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• Battles Without Honor and Humanity | Blu Ray | (06/09/2021) from £26.79   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale) gave the world Japan's answer to The Godfather with this violent yakuza saga, influencing filmmakers from Quentin Tarantino (Kill Bill, Reservoir Dogs) to Takashi Miike (Graveyard of Honor, Audition). Made within just two years, the five-film series brought a new kind of realism and ferocity to the crime genre in Japan, revitalising the industry and leading to unprecedented commercial and critical success.Literally exploding on screen with a mushroom cloud, and ending with Hiroshima's A-bomb Dome, the epic story of Battles Without Honour and Humanity follows over 100 characters through twenty years of gang wars, alliances, betrayals, and assassinations, in an exciting exploration of criminal power and politics in Japan. In the opening episode, ex-soldier Shôzô Hirono escapes from the post-war black markets to become a key member of the Yamamori gang, but soon finds himself disillusioned by the selfish duplicity of his bosses. Hiroshima Death Match focuses on a demobilised kamikaze pilot drifting through the early 1950s, whose suicidal impulses find good use as a mob assassin. Proxy War and Police Tactics form a labyrinthine, two-part story of ambition and betrayal set against Japan's rapid economic growth of the 1960s, with Shôzô caught between warring factions. Final Episode concludes the series in the 1970s as the former Yamamori gang transforms itself into an economic conglomerate called the Tensei Group, in a bid for mainstream respectability.Fukasaku and his team broke with the longstanding studio tradition of casting marquee idols as honourable, kimono-clad heroes, defending their gang bosses against unscrupulous villains, and instead adapted true accounts torn from the headlines, shot in a documentary-like style, and with few clear-cut heroes or villains. The vibrancy and dynamism of the filmmaking, plus its shocking violence, Shakespearean plotlines, and wide tapestry of characters, launched a revolutionary new genre, establishing the series as one of the great masterpieces of world crime cinema.Special Features:High Definition Blu-ray™ (1080p) presentation of all five original filmsOriginal Mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays)Optional English subtitles for all five filmsReversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard KleistDisc 1: Battles Without Honor and HumanityAudio commentary by critic and author Stuart Galbraith IVYakuza Graveyard an interview with Takashi Miike about Kinji Fukasaku and the yakuza film genreOriginal trailers for all five filmsDisc 2: Hiroshima Death MatchMan of Action an interview with series fight choreographer Ryūzō UenoOriginal TrailerDisc 3: Proxy WarSecrets of the Piranha Army a documentary about the troupe of supporting actors who appeared throughout the series, featuring interviews with original Piranha members Masaru Shiga and Takashi Noguchi, plus second-generation Piranha, Takashi Nishina and Akira MurotaTales of a Bit Player an interview with supporting actor and stuntman Seizô FukumotoOriginal TrailerDisc 4: Police TacticsRemembering Kinji a featurette about director Kinji Fukasaku and his work, featuring interviews with Kenta Fukasaku and film critic and Fukasaku biographer Sadao YamaneFukasaku Family an interview with Proxy War and Police Tactics assistant director Tôru Dobashi Original TrailerDisc 5: Final EpisodeLast Days of the Boss an interview with Final Episode screenwriter Kôji Takada Original poster gallery for the seriesOriginal Trailer

• Yakuza Papers | DVD | (23/09/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  This nihilistic chronicle of the gang-wars that ravaged Hiroshima in post-war Japan centres on the character Sugawara. Based on the prison diary of a yakuza involved in the wars (Kozo Mino) Sugawara is distinguished through extreme callous brutality. The villainous godfather Yamamoru initiates him into his ruthless gang which inevitably wins the power struggle through titanic gruesome battles. Once more with 'The Yakuza Papers' director Kinji Fukasaku elevates brutality and abrup

• Yakuza Papers / Yakuza Graveyard / Street Mobster | DVD | (07/07/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Yakuza Papers: This nihilistic chronicle of the gang-wars that ravaged Hiroshima in post-war Japan centres on the character Sugawara. Based on the prison diary of a yakuza involved in the wars (Kozo Mino) Sugawara is distinguihed through extreme callous brutality. The villainous godfather Yamamoru initiates him into his ruthless gang which inevitably wins the power struggle through titanic gruesome battles. Once more with 'The Yakuza Papers' director Kinji Fukasaku elevate

