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• Audition | DVD | (28/06/2004) from £13.79   |  Saving you £1.20 (8.70%)   |  RRP £14.99

  'Audition' is an eerie tale of a man (Ryo Ishibashi) who in his search for a new wife at the insistence of his son holds an audition for potential mates. He disguises his actual intentions by saying that the audition is for an actress to star in a new movie that he is making. When at last he finds the perfect woman (the model Eihi Shiina) she disappears leaving a bizarre trail of gruesome murders in her path... This collector's edition of 'Audition' features specially prepared

• Zokki | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Five interconnected stories from the wild mind of cult manga author Hiroyuki Ohashi (On-gaku: Our Sound) comprise this live-action feature by directors Takayuki Yamada, Naoto Takenaka and Takumi Saitoh. There's an old man who feels the need to impart his knowledge to a grown-up granddaughter; a quiet loner seeking self-discovery on his bike and the fisherman he encounters who invites him to a special meal; a school friendship that turns awkward because of an infatuation with an older sibling; a boy and his father who have very different ideas about how to enjoy themselves; and a friendship between two neighbours that revolves around a series of notes. Scripted by Yutaka Kuramochi, 'Zokki' is less an anthology than a series of snapshots of a strange and quirky world.

• Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono) | DVD | (28/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  For the first time in Japanese cinematic history an American Academy Award is coming to life. Released worldwide in 1992 Unforgiven starring and directed by Clint Eastwood was hailed by critics as a cinematic masterpiece. It was nominated for nine Oscars and bought home four including Best Picture and Best Director. Inspired by the film Korean-Japanese filmmaker Lee Sang-il presents Yurusarezarumono a story set in Japan during the same period as the original film with globally renowned Japanese actor Ken Watanabe in the lead role Jubei Kamata a relix of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The story takes place at the dawn of the Meiji Era in 1880 set in Ezo (now Hokkaido) the northernmost island of Japan. After the fall of the Shogunate Jubei fought in a series of battles then vanished. More than ten years have passed. Poverty leads Jubei to abandon his resolve to bury his sword. Once again he finds himself ensnared in a life of violence. With his former comrade-in-arms he confronts hypocrites who profess to represent justice.

• Audition | DVD | (24/09/2001) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Much of the controversy surrounding Takashi Miike's Audition centres on the disturbing nature of the later part of the film--understandable when you consider the imprint these admittedly horrific images leave on the viewer--but fails to note the intricate social satire of the rest. This is a film that offers insight into the changing culture of Japan and the generation gap between young and old. Shigeharu Aoyama is looking for an obedient and virtuous woman to love and asks, "Where are all the good girls?"--a comment that seals his fate. A fake audition is organised to find Aoyama a wife. Asami Yamazaki is introduced as the virtuous woman he is looking for, dressing for the majority of the film in white and behaving with the courtesy of an angel, especially when juxtaposed against the brash stupidity of the other girls at the audition. Although his friend takes an immediate "chemical" dislike to her, Aoyama begins a love affair to end all love affairs. But as Asami's history unfolds we see her pain and torture and slowly understand that the tortured in this instance holds the power to become the torturer. Aoyama is slowly drawn away from his white, metallic and homely environment into the vivid- red and dirty-dark environment of Asami's sadistic world. Audition can be viewed on a number of levels, with important feminist, social and human rights issues to be drawn from the story. However, the real power of this film is its descent into the subconscious, to a point where reality is blurred and the audience is unable to decide whether the disturbing images on screen are real or surreal. This refined, hard-hitting and essentially Japanese style of horror is ultimately much more powerful than anything offered by Hollywood. This is a film that will get under your skin and infect your consciousness with a blend of fearless gore and unimaginable torture. It is not for the faint-hearted. --Nikki Disney

• 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.

• Ichi The Killer | DVD | (02/06/2003) from £15.94   |  Saving you £4.05 (25.41%)   |  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...

• Unforgiven (Yurusarezaru mono) Steelbook | Blu Ray | (28/07/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  For the first time in Japanese cinematic history an American Academy Award is coming to life. Released worldwide in 1992 Unforgiven starring and directed by Clint Eastwood was hailed by critics as a cinematic masterpiece. It was nominated for nine Oscars and bought home four including Best Picture and Best Director. Inspired by the film Korean-Japanese filmmaker Lee Sang-il presents Yurusarezarumono a story set in Japan during the same period as the original film with globally renowned Japanese actor Ken Watanabe in the lead role Jubei Kamata a relix of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The story takes place at the dawn of the Meiji Era in 1880 set in Ezo (now Hokkaido) the northernmost island of Japan. After the fall of the Shogunate Jubei fought in a series of battles then vanished. More than ten years have passed. Poverty leads Jubei to abandon his resolve to bury his sword. Once again he finds himself ensnared in a life of violence. With his former comrade-in-arms he confronts hypocrites who profess to represent justice.

