"Actor: Takeshi"

• Takeshi Kitano Collection: Violent Cop, Boilingpoint, A Scene At The Sea, Sonatine, Getting Any?, Kids Return | DVD | (06/10/2008) from £68.83   |  Saving you £-18.84 (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  Violent Cop: Japanese superstar Beat Takeshi Kitano makes his directorial debut in this critically acclaimed action film in which he also stars as Azuma an urban cop at the end of his rope. Not above using violent tactics in order to punish the lawless Azuma's daily routine involves a new partner and a mentally challenged sister. When his violent ways cause the death of a friend his short fuse comes dangerously close to reaching its' end... Boiling Point: When Masaki a gas station attendant and local baseball player incurs the wrath of the local yakuza the notorious Japanese criminal organization he heads to Okinawa to buy a gun so he can stand up for himself. While there he is joined in his quest for revenge by a former gangster (Kitano) who seemingly has his own reasons for revenge. Violence escalates until the mild-mannered Masaki takes an oil truck from his gas station and drives it straight into yakuza headquaters... A Scene At The Sea: Kitano relates a touching story about a deaf-mute garbage collector who takes a passion in surfing. His mute girlfriend accompanies him and even though he is hindered at every point he never lets this dampen his passion. The couple does not exchange a single word throughout the entire film Kitano embracing the power of silence and love that transcends words. Sonatine: Takeshi is Murakawa an established and ruthless Yakuza sent outside his usual turf to intervene in a gang war on the tropical island of Okinawa. Things go badly wrong and he and his gang get caught in the crossfire. Forced to retreat to a seaside hideaway they kill time and fool around on the beach but then their enemies start picking them off one by one. Murakawa decides to go on the offensive for a final and breathtaking showdown... Getting Any?: Middle-aged Asao's sole goal in life is to have sex but in order to achieve his dream he is thrown from one wacky situation to the next. From robbing banks to becoming invisible to transforming into a super-sized fly monster Asao will do anything to get any! Kids Return: Two old friends revisit their old schoolyard to remember the times they shared together at school before they left and found their own ways in life one as a boxer and one as part of a local gang. They have done well but revisiting their memories reminds them of their undisciplined ways.

• Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence | Blu Ray | (11/02/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  David Bowie stars in Nagisa Oshima's 1983 Palme d'Or-nominated portrait of resilience, pride, friendship and obsession among four very different men confined in the stifling jungle heat of a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Java during World War II.This powerful prisoner-of-war drama features a stunning cast - including David Bowie in one of his greatest roles - and is the first English-language film by acclaimed Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses).Set in Java at a Japanese POW camp in 1942, a war of wills - and unspoken erotic attraction - unfolds between a rebellious prisoner, David Bowie, and camp commandant Ryuichi Sakomoto, who is impressed by Bowie's defiance while bilingual prisoner Tom Conti (Mr. Lawrence) engages in a more adversarial relationship with sadistic sergeant Takeshi Kitano (Hana Bi), who finally offers Lawrence a sinister 'Christmas' present.Fine performances by Conti, Kitano (his first dramatic role), Sakamoto (his acting debut, he also contributed the memorable score) and Bowie, combined with stunning cinematography and brilliant direction by one of Japan's finest filmmakers, make this a memorable and compelling war drama.The Oshima Gang Featurette (The Making Of Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence)An Interview With producer Jeremy ThomasAn Interview With actor/composer Ryuichi SakamotoAn excerpt from Scenes by the Sea: The Life and Cinema of Beat Takeshi Kitano Theatrical Trailer

• Hypnosis | DVD | (25/11/2002) from £22.96   |  Saving you £0.02 (0.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned the words 'green monkey' before they died...

