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• Burst City | Blu Ray | (09/11/2020) from £15.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Burst City is an explosive Molotov cocktail of dystopian sci-fi, Mad Max-style biker wars against yakuza gangsters and the police, and riotous performances from members of the real-life Japanese punk bands The Stalin, The Roosters, The Rockers and INU. In a derelict industrial wasteland somewhere on the outskirts of Tokyo, two rival punk bands and their unruly mobs of fans gather for a Battle of the Bands-style protest against the construction of a nuclear powerplant, bringing them head to head with the yakuza industrialists behind the development of their turf. This extraordinary celebration of Japan's punk music scene of the early 1980s thrust Sōgo Ishii (now known by the name of Gakuryū Ishii), the underground filmmaking wunderkind behind such works as Half Human: Einstürzende Neubauten (1986), Angel Dust (1994) and Electric Dragon 80,000V (2001), to the next level and is regularly cited as an early landmark in Japanese cyberpunk cinema. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS High Definition Blu-rayTM (1080p) presentation Original lossless mono Japanese soundtrack Optional English subtitles Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film expert Tom Mes The Punk Spirit of '82: Sōgo Ishii on Burst City, an exclusive new 56-minute interview with the director Bursting Out, an exclusive 27-minute interview with the academic and independent filmmaker Yoshiharu Tezuka on jishu eiga and the making of Burst City Original Trailer Image Gallery Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Mark Player

• Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman | DVD | (09/01/2012) from £22.95   |  Saving you £-12.96 (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  He doesn't need to see you to kill youZatoichi... A warrior so highly skilled, his lack of sight is no barrier to the removal of your arms and legs with one sweep of his cold steel blade. Across dozens of movies, the sightless fighter has fought injustice and oppression but this one is the bloodiest, most gore splattered yet!Zatoichi finds himself trying to protect the poor and weak against injustice in a vicious turf war between two warring Yakuza clans as he battles trained killers on both sides who want to bring him down. Luckily, with super sensitive hearing, lightening reactions and virtuoso blade skills, each will die in a fountain of crimson blood.See this hyper-violent classic from the creators of Lone Wolf & Cub and Hanzo the Razor which blends exploitation, slapstick, splatter and sensitivity in one deranged swordplay classic.