"Actor: Asano"

• Shark Skin Man & Peach Hip Girl | Blu Ray | (14/04/2025) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Samehada (Tadanobu Asano) has ripped off money from the syndicate and is on the run; Toshiko (Shie Kohinata) is also on the run from a creepy manager named Sonezaki (Yohachi Shimida) from the Hotel Symphony where she works, and who is obsessed with controlling her. Brought together by a car crash, they find themselves on the run from the syndicate, Sonezaki, and Yamada (Tatsuya Gashuin), a shy employee of the hotel who just also happens to be a contract killer.

• Gaira's Guts Trilogy | Blu Ray | (07/10/2024) from £40.15   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Discover the visceral world of Kazuo Gaira' Komizu with the definitive trilogy boxset: Guts of a Beauty, Guts of a Virgin, and Rusted Body. Renowned for his bold storytelling and uncompromising vision, Gaira delves into the darkest corners of human nature and desire. Each film weaves a gripping narrative with unflinching imagery, pushing the boundaries of horror and eroticism. This collection is a must-have for fans of provocative cinema, offering a unique glimpse into the twisted genius of one of Japan's most controversial directors.

• Tokyo Zombie | DVD | (13/10/2008) from £6.54   |  Saving you £11.45 (175.08%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Tokyo Zombie

• Ichi The Killer | DVD | (22/01/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Explore your fear Welcome to a world where violence is a virtue and depravity is a way of life. This is the underside of Shinjuku and the Home of Kakihara a sadistic Yakuaza killer. He relentlessly tears apart the underworld searching for the man who killed his boss. The mastermind behind the plot is Jijii an ex-cop bent on turning the gangsters of Japan against one another. His trump card is a physically powerful child-like lunatic who is constantly on the verge of snapping. This madman is Ichi the Killer and between him and Kakihara the streets will run red with blood.

• Mongol | DVD | (29/09/2008) from £4.20   |  Saving you £15.79 (375.95%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This epic story recounts the early life of Genghis Khan who was a slave before going on to conquer half the world, including Russia, in 1206.

• Zatoichi | DVD | (26/07/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (233.72%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Japanese cult anti hero Zatoichi is back in a sword-fighting adventure written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano.

• Maborosi (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (20/07/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Yumiko is troubled by the notion that she brings death to people close to her. Following the loss of her grandmother and husband, she remarries and begins to find happiness anew. But on a return to her old home for her brother's wedding, a flood of troubling memories begins to haunt her. The debut fiction feature from the Palme d'Orwinning director of Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda, Maborosi is an exquisite meditation on uncertainty and coming to terms with the past, which garnered awards at the Venice Film Festival and brought both the director and cinematographer Masao Nakabori to international stardom. Features: Birthplace (2003, 30 mins): Makiko Esumi takes the viewer on a tour of the locations of Maborosi in this short film featuring behindthescenes stills and onset footage Audio commentary by filmmaker and writer Jasper Sharp (2019) Reissue trailer (2019): produced for the BFI's 2019 rerelease of Maborosi Flesh and Blood Trailer (2019): trailer specially produced for the BFI Southbank retrospective of the cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda

• Gaira's Guts Trilogy | DVD | (07/10/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• 47 Ronin Limited Edition Lenticular Sku | Blu Ray | (12/05/2014) from £16.15   |  Saving you £13.84 (85.70%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Keanu Reeves makes an explosive return to action-adventure in 47 Ronin. After a treacherous warlord kills their master and banishes their kind 47 leaderless samurai vow to seek vengeance and restore honour to their people. Driven from their homes and dispersed across the land this band of Ronin must seek the help of Kai (Reeves)- a half-breed they once rejected - as they fight their way across a savage world of mythic beasts shape-shifting witchcraft and wondrous terrors. As this exiled enslaved outcast becomes their most deadly weapon he will transform into the hero who inspires this band of outnumbered rebels to seize eternity. Helmed by director Carl Rinsch (The Gift) 47 Ronin is produced by Pamela Abdy (Identity Thief upcoming Endless Love) and Eric McLeod (Mr. and Mrs. Smith Austin Powers series). Special Features: Deleted Scenes: Mika Regrets Her Love for Kai Mika Attempts to Poison Lord Kira Oishi Attempts to Buy Kai from the Dutch Captain Isogai is Entranced by the Witch Re-forging the Legend Keanu and Kai Steel Fury: The Fights of 47 Ronin Myths Magic and Monsters: The FX of 47 Ronin

• Ichi The Killer | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £15.95   |  Saving you £4.04 (25.33%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Yakuza boss Anjo disappears with 100 million yen. His loyal gang members led by Kakihara start a search but their aggressive methods worry the other yakuza gangs. Kakihara's most scary counterpart is the mysterious Ichi a psychopathic killer with a dark childhood secret...

