"Actor: Masaya Kato"

• Brother (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (21/04/2025) from £16.99   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Takeshi 'Beat' Kitano directs and stars in this brutal crime thriller about a Japanese yakuza forced to flee to Los Angeles after the death of his boss. In the wake of a failed gang war, Yamamoto ˜Aniki' (Kitano) arrives in Los Angeles with nothing but a new name and a bag of cash. Re-uniting with his younger brother, he uses his extensive experience as a hardened gangster, to grow a small-time drug operation into an far-reaching criminal brotherhood, attracting the attention of rival gangs with bloodthirsty consequences.Widely considered to be Japan's most important and influential director since Akira Kurosawa, Brother marks Takeshi Kitano's English language debut.Extras:Presented in High DefinitionThe Green Flash (1988, 23 mins): Adam Davis' short film about an encounter between a runaway and a gangster featuring a young Omar Epps in his first screen roleOther extras tbc**FIRST PRESSING ONLY** Illustrated booklet featuring new writing on the film

• Crying Freeman | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £8.76   |  Saving you £-2.77 (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  Once in a lifetime comes the perfect killer. A lethal samurai assassin for a secret Chinese organisation who sheds tears of regret each time he kills is seen swiftly and mercilessly executing three Yakuza gangsters by a beautiful artist. She is captivated by the grace of his kill and later falls in love with him. An intense power struggle for the leadership of the Yakuza clans ensues as they seek vengeance for the death of their leader. They soon realise the fatal mistake o

• Gozu | DVD | (25/10/2004) from £8.99   |  Saving you £6.00 (66.74%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Minami a member of the Azamawari crew highly respects his Aniki (brother) Ozaki who has saved his life in the past. However lately Ozaki's eccentricities have been making everyone wonder about his sanity... A typically skewed take on the Japanese Yakuza lifestyle from maverick director Takashi Miike.

• Fighter In The Wind | DVD | (30/05/2005) from £9.49   |  Saving you £10.50 (52.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Based on the comic-book adventure detailing the events in the life of legendary Korean martial artist Choi Bae-dal. Eighteen year old Bae-dal smuggles himself into Japan to enroll in an aviation school but instead finds himself being forced into the Kamikaze program. He resists and fights with the Japanese instructor Kato who is a karate master and captain of the program. Bae-dal is shamefully defeated and earns Kato's scorn. His pride deeply hurt he is determined to get strong

• Shinjuku Incident | DVD | (22/02/2010) from £15.85   |  Saving you £2.14 (13.50%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Coming to Blu-ray and to DVD as a two-disc Ultimate Edition featuring a host of extras, including behind the scenes featurettes, cast interviews and deleted scenes, this is a must-have for Jackie Chan fans and lovers of action cinema.

• 2LDK | DVD | (23/07/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This DVD features two films from Yukihiko Tsutsumi and Ryuhei Kitamura who were challenged by Shinya Kawai to each create a feature length movie with two principal actors battling in one setting and filmed entirely in one week. 2LDK (Dir. Yukihiko Tsutsumi) Aspiring actresses Nozomi (Koike) and Lana (Nonami) belong to the same talent agency share an apartment and have just auditioned for the same part in a film called Yakuza Wives. Nozomi is a country girl who has come to Tokyo with big dreams of becoming an actress while Lana's sharp tongue and flashy appearance is completely at odds with soft spoken demure Nozomi. Waiting for the phone call that will decide their future petty arguments escalate into hysterical violence bringing the girls' hatred of one another to the surface as they confront the reality of their empty unfulfilled lives. Aragami (Dir. Ryuhei Kitamura) (2003): Two seriously wounded samurai find refuge from a storm at an isolated temple the home of a swordsman and a mysterious young woman. One samurai awakes to find that not only has his comrade died but that his wounds have miraculously healed. He discovers that he has been given the power of immortality by the swordsman a man once known as the legendary Miyamoto Musashi who now lives an endless existence as Aragami a god of battle.

• Goke - Bodysnatcher From Hell | DVD | (29/12/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a plane crashes in the desert the survivors are targeted by blob-like aliens that turn their victims into vampires! Credited by Quentin Tarantino as an influence for his two-parter 'Kill Bill' Hajime Sato's seminal monster movie remains one of the most memorable of the 1960s!

• Drive | DVD | (26/06/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  When a bio-energy module is placed in Toby Wong's chest his martial arts skills are tuned to a superhuman level and the Army begins to hunt him down! Desperate he forces hostage Malik to drive him to freedom in Los Angeles. But can they beat the ammo-packing posse chasing them?

• Aragami | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Yukihiko Tsutsumi and Ryuhei Kitamura each finished their contributions to the short film anthology Jam Films (2002) in record time. As a result the producer Shinya Kawai gave the two directors a proposal; to each create a feature length movie with two principal actors battling in one setting and filmed entirely in one week. In Ryuhei Kitamura's Aragami: two samurai end up on death's doorstep after they are wounded in battle. Only one of them (Takao Osawa) survives the night to wake up and discover his wounds are healed and he has gained a special ability. After meeting his savior Aragami (Masaya Kato) the samurai is forced to pay his debt by engaging in battle with his powerful host. Yet only a worthy adversary has the power to defeat the demon known as Aragami....

• Dual Project: Aragami, The / 2LDK | DVD | (26/09/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99