• Street Mobster | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £6.98   |  Saving you £9.01 (129.08%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Explosive Japanese cool hits the retail DVD market in the shape of Eureka Video's 'Street Mobster'. Internationally acclaimed guru director Kinji Fukasaku the highly distinguished exponent of ultra violence with a purpose. Street mobster Isamu Okita likes fighting and girls and is just out of prison for killing a rival in a bath-house. On release he finds things have changed: old gangs no longer have the power they once enjoyed. So he teams up with Kizaki an aspiring gangster who suggests he revive his old gang to take on existing mobs and claim their territory.

• Angelic Layer - Vol. 6 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £9.96   |  Saving you £10.03 (100.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With the finals well underway Misaki and friends decide to take a well-deserved break at the beach but Icchan and his group are there too. A secret love is revealed and new loves bloom as the whole gang takes a break from the stress of the tournament at the seaside. Many more secrets about the past come to light and Misaki goes on another date but it's not with who you'd expect! The time has come for two players to qualify for the championship match while the rest get left behind

• Angelic Layer - Vol. 1 | DVD | (19/04/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The moment smalltown girl Misaki Suzuhara arrives in Tokyo she is thrust into the excitement of 'Angelic Layer': a high-tech fast-paced game where dolls called Angels are controlled by the thoughts of their operator. Twelve-year-old Misaki living with her Aunt quickly makes friends who are as interested in Angelic Layer as she is. Misaki builds her own Angel Hikaru and begins competing in battles where will and determination count far more than size and strength. Will Misaki

• Angelic Layer - Vol. 3 | DVD | (16/08/2004) from £11.23   |  Saving you £8.76 (43.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Do your best Misaki! 'Miracle Rookie' Misaki and Angel Hikaru continue to battle it out on the Layer but at the Kanto Regional Games the competition is tougher than ever and players are disqualified after only one loss. Misaki gets singing lessons from popular idol Ringo Seto and learns lessons of a different kind from the ambitious Fujisaki sisters. And 'Kindergarten Kid' Hatoko reminds us that age and size don't matteriin these contests. What does it really take to be an

• Angelic Layer - Vol. 2 | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Altough Misaki has only just started playing Angelic Layer she is already competing against the best in Tokyo for a chnce to fight in the national tournament in Kanto. Her new friends are cheering her on and she seems to be holding her own but will Misaki qualify for the nationals? Includes four complete episodes.

• Angelic Layer - Vol. 7 | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £32.37   |  Saving you £-12.38 (-61.90%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The championship match is about to begin but before that can happen everyone must confess their deepest secrets and confront their own demons as the past finally catches up with the present. In the most exhilarating battle yet the Miracle Rookie Misaki and her Angel Hikaru face their toughest challenge ever and the Champion along with Angel Athena must defend her title. Startling revelations and dramatic declarations make this volume of Angelic Layer completely absorbing. Y

• Angelic Layer - Vol. 4 | DVD | (18/10/2004) from £24.65   |  Saving you £-4.66 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This series follows Misaki Suzuhara a young girl from a small town as she competes in Angelic Layer a popular fighting game. The game involes mind control over robots called Angels and there are many opponents who want to make it to the final tournament. In this installment the semifinal games begin in Kanto and Misaki and Hatoko must confront their most challenging opponents! Tamayo and Kotaro sit in the audience to root for the girls and Misaki discovers a new fan. Later

• Angelic Layer - Vol. 5 | DVD | (20/12/2004) from £13.93   |  Saving you £6.06 (30.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This series follows Misaki Suzuhara a young girl from a small town as she competes in Angelic Layer a popular fighting game. The game entails using mind control over robots called Angels and there are many opponents who want to make it to the final tournament. In this installment on the verge of the final games all the rules change and Misaki must choose only one partner... forcing her to choose among her friends! In the next incredible volume of Angelic Layer Misaki experie