• Despite All That | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £18.88   |  Saving you £-3.89 (-26.00%)   |  RRP £14.99

  'Despite All That' is a strange black comedy that deals with a couples slow flirtation with madness and perversion. The woman Naoko spends her time cutting vegetables and herself while having lesbian encounters with suicidal school girl Kimiko. Her husband Yoshio begins an affair with the same school girl and the menage a trois then begins to disintegrate as each of their fragile egos begins to fall apart..... Short Film Showcase - Bird Of Prey: A stark disquieting story

• Gun Crazy | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £24.65   |  Saving you £-4.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Director Atsushi Muroga's female-action-hero movie series 'Gun Crazy' tweaks the standard spaghetti-western formula by transposing the action to Japan and centering each of the shootout adventures on a different female gunslinger. In the first movie of the series 'A Woman From Nowhere' Japanese supermodel Ryoko Yonekura stars as the gun-toting heroine Saki who travels the countryside on her motorcycle seeking vengeance on a violent crime syndicate led by the ruthless Tojo (Shingo Tsurumi). The police won't arrest him and the military won't go near him but Saki knows you don't send a man to do a woman's job!

• Man On Fire/The Clearing | DVD | (21/05/2007) from £10.78   |  Saving you £-1.79 (-19.90%)   |  RRP £8.99

  House of Flying Daggers The film is set in 859 AD. The once great Tang Dynasty is now in decline. Numerous rebel groups have formed the largest of which is the House of Flying Daggers based in Feng Tian county. The Flying Daggers steal from the rich and give to the poor gaining the support of the locals. The local deputies have managed to kill the leader of the Flying Daggers but the rebel group only becomes stronger due to a mysterious new leader. Jin and Leo two police captains are ordered to kill the new leader within ten days. In order to accomplish this they arrest Mei a blind dancer who is suspected of being the daughter of the old leader. While Mei is incarcerated Jin and Leo decide to play a trick on her; Jin will pretend to be a lone warrior called Wind and break her out of prison. This will gain her trust and hopefully Jin will be lead to the headquarters of Flying Daggers. The plan works but Mei and Jin begin to fall in love on the way. We eventually find out that Mei was only pretending to be blind and has known who Jin was all along and that Leo was working for the House of Flying Daggers as an undercover agent. He had hopes of winning Mei's affection by helping to destroy the government from within. Leo is upset that his many years of working undercover have not succeeded in winning Mei's heart but Jin's three days have. The emotions of the three spill into battle leading to tragedy Bulletproof Monk The film begins in the 1940s as a Tibetan Buddhist monk charged with protecting an ancient scroll passes on his legacy to his pupil. As the student receives the power to safeguard the scroll his aging process is halted and he gives up his name only to be known as the Monk (Chow Yun-Fat). Suddenly the monastery is raided by Nazis led by the ruthless Strucker (Karl Roden). As they attempt to seize the relic the Monk is shot and falls off a cliff taking the scroll with him... However six decades later the Monk appears in America and crosses paths with Kar (Seann William Scott) a tough city kid with a talent for picking pockets. Together the unlikely duo must contend with the forces of the now-elderly Strucker still determined to possess the mystical scroll. As Strucker's granddaughter Nina (Victoria Smurfit) leads his thugs to track down Kar and the Monk the two heroes receive help from the mysterious Jade (Jaime King)...

• That Swing | DVD | (11/06/2007) from £18.85   |  Saving you £-3.86 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Swing directed by one of the leading names in Japanese pink cinema Mitsuru Meike follows the story of a woman whose boring life takes a turn and becomes one of a world of sexual experimentation and partner swapping!

• The Water Margin - Vol. 6 | DVD | (14/04/2003) from £11.05   |  Saving you £3.94 (35.66%)   |  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 11 and 12.

• Boiling Point | DVD | (11/05/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When Masaki a gas station attendant and local baseball player incurs the wrath of the local yakuza the notorious Japanese criminal organization he heads to Okinawa to buy a gun so he can stand up for himself. While there he is joined in his quest for revenge by a former gangster (Kitano) who seemingly has his own reasons for revenge. Violence escalates until the mild-mannered Masaki takes an oil truck from his gas station and drives it straight into yakuza headquarters...

