"Director: Rokuro Mochizuki"

• Mobsters Confessions | DVD | (30/01/2006) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Rokuro Mochizuki shares honors with Takeshi Kitano and Takashi Miike as being one of the two most important yakuza film directors of modern Japan. Moving on from his award-winning Onibi he pushes the genre further by throwing the strict code of the yakuza straight out the window! Small-time con man Jiro (Shunsuke Matsuoka) makes his living tricking small businesses out of large sums of money. In the process he acquires a helpmate Kumiko a refugee from her stepfather's sexual abuse. But things start to get out of control when yakuza boss Kamewada (Shohei Hino) muscles in on the action.

• Another Lonely Hitman | DVD | (02/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  After loyally serving ten years inside for killing a rival gang's boss Tachibana (Ishibashi) is expected to pick up where he left off in his career as hitman for the Hirakawa syndicate. When he is given Yuki a prostitute as a 'welcome back' present Tachibana finds himself drawn into looking after her rescuing her from both a serious drug habit and a brutal pimp. After beating up the pimp Tachibana discovers that his foe is a member of the larger and more powerful Hokushin gang proving to have dire and deadly consequences for him and Yuki... Director Mochizuki shows his class in placing human relationships at the very heart of this gangster film without sacrificing one iota of tense action. ""One of the most successful attempts yet to revive the Yakuza genre for hip post-modern audiences."" - Variety

• Onibi - The Fire Within | DVD | (25/07/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Kunihiro (Harada) is glad to be back in the outside world after a stretch in prison. He's even more glad to see his old friend Tanigawa (Aikawa) who is more than keen to welcome him back into the yakuza fold. However tired of the gangster life Kunihiro wants to go straight but finds that many obstacles not least Tanigawa stand in his way...

• A Yakuza in Love | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  A Yakuza In Love