Based on the Dengeki Novel Prize-winning story Baccano! by avant-garde novelist Ryohgo Narita (Durarara!!) the popular light novel series-turned critically acclaimed anime series is back and on Blu-Ray! Hot off the “Roaring Twenties” and headfirst into the uncertain volatility of the “Dirty Thirties ” criminal syndicates stormed into power by bootlegging alcohol during the Prohibition Era but the most notorious “liquor” of all time is about to set off a violent chain reaction within the mafia underworld! Each of the gritty stories in Baccano! involves an eclectic cast of innocent and not-so-innocent turbulent characters in several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral further and further out of control. Immortal alchemists mafia-operated speakeasies and many other elements of pulp fiction are brutally mashed together for a explosive massacre straight out of crime noir movies. Contains Episodes all 16 episodes over 3 Blu-Rays English dub & Japanese with subs in collector’s packaging.
Published in 1987 and since translated into 33 languages Norwegian Wood is a story of loss and heartbreak in a time of global instability. Haruki Murakami's bestselling novel is brought to the screen by Tran Anh Hung (Golden Lion winner for Cyclo and Academy Award nominee for The Scent Of Green Papaya) and features Japanese rising star Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note Detroit Metal City) and Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi (Babel) alongside newcomer Kiko Mizuhara. Tokyo the late 1960s... Students around the world are uniting to overthrow the establishment and Toru Watanabe's personal life is similarly in tumult. At heart he is deeply devoted to his first love Naoko a beautiful and introspective young woman. But their complex bond has been forged by the tragic death of their best friend years before. Watanabe lives with the influence of death everywhere. That is until Midori a girl who is everything that Naoko is not - outgoing vivacious supremely self-confident - marches into his life and Watanabe must choose between his past and his future.
DVD 1 - Track List: Live From Nimes 1. Reise Reise 2. Links 2 3 4 3. Keine Lust 4. Feuer Frei 5. Asche Zu Asche 6. Morgenstern 7. Mein Teil 8. Stein Um Stein 9. Los 10. Du Riechst So Gut 11. Benzin 12. Du Hast 13. Sehnsucht 14. Amerika 15. Rammstein 16. Sonne 17. Ich Will 18. Ohne Dich 19. Stripped Live From Brixton Academy 20. Sonne 21. Rein Raus 22. Ohne Dich 23. Feuer Frei Live From Club Citta Tokyo 24. Mein Teil 25. Du Hast 26. Los Live From Olympic Stadium Moscow 27. Special CD Track List: Live From Nimes 1. Intro 2. Reise Reise 3. Links 2 3 4 4. Keine Lust 5. Feuer Frei 6. Asche Zu Asche 7. Morgenstern 8. Mein Teil 9. Los 10. Du Riechst So Gut 11. Benzin 12. Du Hast 13. Sehnsucht 14. Amerika 15. Sonne 16. Ich Will
After one of their number is raped at a party and then mysteriously murdered sometime later, a group of supermodels who moonlight as high-class hookers find that a brutal killer is taking revenge on everyone involved in the original assault, just as a mysterious new arrival joins their group for an extravagant music video-style fashion shoot. Who is she and what is her connection to the series of violent deaths taking place around her?Product FeaturesBrand new uncensored 4K transfer from the original negativesItalian and English Stereo Audio OptionsOptional English SubtitlesAudio Commentary with film historian and critic Rachael NisbetNothing True But The Eyes an interview with writer/director Dario PianaAlternate ending storyboardsDeleted scenes storyboardsEnglish theatrical trailerItalian theatrical trailerItalian inserts/credits
This 1949 rarely-seen masterpiece from legendary director Akira Kurosawa has never-before been released in the UK. During a life-saving operation young army surgeon Fujisaki (Mifune) contracts syphilis from a patient a disease virtually incurable in 1940's Japan and is forced to abandon his own true love. Based on an acclaimed play by Kazuo Nikuta The Silent Duel marked the second of numerous collaborations between the director and leading man Toshiro Mifune.
After discovering that the Neuroi are capable of communication with humans and making peace with the nest above Gallia, the Witches squads are on a mission to reestablish communication, when a sudden attack causes the Neuroi to vanish. The Witches discover a new and massive nest that just appeared, covering almost all Europe. Ruthlessly and without mercy it annihilates allied forces along with Witches. Word of the attack reaches Fuso and a support battalion is deployed to rescue the survivors. Among the rescue team is the former Striker captain Mio Sakamoto and the now civilian Yoshika Miyafuji, who want to save their dear friends.
