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• Godzilla vs. Biollante (Criterion Collection) – UK Only | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £22.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Diving into delirious realms of imagination, this second film of the Godzilla franchise's 1980s resurgence showcased the towering beast for a new generation of fans. This time, Godzilla's foe is one of the series' most wondrously strange kaiju creations: Biollantea mutant plant genetically engineered from the cells of a rose, a renegade scientist's dead daughter, and Godzilla itself. With a wild plot encompassing spies, psychic children, and bonkers biotechnologyand some of the coolest special effects in the history of Japanese cinemaGodzilla vs. Biollante stands as a high point in the ever-evolving mythology of the King of the Monsters.Film Info¢ Japan¢ 1989¢ 104 minutes¢ Color¢ 1.85:1¢ Japanese¢ Spine #12544K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES¢ New 4K digital restoration, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack¢ [UHD ONLY] One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features¢ New audio commentary featuring film historian Samm Deighan, host of the podcast Eros + Massacre and coeditor of the book Revolution in 35mm¢ Making-of program from 1993 featuring director Kazuki Omori and special-effects director Koichi Kawakita, among others¢ Short documentary from 1993 about the Biollante and Super X2 vehicle concepts¢ Deleted special effects¢ TV spots and trailers¢ New English subtitle translation¢ PLUS: An essay by science-fiction and horror film expert Jim Cirronella¢ New cover by Eric Powell

• A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness | Blu Ray | (28/04/2025) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  The editor of a sports magazine grooms fashion model Reiko to become a pro golfer, while retaining exclusive rights to her likeness. Reiko's popularity soars after she wins her first tournament and she becomes a media sensation, but when she and her manager (Yoshio Harada, Zigeunerweisen) cause a hit-and-run accident, the victim begins to blackmail Reiko, intruding further and further into her personal life. This was Seijun Suzuki's comeback film after being blacklisted by the film industry for ten years. Though adapted from a popular manga, the bold visuals and absurdist plot twists are vintage Suzuki.

• CURE | Unknown | (12/05/2025) from £21.19   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Japan Organized Crime Boss | Blu Ray | (18/11/2024) from £18.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Two major yakuza factions from Tokyo and Osaka battle over control of Yokohama, using local gangs as their proxies. Amid this violent struggle, Tsukamoto (Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss), the head of one of the local gangs, is released from an eight-year prison sentence. The feud forces him into action, but he learns that those pulling the strings have political connections and that he is up against overwhelming forces. A predecessor to and blueprint for Fukasaku's Sympathy for the Underdog, Japan Organized Crime Boss also signals the director's first collaboration with Bunta Sugawara, the later star of Battles Without Honour and Humanity as well as with Tomisaburo Wakayama (The Bounty Hunter Trilogy) and gangster-turned-movie star Noboru Ando (Eighteen Years in Prison). LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURESNew 4K restoration by Toei CompanyUncompressed mono PCM audioArchival interview with Kinji Fukasaku Interview with yakuza film historian Akihiko Ito (2024)Visual essay on Koji Tsuruta's collaborations with Fukasaku by yakuza cinema expert Nathan Stuart (2024)TrailerNewly improved English subtitle translationReversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time TomorrowLimited edition booklet featuring new writing by Stuart Galbraith IV and an archival review of the film

• Bullet Train | Blu Ray | (24/10/2022) from £6.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives on the world's fastest train...and he's got to figure out how to get off. From the director of Deadpool 2, David Leitch, the end of the line is only the beginning in a wild, non-stop thrill ride through modern-day Japan.

• Godzilla vs. Biollante | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £29.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Diving into delirious realms of imagination, this second film of the Godzilla franchise's 1980s resurgence showcased the towering beast for a new generation of fans. This time, Godzilla's foe is one of the series' most wondrously strange kaiju creations: Biollantea mutant plant genetically engineered from the cells of a rose, a renegade scientist's dead daughter, and Godzilla itself. With a wild plot encompassing spies, psychic children, and bonkers biotechnologyand some of the coolest special effects in the history of Japanese cinemaGodzilla vs. Biollante stands as a high point in the ever-evolving mythology of the King of the Monsters.Film Info¢ Japan¢ 1989¢ 104 minutes¢ Color¢ 1.85:1¢ Japanese¢ Spine #12544K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES¢ New 4K digital restoration, with 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack¢ [UHD ONLY] One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features¢ New audio commentary featuring film historian Samm Deighan, host of the podcast Eros + Massacre and coeditor of the book Revolution in 35mm¢ Making-of program from 1993 featuring director Kazuki Omori and special-effects director Koichi Kawakita, among others¢ Short documentary from 1993 about the Biollante and Super X2 vehicle concepts¢ Deleted special effects¢ TV spots and trailers¢ New English subtitle translation¢ PLUS: An essay by science-fiction and horror film expert Jim Cirronella¢ New cover by Eric Powell

