Blu-Ray) | Blu Ray | (11/06/2018) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Remastered in amazing high definition, SHOGUN is one of the most famous and award-winning television events in history. From bestselling author James Clavell comes the sweeping story of love and war, set against the brutal background of feudal Japan at the beginning of the 17th century. Richard Chamberlain stars as John Blackthorne, a sailor shipwrecked off the coast of Japan. Rescued, he becomes an eyewitness to a deadly struggle involving Toranaga, a feuding warlord intent on becoming SHOGUN - the supreme military dictator. Blackthorne is irresistibly drawn to the magnificent Lady Mariko, the married confidant to Toranaga, while at the same time vying to become the first-ever foreigner to be made a samurai warrior. For the first time on Blu-ray, this landmark television event is packed with fascinating special features that take you inside the spectacular world of SHOGUN.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 1 | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £13.86   |  Saving you £1.13 (8.15%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Nearly a thousand years ago in ancient China at the time of the Sung dynasty there was a cruel and corrupt government. These men riding are outlaws heroes driven to live in the water margins of Liang Shan Po far to the south of the capital. Each fights tyranny with a price on his head in a world very different from our own... Nine Dozen Heroes And One Wicked Man: ""One man can move a people and a wronged people can move the world."" None Will Ever Escape Alive:

• Monkey! - Episodes 1 To 13 | DVD | (15/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £27.99

  Born from an egg on a mountain top The punkiest Monkey that ever popped He knew every magic trick under the sun To tease the gods and everyone can have some fun. Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic Monkey magic!

• The Grudge 2 | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £12.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (40.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The deadly supernatural force returns in this sequel to the chilling 2005 horror.

• Monkey! - Episodes 16-18 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £10.45   |  Saving you £9.54 (91.29%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Monkey' a television programme that defies description but we'll give it a go: a bizarre combination of spectacular acrobatics and martial arts; tacky special effects; magic tricks; 70's disco music; hilarious dubbing; crazy storylines; the odd bit of Buddhist philosophy thrown in for good measure and an unforgettable theme song. The Most Monstrous Monster: Desperate to please Chun-Shou the woman he hopes to marry the unhappy King of Unicorns promises to find a new toy f

• Monkey! - Episodes 27 To 39 | DVD | (27/09/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  `In the worlds before Monkey Primal Chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four world's formed again and yet again as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of heaven the moisture of the Earth the powers of the sun and the moon worked upon a certain rock old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named ""Thought"". Tathagata Buddha the Father Buddha said ""With our thoughts w

• Monkey! - Episodes 7-9 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £4.98   |  Saving you £15.01 (301.41%)   |  RRP £19.99

  ""In the worlds before Monkey Primal Chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. But the Phoenix can fly only when its feathers are grown. The four world's formed again and yet again as endless aeons wheeled and passed. Time and the pure essences of heaven the moisture of the Earth the powers of the sun and the moon worked upon a certain rock old as creation. And it became magically fertile. That first egg was named ""Thought"". Tathagata Buddha the Father Buddha said ""With our thoughts w

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  A loose (very loose) Japanese TV adaptation of Wu Ch'eng-en's 16th-century collection of Chinese fables, Monkey! was re-dubbed into English in the early 1980s and became required viewing for a whole generation of school children. The titular monkey (played with great enthusiasm, not to mention athleticism by Japanese comic actor and former rock star Masaaki Sakai) accompanies boy-monk Tripitaka (confusingly, a pretty actress called Masako Natsume) on his/her quest for the Indian Sutras. They pick up Sandy (Shiro Kishibe), Pigsy (Toshiyuki Nishida) and a dragon that becomes a horse along the way. The appeal of Monkey! is easier to experience than explain. It's an occasionally surreal blend of Oriental fable, knock-about martial arts, pop Buddhism and slapstick comedy. The frequent comic fight scenes are accompanied by a 70s disco-fusion soundtrack, and a narrator (English voice: Frank Duncan) uses gaps in the action to deliver inscrutable snippets of wisdom ("Even a starving camel is still bigger than a horse", "Does love mean labour even for the carp-hearted?"). Best of all, though, is the dialogue: without regard to any lip-synch niceties the English script (by David Weir) is full of idiomatic delights, jokes and double entendres. All are delivered by British actors in hilarious cod-Japanese accents (distinguished thesp Miriam Margolyes is the voice of Tripitaka). Bad special effects crown the show's cheesy, retro appeal. On the DVD: Monkey! volume 2 on DVD features the same three episodes as the VHS incarnation--"Monkey Swallows the Universe", "The Power of Youth" and "Even Monsters Can Be People"--but also a bonus previously unseen episode from the second season, "Pigsy Learns a Lesson", which is subtitled not dubbed, so if nothing else is an opportunity to hear the actors' real voices. Extra features are a stills gallery, text pieces on the principal cast, characters and episodes, Weblinks, trailers for The Water Margin and Blake's Seven and a pop-video version of the show's irrepressible main title song.--Mark Walker