The Story Of Yonosuke is Okita Shuichi's follow up to The Woodsman and the Rain is one of the biggest hits this year at International film festivals; its touching characters and story make it easy to understand why. Yonosuke takes pleasure in life's simplest things and his positivity touches and alters everyone around him from his college friends to his work colleagues in later life. Through the recounting of the friends experiences of Yonosuke we start to build-up his story his character piecing everything together about him and where he is today. Without a doubt a 'dream-team' of creative talent in director Okita Shuichi author Yoshida Shuichi (Villain) screen-writer Maeda Shiro (Isn't Anyone Alive?) and rising star Kora Kengo (Fish Story) coming together to make a film which you'll love more and more with each watch.
It is the year Universal Century 0079 and the space colonies have declared war on from the Earth Federation under the guidance of the Principality of Zeon. In one of these colonies, the Earth Federation is storing and testing a new piloted robot for use in the battle against the Principality of Zeon. Now embroiled in the war Amuro Ray, pilot of the RX-78 battle suit called Gundam, must fight against Char Aznable to protect everything he and his friends hold dear. Contains the conclusion to the iconic series (Episodes 22-41) in both English dub and Japanese with English subtitles.
Ancient ruins have been discovered beneath Makoto's high school, but he has bigger things to deal with. He has evidence that the conniving Student Council President, Jinnai, is guilty of election fraud! But before Makoto gets his chance to testify, a strange light from the ruins transports Makoto, Jinnai, Jinnai's sister Nanami, and their history teacher Fujisawa, to a mysterious land... the Magnificent World of El-Hazard. There, these four unwitting travellers' find a world split by forces of good and evil, where giant insects known as the Bugrom battle against humanity, and beautiful priestesses use magic to harness the power of the elements. Nothing in El-Hazard seems to make sense, but one thing is clear: they're caught in the middle of a fantastical war with no way home! El-Hazard: The Magnificent World OVA 1+2 Collection contains episodes 1-7 of the first OVA directed by Hiroki Hayashi and episodes 1-4 of the second OVA directed by Yoshiaki Iwasaki. Includes: El-Hazard: The Magnificent World, Episodes 1-7 El-Hazard: The Magnificent World 2, Episodes 1-4 Bonus Collectors Slipcase 52 Page Booklet Clean Openings, Clean Closings Art Galleries
After the summer, Uzaki and Sakurai are closer than ever, so everyone's asking the same question-why aren't they dating? Prodded on by their eccentric friends and families, the pair's true feelings start to bubble to the surface. But not without a fight!
A cult has become the target of Lupin III's latest heist, but he might not be the only one after their hidden treasures. It seems the alluring lover of the cult leader may just be a thief herself and more than capable to handle Lupin in the race for the treasure. But in a chase to outsmart the other, this little game takes a twist for the unexpected. Lupin sets his sights on the female thief, Fujiko Mine, and he may just be a little in love with this femme fatale beauty. But behind her wily charms lies a greater tragedy at hand. This is the story of how Lupin III, the greatest thief of his generation, met his match. Includes: Episodes 1 - 13 Special Features: Collector's Packaging 36 Page Booklet English Voice Actor Commentaries Lupin the Third: The
Year 70 of the Cosmic Era. The Coordinators, a group of genetically enhanced humans, have moved into colonies orbiting the Earth. But that hasn't quieted the tensions between them and regular humans; the conflict soon escalates into a full-scale war. On the neutral colony of Heliopolis, Kira Yamato, and his friends are going to school and just being kids. But when the ZAFT commando forces attack, Kira's life changes forever. Left with no choice, he and Federation officer Murrue Ramius are thrown into battle in a prototype mobile weapon, which Kira christens GUNDAM. Now, Kira must defend himself and his friends from his own people. For, unknown to anyone else, Kira is a Coordinator. And the enemy he faces on the battlefield is his childhood best friend, Athrun! Episodes: Complete HD Series 48 Episodes Complete SD Series 50 Episodes All 3 Special Edition Film Compilations Bonus Features: Collectors slipcase 116 Page Booklet 13 Artcards Poster Mecha Animation Director HD Comparisons Six In This Era Video Featurettes Directors Concept Music Videos Textless Openings & Endings Gundam SEED Character Theater Shorts Gundam SEED Epilogue - After Phase: In the Valley of Stars.
When eating up a chocolate cornet, which end do you begin with, the top or the bottom? Which is the top and which is the bottom anyway? And for that matter what is a chocolate cornet? The proper way to eat pastries is only one of the many everyday occurrences explored by the girls of Ms Kurois class. Meet Konata, an athletic and intelligent girl too, dedicated to her favorite primetime animes and to excel in anything but otaku culture; Miyuki, the cute, bespectacled living example of moe with an encyclopedic knowledge of all subjects; Kagami, the bitter-sweet, tough but shy straight-man to Konatas teasing and pranks, and her younger fraternal twin sister, Tsukasa, a kind but air-headed klutz. Witness this study in the human condition as our heroines explore the unexplored in questioning the ordinary! Contains the complete series and OVA with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles.