• The Eel | Blu Ray | (24/03/2025) from £19.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES High-Definition digital transfer Uncompressed mono PCM audio Interview with critic Tony Rayns (2024) Interview with screenwriter Daisuke Tengan (2024) Visual essay by Tom Mes on the year 1997 as a turning point in Japanese cinema (2024) Trailer Newly improved English subtitle translation Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow Limited edition booklet featuring a newly translated archival interview with Imamura Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

• Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice (DVD + Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (18/05/2020) from £14.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Made the year before his career defining masterpiece, Tokyo Story, Flavour of Green Tea Over Rice is one of Yasujiro Ozu's most beautiful domestic sagas, a subtly piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle aged couple, as the wife's city bred sophistication clashes with the husband's small town simplicity, and a generational sea change in the form of their headstrong, modern niece sweeps over their household. Ozu's expert grasp of family dynamics receives one of its most spirited treatments, with a wry, tender humour and an expansiveness that moves the action from the home, to the baseball stadiums and the shops of postwar Tokyo. Presented in High Definition and Standard Definition ***FIRST PRESSING ONLY*** Fully illustrated booklet with new writing on the film and full film credits Extras TBC

• CURE | Blu Ray | (23/04/2018) from £14.29   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, Cure was a breakthrough film for director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, a nerve shredding thriller about the hunt for a serial killer in a bleak and decaying Tokyo. A series of murders have been committed by ordinary people who claim to have had no control over their horrifying actions. Following the only link a mysterious stranger who had brief contact with each perpetrator and their victim detective Kenichi Takabe (Kôji Yakusho, 13 Assassins, Tokyo Sonata) places his own sanity on the line as he tries to end the wave of inexplicable terror. Described as one of the greatest films of all time by Bong Joon-ho (The Host, Snowpiercer), Cure is a deeply unsettling masterpiece of its genre, and has shockingly been unavailable on home video in the UK until now. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present Cure in a special Dual Format edition. Features: Limited Edition O-card [2000 copies First Print Run Only] 1080p presentation of the film on Blu-ray, with a progressive encode on the DVD Original Japanese Stereo audio (Uncompressed LPCM on the Blu-ray) Optional English subtitles A new video interview with critic & author Kim Newman An archival interview with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa Original theatrical trailer A collector's booklet featuring an essay by Tom Mes

• Tampopo | Blu Ray | (01/05/2017) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Juzo Itami's offbeat, outrageously sexy, long-unavailable ramen western. The tale of an eccentric band of culinary ronin who guide the widow of a noodle shop owner on her quest for the perfect recipe, this rapturous ramen western by Japanese director JUZO ITAMI (A Taxing Woman) is an entertaining, genre-bending adventure underpinned by a deft satire of the way social conventions distort the most natural of human urges, our appetites. Interspersing the efforts of Tampopo (NOBUKO MIYAMOTO) and friends to make her café a success with the erotic exploits of a gastronome gangster and glimpses of food culture both high and low, the sweet, sexy, and surreal Tampopo is a lavishly inclusive paean to the sensual joys of nourishment, and one of the most mouth-watering examples of food on film ever made. Click Images to Enlarge

• G.I. Joe Triple Pack | DVD | (15/11/2021) from £8.45   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Experience pulse-pounding stunts and intense battle sequences with the action-packed G.I. Joe 3-Movie Collection. Join the Joes for the first two missions, G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra and G.I. Joe: Retaliation, as the elite strike force must race against time to stop Cobra, a diabolical organisation set on plunging the world into chaos with deadly technology. Then uncover the man behind the mask in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, and take the journey with the iconic hero as he becomes the ultimate warrior in this high-octane, edge-of-your-seat adventure.Extras:G.I. Joe Origins - Snake Eyes: All-new Snake Eyes Short Film: Discover the secrets of Snake Eyes' legendary sword5 Deleted ScenesEnter Snake Eyes: Meet the man behind the maskA Deadly Ensemble: Meet the Joes and CobrasArashikage: Inside the elite ninja warrior clanG.I. Joe Retaliation: The True Face of EvilThe Sound of SilenceCommentary by Director Jon M. Chu and Lorenzo di BonaventuraG.I. Joe - The Rise Of Cobra:Commentary by Director Stephen Sommers and Producer Bob Ducsay

• Bullet Train (2 Discs - UHD & BD) | Blu Ray | (24/10/2022) from £19.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  In Bullet Train, Brad Pitt stars as Ladybug, an unlucky assassin determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives on the world's fastest train...and he's got to figure out how to get off. From the director of Deadpool 2, David Leitch, the end of the line is only the beginning in a wild, non-stop thrill ride through modern-day Japan.