• Dark Water | DVD | (24/11/2003) from £5.99   |  Saving you £9.00 (150.25%)   |  RRP £14.99

  From the director and producer of the original Japanese world-wide horror hit 'Ringu' ('The Ring') comes another spine-tingling scare.

• Rampo Noir Limited Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (06/01/2025) from £14.09   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Four filmmakers from completely different backgrounds bring their radically personal takes to the stories of Japan's celebrated master of the macabre, Edogawa Rampo (Horrors of Malformed Men, Blind Beast).In Mars's Canal, by music video director and visual artist Suguru Takeuchi, a lone man encounters the other side of his psyche beyond the reflective surface of a circular pond set in a desolate landscape. Japanese New Wave auteur and longtime director of the Ultraman series Akio Jissoji (This Transient Life, Mandala) harnesses his distinctive stylistic sheen in his story of a mad mirror maker, Mirror Hell. Caterpillar sees the singular vision of cult director Hisayasu Sato (The Bedroom, Naked Blood) at its most grotesque, in his portrait of a wounded war veteran who returns from the frontline as little more than a bloody torso, helpless to defend himself against the increasingly perverted caprices of an embittered wife. Finally, a famous actor is subjected to the obsessive attentions of her limo driver in Crawling Bugs, the directorial debut of internationally acclaimed manga artist Atsushi Kaneko (Bambi and Her Pink Gun).Produced by the same team behind Ichi the Killer and Uzumaki, and with a cast featuring some of Japan's top stars, including Tadanobu Asano (Maboroshi, Silence) and Ryuhei Matsuda (Blue Spring, Gohatto), Rampo Noir is a stylistic tour-de-force that vividly evokes the erotic grotesque worlds created by Japan's pioneering proponent of horror and mystery fiction.LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS ¢ High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation ¢ Original lossless Japanese stereo audio ¢ Optional newly translated English subtitles ¢ Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film experts Jasper Sharp and Alexander Zahlten ¢ Another World, a new interview with Suguru Takeuchi, director of Mars's Canal ¢ A Moving Transformation, a new interview with Hisayasu Sato, director of Caterpillar ¢ Butterfly Queen, a new interview with Atsushi Kaneko, manga artist and director of Crawling Bugs ¢ Hall of Mirrors, a new interview with cinematographer Masao Nakabori about working with Akio Jissoji and Mirror Hell ¢ The Butterfly Effect, a new interview with Akiko Ashizawa, the cinematographer of Caterpillar ¢ Looking in the Mirror, a new interview with actor Yumi Yoshiyuki about Mirror Hell ¢ Archive stage greeting footage with the cast and directors from the Japanese premiere of Rampo Noir ¢ Crossing the Lens, a feature-length making-of documentary by Tatsuya Fukushima from 2006 ¢ Image gallery¢ Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Luke Insect¢ Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Eugene Thacker and Seth Jacobowitz

• Electric Dragon 80000V | Blu Ray | (06/03/2023) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  As a child, Dragon Eye Morrison undergoes electro-shock treatment for his aggressive behavior. The levels of sheer energy absorbed by his body over the years allow him to channel and conduct electricity. Now an adult, Morrison works in the city as a reptile investigator and has learned to channel his rage through the performance of aggressive guitar-based noise. Meanwhile, Thunderbolt Buddha, a TV repair man turned vigilante, who has the same electro-conductive powers after a childhood accident, goes after crime bosses and gangsters. When both men learn of each other's existence, Thunderbolt Buddha challenges Morrison to a final showdown on the rooftops of Tokyo. Director Sogo Ishii, musician Hiroyuki Onogawa and producer Takenori Sento Stage Greeting Tadanobu Asano Stage Greeting Masatoshi Nagase Stage Greeting Premiere Stage Greetings Producer Takenori Sento Interview Music Creator Hiroyuki Onogawa interview Synthesized Images with Commentary Storyboards Trailer Slipcase with illustrated artwork by Ian MacEwan Reversible Sleeve Limited to 1500 copies

• Zatoichi | Blu Ray | (27/10/2008) from £10.00   |  Saving you £14.99 (149.90%)   |  RRP £24.99

  This thrilling tale of swordplay and adventure from cult filmmaker Takeshi Kitano (Hana-Bi) is packed with brilliantly choreographed action scenes and riotous humour. Beat Takeshi plays the blind wanderer Zatoichi whose humble fa''ade masks his prodigious skills as a master swordsman gifted with a lightning fast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. When he arrives in a remote mountain town whose people are being terrorised by the ruthless Ginzo gang and their mighty samurai ronin Hattori (Tadanobu Asano) Zatoichi's path is set for many violent confrontations.