• The Water Margin - Complete | DVD | (07/02/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £99.99

  `Do not despise the snake for having no horns for who is to say it will not become a dragon?' Undoubtedly the ""Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"" of its day the classic cult TV series 'The Water Margin' is a timeless epic and very much a touchstone for anybody who grew up in the mid-to-late 70s. Now for the first time ever the entire 26-episode serial is being made available on this complete DVD box set. It is ancient China one thousand years ago; the time of the Tsung Dynasty.

• Monkey! - Episodes 25-27 | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £4.90   |  Saving you £10.09 (205.92%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The Country Of Nightmares: On their way to India the pilgrims must pass through the Land of Nightmares inhabited by all the legions of Hell bad demons and wicked spirits. All humans who go there are eaten and all others must take a magic test upon entry to the land. To allow Tripitaka to travel through safely Monkey disguises him as a beautiful longhaired female demon and teaches him some basic magic. Will the King of Bad Dreams see through Tripitaka's disguise? The

• The Water Margin - Vol. 8 | DVD | (12/05/2003) from £6.67   |  Saving you £8.32 (124.74%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Nearly a thousand years ago in ancient China at the time of the Sung dynasty there was a cruel and corrupt government. These men riding are outlaws heroes driven to live in the water margins of Liang Shan Po far to the south of the capital. Each fights tyranny with a price on his head in a world very different from our own... Episodes 15 and 16.

• The Water Margin - Season 1 - | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  The Water Margin is a sprawling Chinese television series from 1977 that tells the story of a group of legendary heroes who battled corruption at the time of the Sung dynasty 1,000 years ago. Made in two seasons of 13 episodes and shown on BBC television in a dubbed version narrated by Burt Kwouk, the central figure is Lin Chung (Atsuo Nakamura), an army officer who comes, Robin Hood-style, to lead a rebellion against the evil Kao Chiu (Kai Satu). The result plays like something somewhere between Seven Samurai and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Though not without humour, this is a much more serious saga than Monkey (1978), adapted by the same team and similarly a hit for the BBC. Bolstered by wirework in the excellent fight scenes, this is traditional Kurosawa-influenced adventure, a saga of rebels against an oppressive empire with as much appeal to Star Wars fans as to martial arts devotees. Each episode tells a self-contained tale within the wider framework and the strong production values and compelling storytelling are not too compromised by the dubbing, which is carefully done to a high standard. This is a lavishly made TV epic that remains hugely entertaining a quarter-century after it first aired. On the DVD: The Water Margin is presented in a beautifully designed fold-out package with a small poster and an episode guide leaflet. The 13 43-minute-long episodes are spread across six DVDs. The extras are identical throughout, apart from episode-specific photo galleries, reflecting the fact that each disc is also sold separately. There are 16 character profiles, synopses of all 26 episodes, production notes and previews of the Monkey DVDs and Blake's Seven videos. Other than the restoration of some violence, the episodes are exactly as they were shown on the BBC; there's no option to watch the original Chinese versions. The sound is unexceptional mono, the picture grainy, a little soft and shows some print damage. Unfortunately the 4:3 transfers also demonstrate obvious pixilation in fast moving and visually complex scenes, the quality being more like digital TV than state-of-the-art DVD. --Gary S Dalkin

• The Water Margin - Season 2 - | DVD | (17/05/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £69.99

