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• The Ring Collection | Blu Ray | (10/06/2019) from £26.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In 1998, director Hideo Nakata (Dark Water) unleashed a chilling tale of technological terror on unsuspecting audiences, which redefined the horror genre, launched the J-horror boom in the West and introduced a generation of moviegoers to a creepy, dark-haired girl called Sadako. The film's success spawned a slew of remakes, reimaginations and imitators, but none could quite boast the power of Nakata's original masterpiece, which melded traditional Japanese folklore with contemporary anxieties about the spread of technology. A group of teenage friends are found dead, their bodies grotesquely contorted, their face twisted in terror. Reiko (Nanako Matsushima, When Marnie Was There), a journalist and the aunt of one of the victims, sets out to investigate the shocking phenomenon, and in the process uncovers a creepy unrban legend about a supposedly cursed videotape, the contents of which causes anyone who views it to die within a week - unless they can persuade someone else to watch it, and, in so doing, pass on the curse... Arrow Video is proud to present the genre-defining trilogy - Ring, the film that started it all, plus Hideo Nakata's chilling sequel Ring 2, and the haunting origin story, Ring 0 - as well as the 'lost' original sequel, George Iida's Spiral, gathered together in glorious high definition and supplemented by a wealth of archival and newly created bonus materials. Special Edition Content: Brand new 4K restoration of Ring from the original camera negative, approved by director of photography Junichiro Hayashi High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations Lossless Japanese DTS-HD master audio 5.1 and PCM 2.0 soundtracks Optional English subtitles Bonus feature: Spiral, George Iida's 1998 sequel to Ring New audio commentary on Ring by film historian David Kalat New audio commentary on Ring 0 by author and critic Alexandra Heller-Nicholas The Ring Legacy, a series of new interviews from critics and filmmakers on their memories of the Ring series and ints enduring legacy A Vicious Circle, anew video interview with author and critic Kat Ellinger on the career of Hideo Nakata Circumnavigating ring, a new video essay by critic Jasper Sharp on the J-horror phenomenon The Psychology of Fear, a newly edited archival interview with author Koji Suzuki Archival behind-the-scenes featurette on Ring 0 Ring 0 deleted scenes Sadako's video Multiple theatrical trailers for the Ringt series

• The Box Man (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (30/06/2025) from £21.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Gakuryu Ishii, director of such cult classics as Electric Dragon 80000v and The Crazy Family takes on the 1973 novel The Box Man by Kōbō Abe, an adaptation 40 years in the making! A man with a cardboard box over his head wanders the streets of Tokyo. Peering at the world through a peephole, he incessantly writes down in a notebook what he can see. The photographer Myself spots the man and is fascinated. He decides to do the same thing and become a box man himself. But his path to get there is not easy; countless challenges and dangers lie in wait. They include a fake doctor who wants to rob him of his box-man identity; a military man who seeks to use him for the perfect crime; and a mysterious woman who does everything she can to seduce him. Can Myself achieve his dream of becoming a box man?Feature length audio commentary by Tom MesCast and Crew talk eventCast comments from inside the BoxDirector Q&A at the Japan SocietyTrailersSlipcase Edition (Limited to 2000 copies)

• Ghost In The Shell 2.0 Redux | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £6.74   |  Saving you £16.24 (433.07%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ghost In The Shell 2.0 (2 Disc)

• When The Last Sword Is Drawn | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £28.75   |  Saving you £-13.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai family man who can no longer feed his wife and children due to the low wages paid from his small town clan

• Infection | DVD | (24/07/2006) from £13.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (9.02%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In a dark isolated hospital one nurse's mistake has led to dire consequences for a patient. The night crew decides to cover up the incident hiding the evidence deep in the bowels of the institution. Soon the hospital is visited by another person dying of some exceedingly unnatural symptoms; that death triggers a bizarre infection that only seems to affect those involved in the initial crime. As the infection spreads so does the terror...

• Ghost In The Shell 2.0/Ghost In The Shell - Innocence | Blu Ray | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £39.99

  Titles Comprise: Ghost In The Shell 2.0: In the year 2029 the search for a criminal computer genius known as The Puppet Master sends Major Motoko Kusanagi a cyborg policewoman operating as part of the covert anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9 on a dangerous mission leading her to a powerful artificial intelligence whose influence reaches deep into the government and who is desperately seeking a physical form to inhabit. As she delves further into the case Kusanagi is forced to contemplate the nature of her own existence: is she simply an artificial construct... or is there something more? Ghost In The Shell: Innocence: It is the year 2032 and Earth is a world where the few remaining humans coexist with cyborgs human spirits inhabiting mechanized bodies and dolls robots with no human elements whatsoever. A cyborg detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9 Batou is charged with investigating the bizarre case of a malfunctioning gynoid - a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship - responsible for slaughtering its owner. Delving deeper and deeper into the investigation Batou and his partner Togusa are forced to confront violent Yakuza thugs devious hackers influential government bureaucrats and powerful corporate criminals. As they move closer to uncovering the mystery it slowly becomes apparent that the truth behind the crime is far more shocking than anyone dared imagine...

