"Actor: Eita"

• Monster (Special Edition) | Blu Ray | (03/06/2024) from £12.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Mysterious and deeply moving, MONSTER is a breathtaking piece of cinema from master director Hirokazu Kore-eda (Broker, Shoplifters). When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, single mother Saori knows that there is something wrong. Discovering that one of his teachers might be responsible, she storms into the school demanding answers. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher and child, shocking truths begin to emerge. A timely tale of family, false impressions, and, ultimately, hope, Kore-eda's typically sensitive work features powerful performances by Ando Sakura, Tanaka Yuko and Nagayama Eita, and a sublime score from the Oscar-winning composer Ryuichi Sakamoto

• Monster | DVD | (03/06/2024) from £7.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Hanging Garden (Standard Edition) | Blu Ray | (26/05/2025) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Before Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Tokyo Sonata, Kore'eda's Still Walking and Sion Sono's Noriko's Dinner Table, there was Toshiaki Toyoda's Hanging Garden, the film that started it all. Family as a nightmare and a fount of terror, discord and disquiet: that was his idea. A visually stunning and surreal tale of desperate times, in which we feel the pressure of things unspoken rippling through an unusual 20th-century Japanese family, Hanging Garden features an unforgettable gallery of neurotic portraits presided over by a camera that travels with unhindered calm, composure and Toyoda's incomparable mad auteur style. ¢ Director Toshiaki Toyoda audio commentary ¢ Making Of (29 mins) ¢ Deleted Scenes (30 mins)

• Summer Time Machine Blues | Blu Ray | (04/07/2022) from £17.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From the mind of Makoto Ueda & Europe-Kikaku, the creators of 'Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes'Summer Time Machine Blues is a delightful teenage time-travel comedy from 2005 and a cult favourite in Japan. To members of the university Sci-Fi Club, summer means hanging around in the clubhouse with the air-con blasting. When the air-con remote is accidentally broken, the friends are forced to face the full heat of summer. The next day, after an encounter with a mysterious student, they discover an incredible new addition to their clubhouse: a working time machine. Now they can go back to before the remote broke and cool down again. If only time travel was that simple...Special Features:Interview with creator Makoto Ueda (30 mins)2 time-travel short films from Makoto Ueda: 'A Little Fugue of Love' (14 mins) / 'Time Machine' (5 min)Play vs Film Comparison (25 mins)Original Trailer

• Memories of Matsuko | DVD | (14/02/2011) from £19.35   |  Saving you £0.64 (3.31%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a bored college student learns that a long lost aunt has been found dead in a park he begins piecing together her life to see if it had any value. What he finds is a revelation. Talented film director Tetsuya Nakashima (Kamikaze Girls) wield a host of cinematic tools to make Memories Of Matsuko a memorably entertaining and emotionally powerful fairytale tragedy weaving together realistic human drama with offbeat comedy and spectacular (Bob Fosse-like) production numbers to tell the heartbreaking story of Matsuko Kawajiri a starry-eyed woman who spends her entire life serching for a worthy prince capable of returning her limitless love. Versatile actress Miki Nakatani renders a virtuosic performance in the lead role of Matsuko.

• Hara-Kiri - Death Of A Samurai | DVD | (12/05/2014) from £9.43   |  Saving you £3.56 (37.75%)   |  RRP £12.99

  A tale of revenge honour and disgrace centring on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his Ronin son-in-law setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord. Special Features: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Trailer

• Dororo | DVD | (07/09/2009) from £10.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (31.30%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Hara-Kiri - Death Of A Samurai | Blu Ray | (12/05/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  A tale of revenge honour and disgrace centring on a poverty-stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his Ronin son-in-law setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord. Special Features: Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai Trailer

• Azumi | DVD | (02/08/2004) from £5.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (70.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In war-torn Shogunate Japan Azumi (Aya Ueto) is a beautiful young girl who has been trained from childhood with nine other orphans to become a fearless assassin. Martial arts master Gessai (Yoshio Harada) has raised the ten children in complete seclusion in the hope that his protgs will one day defeat the merciless warlords and restore peace to the land. To test that they are the ruthless killers they will need to be for the mission Gessai orders them to pair off and fight to the

• 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.

• The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker | DVD | (14/01/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Both the director and writer behind Fish Story bring another topsy-turvy tale that will have you guessing till the thrilling climax! Moving into his new apartment in Sendai, college student Shiina (Hamada Gaku) meets his new neighbour Kawasaki (Eita). Tall, confident Kawasaki and short, mild-mannered Shiina seem to be unlikely candidates for friendship, but they click over a mutual interest in Bob Dylan. Kawasaki is an odd duck, but in an irresistibly cool and charming kind of way, and Shiina can't help but be drawn into his more exciting, if slightly loony world. Kawasaki's head is full of unpredictable ideas like his absurd warnings about pet shop owner Reiko (Otsuka Nene) or his even more absurd plan to steal a dictionary for their Butanese neighbour. Next thing Shiina knows, he's standing watch with a toy gun outside the bookstore, on the beginning of their bizarre, existential adventure. Special Features: 35 minute 'Making Of' Deleted Scenes. Theatrical Trailer.