• Sympathy for the Underdog (Limited Edition) | Blu Ray | (24/06/2024) from £17.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Returning from a ten-year prison sentence, former gang leader Gunji (Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss) finds that his turf has been taken over by his former enemy, now a large crime syndicate with a legal corporate front. Looking for new opportunities, he gathers his old crew and heads for the island of Okinawa, a legal grey zone ripe for the taking. Made just before Kinji (Yakuza Graveyard) Fukasaku's 1970s streak of yakuza movie masterpieces, Sympathy for the Underdog is a key film in the development of this director's unique style and themes.LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES High-Definition digital transfer Uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2024) Interview with Fukasaku biographer Olivier Hadouchi (2024) Visual essay on Okinawa on screen by film historian and author Aaron Gerow (2024) Trailer New and improved English subtitle translation Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Bastian Meiresonne and an archival review of the film

• GI Joe (2020) Snake Eyes | DVD | (15/11/2021) from £3.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins stars Henry Golding as Snake Eyes, a tenacious loner who is welcomed into an ancient Japanese clan called the Arashikage after saving the life of their heir apparent. Upon arrival in Japan, the Arashikage teach Snake Eyes the ways of the ninja warrior while also providing something he's been longing for: a home. But, when secrets from his past are revealed, Snake Eyes' honor and allegiance will be tested even if that means losing the trust of those closest to him. Based on the iconic G.I. Joe character, Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins also stars Andrew Koji as Storm Shadow, Ursula Corbero as The Baroness, Samara Weaving as Scarlett, Haruka Abe as Akiko, Tahehiro Hira as Kenta and Iko Uwais as Hard Master

• Warrior Season 1 | Blu Ray | (28/10/2019) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THIS GRITTY, SEXY, VIOLENT, PULSE-QUICKENING NEW ORIGINAL SERIESS FROM CINEMAX® is a crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the latter part of the 19th century. Inspired by the writings of the late Bruce Lee, the story follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstance and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown's most powerful organised crime families.

• The Bounty Hunter Trilogy | Blu Ray | (23/09/2024) from £24.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Before he made his name in Lone Wolf and Cub Tomisaburo Wakayama starred in this triptych of violent samurai spectacles that draw on James Bond and Spaghetti Westerns for inspiration yet feature the familiar style and blood-spattering action of the period. Wakayama stars as Doctor and spy-for-hire Shikoro Ichibei who in Shigehiro (The Streetfighter) Ozawa's Killer's Mission is hired to prevent the sale of firearms to a hostile Shogun. In Eiichi (13 Assassins) Kudo's follow-up, The Fort of Death, Ichibei is hired on a Seven Samurai-style mission to protect a village of farmers from a ruthless Lord. The final film sees Ozawa return for Eight Men to Kill, in which Ichibei is hired to recover a cache of stolen gold from the government's mine. Featuring an array of weapons and gadgets that would make Q proud with Ichibei supported by a band of helpers including fellow spies, ronin and female ninjas, the Bounty Hunter films deliver action thrills galore and deserve to sit alongside the celebrated action epics that followed. '[Kudo is] an extraordinary stylist .... To call him a skilled action director is to understate the power of his set-pieces.' 'Henry Sheehan Wakayama is incredible as the wily, brazen, and burly sword slinging samurai spy...If you only know Wakayama Tomisaburo by his more famous Ogami Itto role in the SIX LONE WOLF AND CUB films (1972-1974), you're in for a treat here. - Cool Ass CinemaBefore he made his name in Lone Wolf and Cub Tomisaburo Wakayama starred in this triptych of violent samurai spectacles that draw on James Bond and Spaghetti Westerns for inspiration yet feature the familiar style and blood-spattering action of the period. Wakayama stars as Doctor and spy-for-hire Shikoro Ichibei who in Shigehiro (The Streetfighter) Ozawa's Killer's Mission is hired to prevent the sale of firearms to a hostile Shogun. In Eiichi (13 Assassins) Kudo's follow-up, The Fort of Death, Ichibei is hired on a Seven Samurai-style mission to protect a village of farmers from a ruthless Lord. The final film sees Ozawa return for Eight Men to Kill, in which Ichibei is hired to recover a cache of stolen gold from the government's mine. Featuring an array of weapons and gadgets that would make Q proud with Ichibei supported by a band of helpers including fellow spies, ronin and female ninjas, the Bounty Hunter films deliver action thrills galore and deserve to sit alongside the celebrated action epics that followed. '[Kudo is] an extraordinary stylist .... To call him a skilled action director is to understate the power of his set-pieces.' 'Henry Sheehan Wakayama is incredible as the wily, brazen, and burly sword slinging samurai spy...If you only know Wakayama Tomisaburo by his more famous Ogami Itto role in the SIX LONE WOLF AND CUB films (1972-1974), you're in for a treat here. - Cool Ass Cinema