• Ghost In The Shell 2.0 Redux | Blu Ray | (26/10/2009) from £9.43   |  Saving you £15.56 (165.01%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Mamoru Oshii's futuristic animated masterpiece 'Ghost In The Shell 2.0' is the perfect film to experience on Blu-ray. Seamlessly merging traditional cel animation with the latest computer graphic imagery this stunning remastered sci-fi spectacle has broken the boundaries of mainstream animation with its detailed artistic direction and uniquely intelligent story line. Aided by an esoteric Kenji Kawaii score 'Ghost In The Shell' took the world by storm in 1996 introducing a new wave of Japanese animation through its mesmerzing cinematic expression. A movie that questions our own human existence in the fast-paced world of the information age this remarkable award-winning cyber-tech thriller has gone on to become one of the leading Japanese animation films of all time and now the remastered version Ghost In The Shell 2.0 in stunning high definition Blu-ray!

• Kamui - The Lone Ninja | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £10.18   |  Saving you £9.81 (96.37%)   |  RRP £19.99

  LIVE THROUGH IT! It is 17th century Japan and Kamui is a fugitive Ninja on the run. He despises the lethal laws of the Ninja where he must use his skills to kill others and is in search for true freedom. However he is now hunted by his fellow ninjas as they must eliminate him for his betrayal. In order to live he must constantly fight for his life and distrust others. An incident brings him to a fisherman's family where he finally starts to open up to other people. Meanwhile those hunting him are setting their trap. Kamui is a 2009 live-action movie directed by Yoichi Sai. It is based on a manga series by Sanpei Shirato from the '60s and '80s in which a fugitive ninja escapes his clan only to be hunted relentlessly by former colleagues who now consider him a worthless traitor.

• Starfish Hotel | DVD | (27/10/2008) from £13.15   |  Saving you £-6.16 (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  Strange things always happen in Jo Kuroda's mystery novels. There is always a sinister rabbit called Mr Trickster; and someone always ends up dead. A man's wife disappears and he finds her working in a brothel deep in the heart of the city. There is a universe called the Darkland that can only be entered through a hidden tunnel. There is a young girl that the man had an affair with in the dead of winter two years ago. She would only meet him in the eerie crumbling Starfish Hotel. Now she's disappeared too. If you meet Jo Kuroda one night don't tell him your dreams.

• Sukiyaki Western Django | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Paying homage to the spaghetti western world renowned director Takeshi Miike (Ichi the Killer Audition) has invented a uniquely stylish Japanese action western set during the Genpei clan civil wars of the 12th century and shot in English

• Ghost In The Shell 2.0/Ghost In The Shell Innocence Double Pack | DVD | (26/10/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Ghost In The Shell 2.0: In 2029 a sentient computer virus is smuggled into an unspecified country. Several prominent scientists from the project also try to defect. Meanwhile Major Motoko Kusanagi a cyborg agent with the government's secret Internal Affairs team Section 9 is troubled by a series of crimes committed by the Puppet Master - a terrorist who hacks into the minds of innocent citizens. Ghost In The Shell: Innocence: It is the year 2032 and Earth is a world where the few remaining humans coexist with cyborgs human spirits inhabiting mechanized bodies and dolls robots with no human elements whatsoever. A cyborg detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit Public Security Section 9 Batou is charged with investigating the bizarre case of a malfunctioning gynoid - a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship - responsible for slaughtering its owner. Delving deeper and deeper into the investigation Batou and his partner Togusa are forced to confront violent Yakuza thugs devious hackers influential government bureaucrats and powerful corporate criminals. As they move closer to uncovering the mystery it slowly becomes apparent that the truth behind the crime is far more shocking than anyone dared imagine...

• Kamui - The Lone Ninja | DVD | (09/08/2010) from £1.99   |  Saving you £14.00 (703.52%)   |  RRP £15.99

  LIVE THROUGH IT! It is 17th century Japan and Kamui is a fugitive Ninja on the run. He despises the lethal laws of the Ninja where he must use his skills to kill others and is in search for true freedom. However he is now hunted by his fellow ninjas as they must eliminate him for his betrayal. In order to live he must constantly fight for his life and distrust others. An incident brings him to a fisherman's family where he finally starts to open up to other people. Meanwhile those hunting him are setting their trap. Kamui is a 2009 live-action movie directed by Yoichi Sai. It is based on a manga series by Sanpei Shirato from the '60s and '80s in which a fugitive ninja escapes his clan only to be hunted relentlessly by former colleagues who now consider him a worthless traitor.

• Asian Shockers | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

• 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)

• White Heaven in Hell | DVD | (03/11/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Baby Cart: White Heaven In Hell