• The Water Margin - Vol. 13 | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £6.73   |  Saving you £8.26 (55.10%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Episode titles included in this DVD are: Knight Of The Long Sword The Dynasty Of Kao.

• The Water Margin - Vol. 11 | DVD | (14/07/2003) from £12.82   |  Saving you £5.16 (52.49%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Episode titles included on this DVD are: Death Of A Great Man Lin Chung Is Beaten

• Sleepless Town | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Popular singer-actor Takeshi Kaneshiro stars in the Japanese crime thriller Sleepless Town (Fuyajo). Director Lee Chi-Ngai provides noir lighting and a gritty urban setting against which his hero struggles with the forces around him. Kenichi (Kaneshiro) is a low-level crook making his living as a fence for stolen goods. He is enveloped into a gangland dispute when an old friend Fu-Chan returns to town years after killing the partner of mob boss Yuan. At the same time Fu-Chan's g

• Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis - Steelbook Edition | Blu Ray | (30/10/2018) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• The Takeshi Kitano Collection (3 discs) | DVD | (08/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Titles Comprise: Dolls: Bound by a long red cord a young couple wanders in search of something they have forgotten. An aging Yakuza returns to the park where he used to meet his long-lost girlfriend. A disfigured pop star confronts the phenomenal devotion of her biggest fan... Zatoichi: Masterless samurai Zatoichi comes to a village that is on the brink of gang war. Always on the run and looking for the next dice game a blind masseur and swordsman soon finds himself a wanted man in town when he protects his landlord's nephew in a slaughter at the makeshift casino. At the same time two geishas come to town to seek revenge for the deaths of their family ten years previously. As they begin to hunt down those responsible Zatoichi and the geishas find themselves targets in a final bloody showdown... Takeshis' i: Beat Takeshi a prominent actor meets a lookalike named Kitano who is a struggling actor but after the meeting Kitano's dreams take a violent surreal turn.

• Demon | DVD | (28/10/2002) from £9.99   |  Saving you £10.00 (100.10%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A yakuza member Shuji turns his back on his gangster lifestyle and moves to a remote fishing village. His past is kept hidden as is the yakuza style 'demon tattoo' on his back. But when another gangster comes to the town ensnaring the fishermen with all the night drinking gambling and drugs Shuji's secret is revealed. Shuji must either pursue his new found freedom or the demon on his back.

• Nin Nin | DVD | (25/06/2007) from £8.36   |  Saving you £7.63 (47.70%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Kanzo Hattori an apprentice ninja leaves his hometown of Iga to go to Edo (Tokyo). There for his final training he must find himself a master and protect his master with his life whilst upholding the ninja code.

• Hero | DVD | (02/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  This gripping martial arts thriller shows how dangerous times make heroes of desperate men. After a severe drought Ma Wing Jing and Tai Cheung leave Shantung for Shanghai and are forced to work as coolies. Ma earns the hatred of a crime boss when she saves the life of his rival.

• Eastern Heroes Triple Pack | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  A pulp serial author with numerous personal problems resulting in a serious case of writer's block temporarily escapes reality by living vicariously through one of his lead characters in story about a quest for a mythical scripture. This story within a story has Jet Li up against an enormous mutant marsupial Japanese sumo wrestlers and ninjas although the pen is mightier than the sword (or metal grill as it were) in this film by famed director Siu-Tung Ching.

• Modern Japanese Horror | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Hypnosis: Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned the words 'green monkey' before they died... Pyrokinesis: Junko Aoki has always kept away from other people. Held to be rude and unfriendly her co-workers make no effort to associate with her. But Junko's remote appearance hides a deadly secret

• Spiral - Vol. 2 | DVD | (11/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  As Ayumu and Hiyono continue to investigate the murder of Mr. Imazato an impending danger lurks. Hiyono becomes the target of the Blade Children's latest ploy who issue Ayumu his greatest challenge yet - a chance to settle things once and for all! But a poisonous puzzle must be solved before Ayumu can claim victory. Could Hiyono deal the Blade Children a devastating trump card?