• Branded to Kill | Blu Ray | (18/08/2014) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Seijun Suzuki's absolutely mad yakuza movie Branded to Kill bends the hit-man genre so out-of-shape it more resembles a Luis Bunuel take on Martin Scorsese. Number Three killer Goro Hanada (Jo Shishido) is a hired gun who loves his work, but when he misses a target after a mere butterfly sets his carefully balanced aim astray, he becomes the next target of the mob. Goro is no pushover and easily dispatches the first comers, leaving them splayed in death contortions that could qualify for an Olympic event, but the rat-a-tat violence gives way to a surreal, sadistic game of cat and mouse. The legendary Number One mercilessly taunts his target before moving in with him in a macho, testosterone-laden Odd Couple truce that ends up with them handcuffed together. Kinky? Not compared to earlier scenes. The smell of boiling rice sets Goro's libido for his mistress so aflame that Suzuki censors the gymnastic sex with animated black bars that come to life in an animated cha-cha. Because Suzuki pushed his yakuza parodies and cinematic surrealism too far, his studio, Nikkatsu, finally called in their own metaphoric hit and fired the director with such force that he was effectively blackballed from the industry for a decade. It took about that long for audiences to embrace his audacious genre bending--Suzuki's pop-art sensibilities were just a bit ahead of their time. --Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com

• CURE | Blu Ray | (27/01/2025) from £25.89   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Eureka Entertainment to release CURE, the mesmerising and hypnotic psychological thriller from Kiyoshi Kurosawa.Presented on 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray for the first time ever in UK, as part of The Masters of Cinema Series. Available from 27 January 2025, in a Limited edition of 2000 copies exclusively featuring an O-card slipcase.A landmark in the history of Japanese cinema, Cure was the breakthrough film for director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who would go on to make several further modern masterpieces in Pulse, Creepy and Tokyo Sonata. Released to critical acclaim in both the East and the West, this nerve-shredding thriller charts the hunt for a depraved serial killer in a bleak and decaying Tokyo. A series of murders have been committed by ordinary people who claim to have had no control over their actions, many of them having killed friends, co-workers or even their spouse. There are only two links between each crime: an X carved into the neck of each victim, and a mysterious stranger who seems to have had brief contact with the perpetrator a short period of time before each killing. But to follow these leads and end a seemingly inexplicable wave of terror, police detective Kenichi Takabe (Koji Yakusho, 13 Assassins) will need to put his own sanity on the line and endure a descent into hell. Described as one of the greatest films of all time by Bong Joon-ho, the filmmaker behind Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer and Parasite, Cure is a cerebral and deeply unsettling hybrid of police procedural, serial killer film and horror movie to stand with The Silence of the Lambs and Seven.Having given the film its UK Blu-ray premiere in 2018, the Masters of Cinema series is now proud to present the film on 4K UHD. Limited edition of 2000 copies | Limited edition O-Card slipcase featuring new artwork by Time Tomorrow | 4K (2160p) UHD Blu-ray presentation from a 4K digital restoration, presented in Dolby Vision HDR | Uncompressed original Japanese stereo soundtrack | Two archival interviews with director Kiyoshi Kurosawa from 2003 and 2018 | Kim Newman on Cure Interview with critic and author Kim Newman | Trailers | PLUS: A collector's booklet featuring essays on Cure by Tom Mes

• Warrior Season 1 | DVD | (28/10/2019) from £13.59   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  THIS GRITTY, SEXY, VIOLENT, PULSE-QUICKENING NEW ORIGINAL SERIESS FROM CINEMAX® is a crime drama set during the brutal Tong Wars of San Francisco's Chinatown in the latter part of the 19th century. Inspired by the writings of the late Bruce Lee, the story follows Ah Sahm (Andrew Koji), a martial arts prodigy who immigrates from China to San Francisco under mysterious circumstance and becomes a hatchet man for one of Chinatown's most powerful organised crime families.

• The Admiral | DVD | (24/09/2012) from £16.75   |  Saving you £1.24 (7.40%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Japan, 1941: With war raging in Europe, Japan's imperial command sees an opportunity to advance their nation's standing in the world.The plan to attack Pearl Harbor was drawn up, and one man was tasked with its implementation: Admiral Yamamoto. Opposed to the plan, Yamamoto must nevertheless carry out his orders and commit one of the biggest military mistakes in history.The Admiral is a $10.5 million budgeted, action packed masterpiece that explores one man's, and by reflection one nation's, turmoil: what must be sacrificed for country and for duty.