• Audition | DVD | (31/07/2017) from £11.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Much of the controversy surrounding Takashi Miike's Audition centres on the disturbing nature of the later part of the film--understandable when you consider the imprint these admittedly horrific images leave on the viewer--but fails to note the intricate social satire of the rest. This is a film that offers insight into the changing culture of Japan and the generation gap between young and old. Shigeharu Aoyama is looking for an obedient and virtuous woman to love and asks, "Where are all the good girls?"--a comment that seals his fate. A fake audition is organised to find Aoyama a wife. Asami Yamazaki is introduced as the virtuous woman he is looking for, dressing for the majority of the film in white and behaving with the courtesy of an angel, especially when juxtaposed against the brash stupidity of the other girls at the audition. Although his friend takes an immediate "chemical" dislike to her, Aoyama begins a love affair to end all love affairs. But as Asami's history unfolds we see her pain and torture and slowly understand that the tortured in this instance holds the power to become the torturer. Aoyama is slowly drawn away from his white, metallic and homely environment into the vivid- red and dirty-dark environment of Asami's sadistic world. Audition can be viewed on a number of levels, with important feminist, social and human rights issues to be drawn from the story. However, the real power of this film is its descent into the subconscious, to a point where reality is blurred and the audience is unable to decide whether the disturbing images on screen are real or surreal. This refined, hard-hitting and essentially Japanese style of horror is ultimately much more powerful than anything offered by Hollywood. This is a film that will get under your skin and infect your consciousness with a blend of fearless gore and unimaginable torture. It is not for the faint-hearted. --Nikki Disney

• Audition | DVD | (28/01/2013) from £7.98   |  Saving you £5.01 (62.78%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When maverick director Mike Takashi unleashed this stylish slice of extreme cinema upon his unsuspecting audience few were ready for what they were about to see. Since then this twisted vision of a hell on earth has become a notorious critically acclaimed classic. Following his son's advice widower Shigeharu Aoyama decides that it's time to look for a new wife. By devising a plan to audition for the part of a female lead in a non-existent production he uses his professional position to track her down. Among the many applicants he is struck by the mysterious charms of Asami a quiet 24-year-old woman. It transpires that Asami is responsive to his attentions and Aoyama becomes convinced that she is the woman for him. But when he asks her to accompany him on a romantic holiday things take a dark and disturbing turn. Soon Aoyama will discover that there is a side to Asami that he could never have imagined even in his most depraved nightmares.

• Chaos / Curse, Death And Spirit | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-5.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  After the success of Ring Ring 2 and Dark Water this latest DVD release from Hideo Nakata consolidates his growing reputation as one of the best directors currently working in Japan. 'Chaos' begins as a couple - Takayuki (Ken Mitsuishi) and Satomi (Nakata favourite Miki Nakatani) - go out for lunch. Afterwards Satomi disappears and it's not long before Takayuki a businessman begins receiving strange ransom demands. As the relationship between Satomi and her captor Goro (Masat

• Vital | DVD | (20/02/2006) from £11.99   |  Saving you £3.00 (25.02%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Hiroshi Takagi (Asano) is a young man who has just regained consciousness having slipped into a coma following the horrible car accident which claimed the life of his girlfriend Ryoko. Takagi awakes with no memory of any sort: not of the accident not of his family not of his girlfriend. His parents both doctors take him home where he discovers a box full of old medical textbooks and fascinated he subsequently enrolls in medical school. Still Takagi is a shell of a man; he show

• Asian Horror Triple Pack | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Three classics to remind you why the new wave of Asian horror has been ripped off by Hollywood so often! A single man looking for a good time finds terror instead in the notorious Audition directed by cult auteur Takashi Miike (Ichi The Killer Visitor Q). T he man who kicked off the J-horror wave with Ring Hideo Nakata increases the tension realism and unease in the urban nightmare Dark Water since remade by Hollywood. Finally Pan-asian auteurs The Pang Bros. bring their famed editing skills to bear on the horror genre in the tense terrifying The Eye.

• Nine Souls | DVD | (30/01/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £9.99

  Michiru a teenage boy who recently murdered his father finds a hole in the floor of his prison cell and escapes with nine other prisoners. Led by the eldest memeber Torakuchi they steal a truck and and head for a destination located at the foot of Mount Fuji where a stash of counterfeit money awaits...

• Treasure Hunt | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £19.90   |  Saving you £-3.91 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Chang Ching (Chow Yun-Fat) is a CIA operative who is commanded to return to his native China and ""recover"" a Chinese national treasure for the US Government. The treasure turns out to be Mei a young girl with paranormal powers who is the center of politicial intrigue and greed hidden in the famed Shaolin Temple from those who would seek to exploit her. When Chang Ching falls in love with the innocent young woman he is called upon to make sacrifices fight monsters and perform brave deeds to win the hand of his lady-love. As it happens the sacrifices are of his arrogance and selfishness the monsters are corrupt men and his brave deeds include leaving behind his entire former life as a CIA operative and enduring a long separation from his beloved and waiting for her return even if it lasts a lifetime...

• The Wind Rises | Blu Ray | (22/09/2020) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• KILL BILL BD DOUBLEPACK PLAY.COM | Blu Ray | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Kill Bill (2004): Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! In part 1 of Quentin Tarantino's delirious revenge movie Uma Thurman plays 'The Bride', a woman seeking vengeance on those who massacred her wedding party... Inspired by countless Japanese swordplay actionfests (the classic Lady Snowblood among them), yakuza gangster thrillers (offering a cameo opportunity to genre icon Sonny Chiba) and Chinese martial arts movies (hence the knowing appearance of Jackie Chan contemporar...

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond Is Unbreakable | DVD | (27/08/2018) from £5.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A teen gifted with supernatural power discovers the truth behind his cursed and bizarre bloodline, and the evil that lurks within his town.