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• Black Society Trilogy | Blu Ray | (16/01/2017) from £21.01   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  After several years spent working almost exclusively in the direct-to-video world of V-cinema in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himself as a world-class filmmaking talent with this trio of thematically-connected, character-centric crime stories about violence, the underworld of Japanese society, families both real and surrogate, and the possibly hopeless task of finding one's place in the world. His first films made specifically for theatrical release, and his first for a major studio, the Black Society Trilogy was the beginning of Miike's mature career as a filmmaker and they remain among the prolific director's finest works. Set in the bustling Kabuki-cho nightlife neighborhood of Tokyo, Shinjuku Triad Society follows a mixed-race cop (Kippei Shiina, Outrage) struggling with private issues while hunting a psychotic criminal (Tomorowo Taguchi, Tetsuo the Iron Man) who traffics in children's organs. Rainy Dog, shot entirely in Taiwan, is about an exiled yakuza (Dead or Alive's Show Aikawa) who finds himself saddled with a son he never knew he had and a price on his head after the Chinese gang he works for decides to turn on him. Ley Lines moves from the countryside to the city and back, as three Japanese youths of Chinese descent (including The Raid 2's Kazuki Kitamura) seek their fortune in Tokyo, only to run afoul of a violent gang boss (Naoto Takenaka, The Happiness of the Katakuris). Three of the most dramatically moving films created by the director, the Black Society Trilogy offers clear proof that Miike's frequent pigeonholing as a specialist in bloody spectacle is only one aspect of his filmmaking career, and taken as a whole, the films are among the finest works ever to deal with the way violence and brutality can unexpectedly destroy even the most innocent of lives. SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS: High Definition digital transfers of all three films Original uncompressed stereo audio Optional English subtitles for all three films New interview with director Takashi Miike New interview with actor Show Aikawa (Rainy Dog, Ley Lines) New audio commentaries for all three films by Miike biographer Tom Mes Original theatrical trailers for all three films Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the films

• Reincarnation | DVD | (21/08/2006) from £14.98   |  Saving you £0.01 (0.07%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Reincarnation is a mysterious thriller that explores the complicated relationship between past and present directed by Takashi Shimizu the director of Ju-On: The Grudge. An ominous sense of fear and mystery spook a film crew producing a movie about a real-life murder. However the events of the past loom large over the set and may be connected to the curse over the production.

• Outrage | DVD | (14/11/2011) from £6.39   |  Saving you £13.60 (212.83%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The king of yakuza epics Takeshi Kitano (Brother, Zatoichi, Hana-Bi, Sonatine) returns with his most violent gangster film yet. Mr. Chairman, the head of the ruling Sannokai yakuza clan, suspects that his henchman Ikemoto has struck a forbidden alliance with rival gangster Murase. Ikemoto tries to quell his boss' distrust by making a move against Murase, marking the start of a ruthless series of conflicts and betrayals. Before long, several yakuza clans are out for blood in their constant battle for power and money. The rival bosses fight to rise through the ranks by scheming and making short-lived allegiances. In this corrupt world where there are no heroes, it's a bad guy vs. bad guy in a spiralling outrage of gang warfare.

• Outrage | Blu Ray | (14/11/2011) from £9.71   |  Saving you £15.28 (157.36%)   |  RRP £24.99

  The king of yakuza epics Takeshi Kitano (Brother, Zatoichi, Hana-Bi, Sonatine) returns with his most violent gangster film yet. Mr. Chairman, the head of the ruling Sannokai yakuza clan, suspects that his henchman Ikemoto has struck a forbidden alliance with rival gangster Murase. Ikemoto tries to quell his boss' distrust by making a move against Murase, marking the start of a ruthless series of conflicts and betrayals. Before long, several yakuza clans are out for blood in their constant battle for power and money. The rival bosses fight to rise through the ranks by scheming and making short-lived allegiances. In this corrupt world where there are no heroes, it's a bad guy vs. bad guy in a spiralling outrage of gang warfare.