• Last Exile Complete Season 1 Collection DVD | DVD | (17/06/2013) from £6.98   |  Saving you £35.00 (701.40%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Take flight with Last Exile. Studio Gonzo presents a richly romantic action-adventure fantasy set in a world where retro-futuristic vehicles permeate the skies. Against this lavish background are the lives of young and heroic van ship sky porters - Claus and Lavie - who are forced to take on the mission to deliver a mysterious girl Alvis to the battle ship Silvana. Before they know it they become entangled in an aerial adventure between two countries gripped in an eternal war of magnificent air battleships.

• Redline Blu-ray/DVD Double Play | Blu Ray | (14/11/2011) from £26.98   |  Saving you £3.01 (11.16%)   |  RRP £29.99

  The most dangerous and exciting car race in the universe is held only once every five years. And that's tonight. The competitors are lined up at the starting block. In his vehicle, JP, the most daredevil driver on the circuit, is ready for the green light. Female driver Sonoshee, with whom he is secretly in love, is also on the starting line. She will stop at nothing to get on to that podium. In this race, not only is anything possible, but also anything is allowed.The film is produced by the studio Madhouse (Ninja Scroll, Summer Wars), directed by Takeshi Koike (The Animatrix's World Record) and written by Katsuhito Ishii (Piroppo, Trava).

• Gohatto | DVD | (24/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Gohatto is a critcally acclaimed samurai drama set in an all male Shinsengumi samurai school in Japan circa 1865. Young recruit Kano joins the elite fighting force Shinsengumi and realises that he has become the object of desire amongst his fellow comrades. Whilst the samurai adhere to a strict set of rules the senior members of the militia have a growing concern for the consequences of Kano's effect on their samurai...

• Last Life In The Universe | DVD | (22/11/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Kenji an obsessive-compulsive Japanese man mysteriously on the verge of suicide resides in the Thai capital Bangkok. Thrown together with a slovenly Thai woman the mis-matched pair finds that each may be ultimately good for the other... Winner of Best Film at the Bangkok International and Fant-Asia film festivals Tadanobu Asano also scooped the Best Actor award at the 2003 Venice film festival.

• Zatoichi - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (14/04/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Zavvi Exclusive Steelbook - Limited to 4000 copies. This thrilling tale of swordplay and adventure from cult filmmaker Takeshi Kitano (Hana-Bi) is packed with brillitantly choreographed action scenes and riotous humour, "Beat" Takeshi plays the blind wanderer Zatoichi, whose humble facade masks his prodigious skills as a master swordsman, gifted with a lighning gast draw and strokes of breathtaking precision. When he arrives in a remote town whose people are being terroised by the ruthless Ginzo gang and their mighty samurai ronin Hattori (Tadanobu Asano), Zatoichi's path is set for many violent confrontations.

• Cafe Lumiere | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Yoko (Hitoto Yo) is a young Japanese writer researching the life of Taiwanese musician Jiang Wen-ye who was popular in Japan during the 1930s. Raised by her uncle in Yubari but living in Tokyo with her father and stepmother Yoko becomes friends with Hajime (Asano Tadanobu) the owner of a secondhand bookstore. They often meet in her favorite coffee shop making small talk and enjoying the passing scene. He is a train buff who spends his days riding the subway recording the sound of trains public address announcements and the conversations of passengers. Though they are best friends he is startled to find out that she is pregnant by a Taiwanese whom against her strict parents' wishes she does not want to marry... Acutely observed and exquisitely realized Hou Hsiao-Hsien's 16th film is a loving tribute to the great Japanese filmmaker Yasujiro Ozu. The film the first by Hou to be shot in a foreign location pays homage to Ozu by depicting themes repeated in many of his films: relationships between aging parents the marriage plans of a grown child the coming and going of trains and the quiet contemplation of everyday life.