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• VIOLENT STREETS | Blu Ray | (20/02/2023) from £13.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  One of the finest directors of Japanese chambara (sword fighting) films, Hideo Gosha (Sword of the Beast, Three Outlaw Samurai) also directed a number of films in the yakuza genre. The most outstanding of these was Violent Streets; a baroque crime thriller about a retired yakuza who gets pulled into a violent gang war by his former associates. A former yakuza member, Egawa (Noboru Andô) is now a brooding world-weary nightclub owner. Some of his former associates are released from prison and want to regain a foothold in the criminal underworld by igniting a gang war between the local yakuza, and an out-of-town clan led by veteran actor Tetsurō Tanba (Harakiri). A bold and colourful entry in the yakuza genre, Hideo Gosha's Violent Streets makes its worldwide debut on Blu-ray from a new restoration completed by Toei Company, Ltd. Product Features Limited Edition slipcase featuring new artwork by Tony Stella 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration of the original film elements Optional English subtitles An introduction to Violent Streets and the works of director Hideo Gosha by film critic Tony Rayns Jasper Sharp on Violent Streets PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring a new essay by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes *All extras subject to change

• SAMURAI WOLF I & II (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (22/01/2024) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Female Prisoner Scorpion: The Complete Collection | Blu Ray | (08/08/2016) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Starring the iconic and beautiful Meiko Kaji (Lady Snowblood, Stray Cat Rock) in a role that came to define her career, the four-film Female Prisoner Scorpion series charts the vengeance of Nami Matsushima, who assumes the mantle of Scorpion, becoming an avatar of vengeance and survival, and an unlikely symbol of female resistance in a male-dominated world. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion introduces Nami, a gullible young woman unjustly imprisoned, who must find a way to escape in order to exact revenge upon the man who betrayed her. The visually avant-garde Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 sees director Shunya Ito and star Meiko Kaji re-unite as Nami and six other female convicts escape prison once more. The Gothic horror-inspired Beast Stable finds Nami branded public enemy #1 and on the run. She soon finds refuge with a sympathetic prostitute, but runs afoul of a local gang. The final film in the series, #701²s Grudge Song (from director Yasuharu Hasebe, Retaliation, Massacre Gun), shows a gentler side of Nami as she falls in with Kudo, an ex-radical suffering from physical and psychological trauma caused by police torture. Spiritual kin to Ms. 45, Coffy and The Bride Wore Black, the Female Prisoner Scorpion is the pinnacle of early 1970s exploitation cinema from Japanese grindhouse studio Toei, and one of the greatest female revenge sagas ever told. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3000 copies) Brand new 2K restorations of all four films in the series presented on High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD Original mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays) for all films Optional English subtitles for all films Double-sided fold out poster of two original artworks Reversible sleeves for all films featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Ian MacEwan Booklet featuring an extract from Unchained Melody: The Films of Meiko Kaji, an upcoming book on the starby critic and author Tom Mes, an archive interview with Meiko Kaji, and a brand new interview with Toru Shinohara, creator of the original Female Prisoner Scorpion manga FEMALE PRISONER #701: SCORPION Newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Gareth Evans (The Raid) Archive interview with director Shunya Ito New interview with assistant director Yutaka Kohira Theatrical Trailers for all films in the series FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: JAILHOUSE 41 Newly filmed appreciation by critic Kier-La Janisse Japanese cinema critic Jasper Sharp looks over the career of Shunya Ito New interview with production designer Tadayuki Kuwana Original Theatrical Trailer FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: BEAST STABLE Newly filmed appreciation by critic Kat Ellinger Archive interview with director Shunya Ito New visual essay on the career of star and icon Meiko Kaji by critic Tom Mes Original Theatrical Trailer FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: #701's GRUDGE SONG Newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (Kichiku: Banquet of the Beasts) Archive interview with director Yasuharu Hasebe Japanese cinema critic Jasper Sharp looks over the career of Yasuharu Hasebe Visual essay on the Scorpion series by critic Tom Mes Original Theatrical Trailer

• The Land of Hope | Blu Ray | (26/08/2013) from £19.35   |  Saving you £0.64 (3.31%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Prolific Japanese director Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Himizu) departs from his usual style for this movingly restrained drama of a rural family's struggle to survive in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and the resulting nuclear crisis.

