"Actor: Teruyuki Kagawa"

• Tales From Earthsea | DVD | (28/01/2008) from £13.59   |  Saving you £6.40 (47.09%)   |  RRP £19.99

  From Studio Ghibli, the folks behind "Spirited Away", comes a new fantasy animation as a wizard and a young prince embark on an epic adventure.

• Creepy (2016) (Masters of Cinema) Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) | Blu Ray | (23/01/2017) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release CREEPY, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's breath-taking psychological thriller, as part of the Masters of Cinema Series in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition on 23 January 2017. Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa first came to prominence in the West with his J-Horror masterpieces Cure and Pulse [Kairo]. Now he makes a triumphant return to the horror genre with Creepy, a macabre and deeply unsettling thriller that has left audiences around the world shivering in fear. Based on a novel by Yutaka Maekawa, Creepy follows ex-police detective and criminal psychologist Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima, Dolls), who moves to a quiet suburban town seeking peace and quiet. When a former colleague asks for his assistance on a case involving a disappearing family his investigation leads him to suspect that his neighbour is a psychopath who comes into people's households and takes over their lives. With a stunning cast made up of many of Japan's leading actors including Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi (Ring) and Teruyuki Kagawa (Tokyo Sonata, Rurouni Kenshin), Creepy expertly mixes the genre conventions of the American thriller and Japanese horror to create this breath taking thriller. The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present the film's UK home video debut in a dual-format edition.

• Tokyo Sonata | Blu Ray | (13/02/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kiyoshi Kurosawa — the hugely acclaimed Japanese director famous for his groundbreaking, existential horror films such as Cure and Kairo [Pulse] — set Cannes alight in 2008 with this highly topical film: an eerie, poignant reflection on the mass uncertainty sweeping the world. When Ryuhei Sasaki (played by Teruyuki Kagawa) is unceremoniously dumped from his ‘safe’ company job, his family's happy, humdrum life is put at risk. Unwilling to accept the shame of unemployment, the loyal salaryman decides not to tell anyone, instead leaving home each morning in suit and tie with briefcase, spending his days searching for work and lining up for soup with the homeless. Outstanding performances; serene, elegant direction; and Kurosawa's trademark chills are evident as he ratchets up the unsettling atmosphere and the grim hopelessness of Sasaki's unemployment. Special Dual Format Edition includes: 1080p Blu-Ray transfer in the original aspect ratio Making of documentary Q&A, Tokyo, September 2008 Premiere footage, Tokyo, September 2008 DVD discussion UK Trailer 28 page colour booklet

• Rurouni Kenshin | DVD | (17/02/2014) from £11.69   |  Saving you £5.56 (53.31%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Nearly 140 years ago in the last days of the Shoguns there was a man known as 'Battosai the Killer ' feared as the most powerful assassin. He was faster than a god stronger than a demon and had a leading spirit of the Meiji Restoration. In a flash he downs any number of opponents. Once he pulled out his sword nobody survived against him. As the war ended and the new Meiji era came Battosai vanished from the world. The only thing that remained was his legend. 10 years later a man appeared in a world still in disarray. His name is Kenshin Himura a wanderer who saves people with a back-blade sword that cannot kill. This is Battosai the Killer who has taken a pledge never to kill again. In order to bring peace to the world so that his loved ones can live safely. Now Kenshin's battle begins!

• Tales From Earthsea | DVD | (04/08/2008) from £19.53   |  Saving you £-3.54 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  From Studio Ghibli, the folks behind "Spirited Away", comes a new fantasy animation as a wizard and a young prince embark on an epic adventure.

• Eyes of the Spider / Serpent's Path | DVD | (09/09/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When oddball auteur Kiyoshi Kurosawa received an eccentric offer to make two films in two weeks on a low budget and using the same cast the result was the cinematic equivalent of fraternal twins. Though both Eyes of the Spider and Serpent's Path are gangster films about the desire for revenge and both films feature a protagonist named Nijima played convincingly by Sho Aikawa the two films are completely different in tone and plot. Nonetheless they seem freakishly interlocked in ways that defy the conventionally linear relationship of a sequel as each of these enigmatic absorbing films elucidates and alters our understanding of the other. Eyes of the Spider concerns Nijima (Sho Aikawa) a white-collar worker who one day finds the man responsible for his young daughter's brutal rape and murder. He tortures and interrogates the man who maintains his innocence before killing and burying him. He returns to his ordinary life feeling listless and hollow until he meets an old high school friend who introduces him to his hapless band of hired killers. His skill in the assassination business catches the attention of a bigger crime boss. For reasons that remain opaque Nijima is assigned to investigate his friend which ultimately results in a bloody confrontation. Serpent's Path tells the tale of Miyashita (Teruyuki Kagawa); a former low level yakuza has tracked down his child's killer with help of his friend Nijima (Sho Aikawa) whom he met a year before. They've kidnapped a yakuza member believed responsible for the killing to take out revenge. But vengeance is neither simple nor easy. Another person is soon implicated in the child's death leading the pair farther down a path of revenge and violence. And what darker secret has led Nijima a lowly professor to help Miyashita in this affair.

• Rurouni Kenshin - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (17/02/2014) from £24.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £22.99

  Nearly 140 years ago in the last days of the Shoguns there was a man known as 'Battosai the Killer ' feared as the most powerful assassin. He was faster than a god stronger than a demon and had a leading spirit of the Meiji Restoration. In a flash he downs any number of opponents. Once he pulled out his sword nobody survived against him. As the war ended and the new Meiji era came Battosai vanished from the world. The only thing that remained was his legend. 10 years later a man appeared in a world still in disarray. His name is Kenshin Himura a wanderer who saves people with a back-blade sword that cannot kill. This is Battosai the Killer who has taken a pledge never to kill again. In order to bring peace to the world so that his loved ones can live safely. Now Kenshin's battle begins!

• Memories Of Matsuko | DVD | (14/01/2009) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (46.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  When the body of a female tramp is found in the park her nephew Shou is called upon to clean out her abandoned apartment. He unwittingly embarks upon a surprising journey through the extraordinary life of his aunt Matsuko a starry-eyed female searching for her prince. A collision of visually stunning hues and Bob Fosse-like musical set pieces this Amelie-esque fairytale gracefully glides through the decades from the 50s to the 80s. Miki Nakatani displays an award winning performance as Matsuko engaging the audience with her touching portrayal of life.

• 20th Century Boys Trilogy - The Complete Saga | DVD | (31/05/2010) from £14.83   |  Saving you £10.16 (68.51%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A positively epic exercise in filmmaking and storytelling the blockbuster 20th Century Boys trilogy has proven to be one of the most ambitious and most successful undertakings in Japanese Cinema. Director Tsutsumi Yukihiko's bravado efforts to release three films in one year based on Urasawa Naoki's acclaimed manga has brought to life a stunning doomsday thriller that spans multiple generations and genres and bites into conspiracy theory pop culture nostalgia and spectacular special effects. This DVD set comes with all three films in the trilogy plus Chapter 1 is packaged as a Special Edition 24 Page Book with an extra disc packed full of bonus extras.

• Dark Tales Of Japan | DVD | (27/02/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  A bus hurtles down a pitch-black road at midnight stopping momentarily to pick up a solitary female passenger. She asks ""Want to hear a scary tale?"" and in hushed tones begins her morbid monologue... In this portemanteau of chilling stories five of Japan's best horror directors including Takashi Shimizu (Ju-On: The Grudge) and Norio Tsuruta (Ring 0) race to reach the outer limits of fear! In The Spiderwoman an urban legend proves to be more grounded in