• Sakuran | DVD | (12/01/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  Sakuran follows the ascent of Kiyoha (Anna Tsuchiya Kamikaze Girls) a rebellious and feisty girl sold to a brothel in the notorious Yoshiwara district; a nightlife zone that served both the elites and working classes for hundreds of years. Kiyoha rises through the ranks of the competitive brothel initially as the house girl of an established courtesan learning the trade and eventually becoming Oiran - the preeminent courtesan of the brothel. Headstrong and independent from the outset Kiyoha is choosy about her customers and defiant to her employers and fellow courtesans; she wants to find her own freedom rather than have a rich merchant buy it for her. Adapted from the Manga comic series by Moyoco Anno and directed by acclaimed photographer Mika Ninagawa Sakuran is a tour de force of new Japanese film and music talent.

• Rain Fall | DVD | (29/03/2010) from £4.98   |  Saving you £13.00 (434.78%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Hidden Fortress: The Last Princess | DVD | (28/06/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Remake of Akira Kurosawa's 1958 classic samurai film An epic samurai period adventure tale of hidden gold bullion and a princess on the run. Makabe Rokurota the loyal retainer of Princess Yuki-hime Yuki-hime and Akizuki's ample treasury of gold bars safely to the politically stable Hayakawa. They disguise themselves as humble firewood peddlers hiding the gold bars inside the logs they are carrying so as to pass safely through roadblocks set up by Yamana which is under the control of the local warlord. Along the way Rokurota comes across Takezo and Shimpachi who have escaped from forced labor in a gold mine. They eventually agree to help out on this foolhardy mission in the hope of escaping Yamana's oppression and cashing in on the gold reward Rokurota offers them.

• Tokyo Bullet Reloaded - Black Angel / Score / Gonin | DVD | (01/02/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Black Angel: Ddirector Takashi Ishii continues to explore his distinct vision of Tokyo as a dark forbidding Technopolis a city of faceless chrome and marble structures cold lights and deep shadows. The Black Angel stars Riona Hazuki as Ikko the most powerful female action heroine ever to hit celluloid. At age 6 Ikko was safely put on a plane to Los Angeles by hitman Mayo but not before seeing her Yakuza boss father and mistress mother killed before her eyes. Flash forward 14 years. Ikko returns to Tokyo seeking revenge for the killings. She too calls herself the Black Angel styling herself after Mayo whom she remembers as a towering almost superhuman figure. When her target realises that she is after him and his gang he enlists the original Black Angel to wipe out Ikko and the stage is set for a violent reunion... (Dir. Takashi Ishii 1997) Gonin: Japanese Director Takashi Ishii's brutal hyperstylish hallucinogenic "" roller coaster"" of a movie takes a group of five desperate men through the robbery of a Yakuza gangster and the bloody revenge that follows. Ishii has assembled a cast of Japan's coolest actors including Naoto Takenaka (""Shall We Dance"") and the legendary 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano and his fluid sensual camera work creates sequences of unrivalled ballistic bloodshed. But what really raises this movie to a different level is the off-beat characters: 'Beat' Takeshi's sadistic portrayal of the one-eyed hitman gay hustlers and downtrodden ex-cops give 'Gonin' an eccentric film noir atmosphere that will blow you away. (Dir. Takashi Ishii 1995) Score: A gang of thieves come together for a jewellery heist one which they naturally carry out in their finest Reservoir Dogs outfits. All goes pretty much according to plan until a pair of psychotic highway robbers follow them to their hideout and attempt to part the gang from their loot... (Dir. Atsushi Muroga 1995)

• Sleepless Town | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Popular singer-actor Takeshi Kaneshiro stars in the Japanese crime thriller Sleepless Town (Fuyajo). Director Lee Chi-Ngai provides noir lighting and a gritty urban setting against which his hero struggles with the forces around him. Kenichi (Kaneshiro) is a low-level crook making his living as a fence for stolen goods. He is enveloped into a gangland dispute when an old friend Fu-Chan returns to town years after killing the partner of mob boss Yuan. At the same time Fu-Chan's g

• Shinobi | DVD | (11/02/2008) from £3.99   |  Saving you £12.00 (75.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Oboro (Yukie Nakama) a granddaughter of Ogen (Riri) is the matriarch of the Iga clan. She meets and falls in love with Gennosuke the son of Danjo Koga (Minoru Terada) the leader of the Koga clan. Living in the remote mountains these two clans have over the centuries perfected the arts of ninjutsu (known as ""Shinobi"") which is far beyond the reach of mere mortals. They are also ancestral rivals and under the order of Hanzo Hattori (Yutaka Matsushige) chief ninja to Shogun Tok