  `Do not despise the snake for having no horns for who is to say it will not become a dragon?' Undoubtedly the ""Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon"" of its day the classic cult TV series 'The Water Margin' is a timeless epic and very much a touchstone for anybody who grew up in the mid- to late-70s. Now for the first time ever the entire 26-episode series is being made available on DVD in a choice of two box sets or individual box sets courtesy of Fabulous Films/Fremantle Home Ent

• Monkey! - Episodes 10-12 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £6.73   |  Saving you £13.26 (66.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Pigsy's In The Well: Tripitaka is visited in a dream by the restless spirit of the deceased king of the land of Cockcrow. He tells Tripitaka he was murdered by a Taoist magician and thrown into a well; for the past three years this magician has been impersonating him. With the help of the king's son Tripitaka and his disciples set out to prove that the current king is a fake. ""Nothing ends but it becomes something else."" The Difference Between Night And Day: An inv

• The Water Margin - Vol. 2 | DVD | (03/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Nearly a thousand years ago in ancient China at the time of the Sung dynasty there was a cruel and corrupt government. These men riding are outlaws heroes driven to live in the water margins of Liang Shan Po far to the south of the capital. Each fights tyranny with a price on his head in a world very different from our own... Epsiodes 3 and 4.

• Monkey! - Episodes 13-15 | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £6.09   |  Saving you £13.90 (69.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Monkey' a television programme that defies description but we'll give it a go: a bizarre combination of spectacular acrobatics and martial arts; tacky special effects; magic tricks; 70's disco music; hilarious dubbing; crazy storylines; the odd bit of Buddhist philosophy thrown in for good measure and an unforgettable theme song. The Minx And The Slug: A village headman and his wife grieve for their beautiful daughter Hai-Min who disappeared a year ago. Lecherous Pigsy off

• BAKUMATSU TAIYÔ-DEN (Masters of Cinema) (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (22/04/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Voted one of the top five Japanese films ever made in a critic's poll by Japan's leading cinema publication Kinema Junp, yet barely known in the West, Yz Kawashima's richly funny multi-levelled portrait of Japanese society Bakumatsu taiy-den [A Sun-Tribe Myth from the Bakumatsu Era] is a glorious rediscovery. When man-about-town Saheiji (the beloved comedian Frankie Sakai) finds himself unable to pay for a bill at a brothel, he is forced to remain there to work off his debt. However he finds his wit and resourcefulness enable him to turn this situation to his advantage, as he interacts with a whole range of characters, from rivalling courtesans to political activists. Co-scripted by Shhei Imamura (Vengeance Is Mine), it sharply and comically demonstrates the constants of human nature just as it delineates the tumultuous political times (the 1860s, leading up to the Meiji Restoration) in which they lived. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this classic in a new high-definition restoration. Special Features: Gorgeous new Nikkatsu restoration of the film in its original aspect ratio, presented in 1080p HD on the Blu-ray New and improved English subtitles A booklet including Shhei Imamura's tribute to Yuzo Kawashima, and more

• The Grudge 1&2 Box Set | DVD | (09/10/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Ju-On: The Grudge (2003) A volunteer home care worker Rika enters the home of a bed-ridden patient and discovers a strange ghostly presence lurking behind a door sealed with duct tape. Her discovery unleashes a horrible evil which baffles police investigators who find that a whole series of people have gone missing from this particular house. Further investigation leads to Toyama a former detective who handled the case of a man who murdered his wife in the house but whose son was never found. But when the angry ""Ju-On"" spirit of vengeance that has infected the house reaches beyond its boundaries Rika realises that the horror is spreading... Ju-On: The Grudge 2 (2003) Takashi Shimizu returns to writing and directing a sequel to his own 'Ju-On' movie expanding the macabre mythology of the ghostly little boy Toshio who has a few more spine-tingling surprises in store...

• Vengeance Is Mine | DVD | (24/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) and his murderous rampage which sparked a 78-day nationwide manhunt Shohei Imamura's disturbing gem won every major award in Japan on the year of its release. Both seducing and repelling with its unusual story and grisly humour Imamura uncovers a seedy underbelly of civilised Japanese society. Unfolding through multiple flashbacks Ogata delivers a career-defining performance as a day-labourer and smalltime con-artist who after