Tokyo-3 still stands after most of civilization was decimated in the Second Impact. Now the city endures the ceaseless onslaught of the deadly Angels, bizarre creatures bent on eradicating the human race. To combat this strange and ruthless enemy, the government agency NERV constructs a fleet of towering humanoid machines the Evas and Shinji Ikari is called into action, reluctantly taking his place at the controls of Eva Unit 01. Living a life of loneliness and questioning his existence, Shinji struggles to accept responsibility for mankind s battle for survival in this visually striking rebuild of one of the most important anime of all time. Shinji will fight the Angels alongside the only person who might understand his plight Rei Ayanami, the elusive and frail pilot of Eva Unit 00. In this film experience not to be missed, Shinji and Rei will struggle to learn a simple truth: when carrying the burden of humanity s survival on your shoulders, you are not alone. Contains the film on Blu-Ray and DVD with both the English dub and the original Japanese track with English subtitles. Presented in collectors packaging. Extras: Film on Blu-Ray and DVD Collectors Packaging 28 page Booklet Art Cards
Satyajit Ray is internationally acknowledged as one of the great masters of world cinema. His films - many of them masterpieces - have won him legions of admirers among them Akira Kurosawa Henri Cartier-Bresson V.S. Naipaul and Martin Scorsese. This box set features the following films: Mahanagar (Aka: The Big City) (1963): Set in the mid '50s Ray's often humorous story of conflicting social values in India's lower-middle class stars Madhabi Mukherjee as a housewife whose growing independence alarms her traditionalist India 1963 family. Charulata (Aka: The Lonely Wife) (1964): Neglected by her ambitious journalist husband the lonely Charulata (Madhabi Mukherjee) befriends his cousin (Soumitra Chatterjee) a sensitive aspiring writer and almost inevitably their feelings for each other begin to deepen. Adapted from a story by Rabindranath Tagore Ray considered this sesnitively realised drama one of his finest achievements. Nayak (Aka: The Hero) (1966): This beautifully observed character study was one of Ray's earliest original screenplays. En route to an award ceremony a famous and egocentric Bengali movie star finds that he is compelled to re-evaluate his life after encountering a disapproving young journalist (Sharmila Tagore).
Welles' second-to-last feature, The Immortal Story is an adaptation of a book by Danish author Isak Dinesen and stars Jeanne Moreau. The year is 1860 in the Portuguese colony of Macao, Mr. Clay (Welles) is an aging, rich merchant, who is the subject of town gossip. He likes his clerk Levinsky (Roger Coggio), to read to him to help him relax in the evenings and one night he recounts a tale about a rich man who paid a poor sailor five guineas to father a child with his beautiful young wife. Mr. Clay has no wife and no heir to his fortune and resolves to make the story true...Levinsky approaches Virginie Ducrot (Moreau), another clerk's mistress, and strikes a bargain for 300 guineas. Now to find the sailor... Cast and Crew: Orson Welles / Jeanne Moreau / Roger Coggio / Norman Eshley. Director Orson Welles Awards and Reviews: Berlin International Film Festival 1968, Nominated Golden Bear, Orson Welles. A sumptuous experience' - Time Out The ending of is amongst the most beautiful and self-contained in all of Welles' cinema' - Senses of Cinema
Legendary punk director Gakuryu Ishii (Sogo Ishii) adapts the famously unfilmable Kou Machida novel Punk Samurai Slash Down, telling the story of Junoshin Kake (Go Ayano), a ronin samurai with ambitions to be a part of the Kuroae clan. In search of employment and a permanent position and having committed murder the ronin Kake Junoshin tells the Kuroae clan that a religious cult is aiming for their destruction. This gets him in, but he is soon disproved and arrested. Given the death sentence and awaiting death he has to be quick on his feet and figure out a way to get himself out of the hole. Then the resurrection occurs. Special Features: Making Of (66 mins) Go Ayano interview (6 mins) Premiere Stage Greetings (16 mins) Trailer Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju Reversible Sleeve featuring original Japanese artwork Slipcase edition limited to 1000 copies
Drama written and directed by Junfeng Boo. The story follows Aiman (Firdaus Rahman), a 28-year-old Malay prison officer who has recently started work at a high security prison. After quickly settling into his new role, Aiman's diligent attitude catches the eye of chief executioner Rahim (Wan Hanafi Su) who asks him to become his apprentice. However, although desperate to continue his rise through the ranks, it soon becomes clear that a ghost from Aiman's past could put his future at the prison in jeopardy.
In the wealthy suburbs of Bangkok lives Simran along with her husband and their five year old son Kabir. Married yet lonely Simran bumps into her ex-lover Sunny who with a touch of mystery charm and risk succeeds in seducing Simran into having an extra-marital affair. An affair that becomes her obsession. What happens when Sudhir learns of his wife's affair? Will this affair lead the three of them onto a path of devastation or even murder?
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