• Warm Water Under A Red Bridge | DVD | (25/08/2003) from £10.87   |  Saving you £10.88 (119.43%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the novel by Henmi Yo this is the story of Yosuke who finds himself down on his luck after he loses his job and is separated from his wife. He is told that a priceless item is to be found at a house on the Noto Peninsula and travels there to retrieve it. On his arrival at the house he is welcomed by a young lady called Saeko who has a very strange secret....

• Female Prisoner No. 701 - Scorpion | DVD | (20/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Shunya Ito makes his directorial debut in this highly entertaining and stunning revenge and action thriller film that inspired Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. Female Prisoner #701: Scorpion is an amphetamine-fuelled descent into the humid cells of a women's lock-up. High-pulse nymphomania bone-shattering violence and a gruesomely gynaecological approach to torture rear their collective heads in the work yard in the cafeteria and in the showers. Stunning Japanese cult icon Meiko (Lady Snowblood) Kaji delivers a blistering performance of breathtaking intensity in one of the most stylish and sophisticated exploitation movies of all time. Get ready for a ferocious cult classic - visually beautiful brutal controversial entertainment straight from the wild side of Japanese cinema.

• Virus (1980) | DVD | (04/07/2005) from £9.30   |  Saving you £-5.31 (N/A%)   |  RRP £3.99

  The entire world is a graveyard.....863 people were not so lucky - they survived..... A military-engineered virus released during a plane crash kills the entire human population. The only survivors are scientists in Antarctica who desperately try to find a cure and save what is left of the planet from further destruction.

• Virus | DVD | (26/03/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The time it could be tomorrow. A secret substances smuggled out of a classified military installation in East Germany. The plane crashes into an alpine peak whilst attempting to carry the package to Switzerland its contents MM-88 a deadly bacteriological warfare weapon is splattered into a unsuspecting world U.S. President (Glenn Ford) and top Senator Barkley (Robert Vaughn) struggle to stop the panic started by the epidemic of Virus which rapidly starts to wipe out the world's population. As the earth slowly dies chief of Staff Garld (Henry Silva) arms the total American nuclear arsenal to fight the Enemy Virus. 855 men and eight women protected by the numbing cold of an Antarctic research station attempt to prevent a nuclear holocaust triggered by the dead hand of a crazed military chief. The time is rapidly running out... there are only two minutes left...

• The Land of Hope | DVD | (26/08/2013) from £7.00   |  Saving you £7.99 (114.14%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Prolific Japanese director Sion Sono (Love Exposure, Himizu) departs from his usual style for this movingly restrained drama of a rural family's struggle to survive in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and the resulting nuclear crisis.

• Never Give Up | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £8.08   |  Saving you £-2.09 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Following a mass murder in rural Japan ex-special forces soldier Ajisawa (Ken Takakura) adopts the sole survivor of the massacre an amnesiac young girl. Intending to put the past behind them the pair instead find themselves in conflict with the corrupt and powerful leaders of a small town. As the girl's memories begin to emerge Ajisawa must call upon all of his killer instincts to ensure their survival...

• Village Of Doom | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  As the storm cloud of war gathers over Japan the desperately patriotic Tsugio waits for his call up to duty. But in the close-knit community of his hometown of Higureya the women have grown desperate for the company of men. When Tsugio stumbles upon one adulterous union he too is quickly seduced. But this newfound experience quickly sours when Tsugio is diagnosed with tuberculosis and ostracised by the village. With everyone turned against him Tsugio takes to the streets ful