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• Shogun's Samurai | DVD | (21/10/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With Shogun Samurai, veteran Japanese director Fukasaku Kinji demonstrated that he could do more than the gritty social realist cop-and-gangster films for which he remains most famous. A deliberately stately historical drama, with a slightly ponderous narrator introducing some of its most powerful scenes, Shogun Samurai shows the succession crisis that followed the death of the second Tokugawa Shogun in the early 17th-century. The Imperial court fans the flames in an attempt to restore the Emperor's power; a young dancer tries to preserve the young prince she loves; a warrior clan take steps to return to their homeland; and the fencing master Yagyu will expend honour and lives, including those of his own children, to ensure that his school is patronised by the new Shogun. The film alternates powerful scenes of intrigue and stagy monomaniac rants by Yagyu with finely choreographed scenes of battle and duel; it has a powerful and tragic sense of the fragile sadness of things and the futility of all ambitions; Sonny Chiba is unusually impressive as Yagyu's most honourable son, the one-eyed Jubel. On the DVD: Shogun Samurai on disc has minimal additional features: a short prose profile of Fukasaku Kinji and some promotional clips. Picture is anamorphic 16:9. --Roz Kaveney

• Fighting Delinquents | DVD | (26/03/2007) from £6.85   |  Saving you £13.14 (191.82%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This rarely seen gem from the master Suzuki casts teenage heart-throb Koji Wada as young misfit who suddenly finds himself the unwitting pawn in an escalating family feud that ultimately leads to tragedy. This is the DVD premiere of Suzuki's first colour feature. Lean mean and stylish as always this tale of youth-gone-wild is both vibrant and touching. Suzuki contrasts tranquil glimpses of traditional regional life with the emergence of the new rock 'n' roll youth culture and the greed and seething cynicism of encroaching Westernisation. Also released under the title Go To Hell Hoodlums! this is a melodrama as colourful shocking and exhilarating as one would come to expect from Japan's master filmmaker.

• Last Exile - Vol. 7 | DVD | (26/12/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  With Luciola's help Claus Alvis and Dio escape the Guild ship while Delphine continues to hold Alex Row hostage and tortures him. Anatoray and Disith continue to wage an all-out war against the Guild and many sacrifice their lives attempting to prevent Delphine from gaining complete control of the Exile. Under Sophia's orders Claus Lavie and Alvis fly through the Grand Stream toward the Exile to complete their final mission in this heart-pounding conclusion! Episodes comprise:

• Last Exile - Vol. 1 | DVD | (20/12/2004) from £6.96   |  Saving you £13.03 (65.20%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This new fantasy adventure from director Koichi Chigira takes place in a futuristic world where the skies are populated by technologically advanced 1940's style fighter planes. Piloting one of these planes are Claus and Lavie who have just accepted a mission to take a mysterious girl named Alvis to the battle ship Silvana. Soon the two find themselves in the middle of war between two countries being fought in the sky... Episodes comprise: 1. First Move 2. Luft Vanship 3. Tra

• 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

• Japanese Classics Of Horror And Fantasy | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  A box set containing some of the best horror and fantasy films ever produced in Japan! Portrait Of Hell Created by premier Japanese novelist Ryunosuke Akutagawa (creator of Roshomon) 'Portrait of Hell' is a mesmerising look into humans creating hell on earth in their own unique ways. Must be seen to be believed! Illusion Of Blood From Shiro Toyoda director of the nightmarish 'Portrait Of Hell' comes a chilling story of love betrayal and vengeance. Tatsuya Nakadai stars as the selfish samurai Iyemon who after the loss of his lord has been left impoverished. He become outraged that his father-in-law intends to sell his two daughter's into prostitution. It is not love but respectability that Iyemon desires... Tokyo The Last Megalopolis When Masakado was executed for crimes against humanity over a thousand years ago his malevolent spirit refused to die with him merely becoming dormant and waiting for the chance to rise again. To disturb it is to awaken a terrible vengeance on the city of Tokyo. The demonic psychic Kato attempts to revive the slumbering evil and use its energy to plunge the city into a hell on Earth. It is up to a lone spiritual warrior Keiko a descendant of Masakado to stop the maniacal Kato before the spirit is released and the ancient curse is unleashed upon the world. Princess From The Moon Toshiro Mifune stars in this enchanting film based on the traditional Japanese fairytale 'Kaguya' as the male half of a country couple who find a baby girl in the bamboo and raise her as their own until the truth is revealed when she is taken back...

• 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

• Last Exile - Vol. 3 | DVD | (18/04/2005) from £5.86   |  Saving you £14.13 (70.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Claus and Lavie participate in an eight-hour endurance vanship race and are joined by Dio Eraclea who tries to befriend Claus. Tatiana also participates in the race but she is actually on a secret mission under Alex Row's direction. In the meantime Alex Row bids for the mysterious ""Exile Door"" at a black market auction but he is forced to withdraw from the bidding by the Guild. The Exile Door ends up in the hands of Delphine the supreme leader of the Guild. And it becomes increasi

• Last Exile - Vol. 2 | DVD | (21/02/2005) from £2.99   |  Saving you £17.00 (85.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This fantasy adventure from director Koichi Chigira takes place in a futuristic world where the skies are populated by technologically advanced 1940s style fighter planes. Piloting one of these planes are Claus and Lavie who have just accepted a mission to take a mysterious girl named Alvis to the battle ship Silvana. Soon the two find themselves in the middle of war between two countries being fought in the sky. In this edition Claus and Lavie take Alvis to the captain of the ai

• Angelic Layer - Vol. 2 | DVD | (21/06/2004) from £24.65   |  Saving you £-4.66 (N/A%)   |  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.

• Last Exile - Vol. 6 | DVD | (17/10/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Claus and Dio return to the Silvana from their vanship expedition to search for the Exile only to find that the Silvana has been hijacked by the Guild. Delphine takes Alvis Claus and Alex Row hostage and transports them to the Guild shi Delphine attempts to lure Alex to provide all the mysterions open Exile gateway. Dio is declared the official successor of his sister Delphine after he is forced to partake of a series of rite of passage ceremonies. Episodes comprise: 21. Roo

• 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

• Last Exile - Vol. 4: Breakthrough | DVD | (20/06/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Claus and Tatiana are thrown together to fly a vanshipito defend Silvana from a massive attack orchestrated by Anatoray and Tatiana begins to confide in Claus when the two make an emergency landing. Sophia who is revealedito be of royal lineage leaves Silvana and inherits a leading role in the Anatoray army. Then Claus discovers through an old photograph the secret relationship between his vanship his and Lavie's deceased fathers Captain Alex Row and the Grand Stream all of which lead us closer to the meaning of the Exile... Episodes comprise: 13. Isolated Pawn 14. Etude Lavie 15. Fairy Chess 16. Breakthrough

• Sorcerous Stabber Orphen: Season 2 | Blu Ray | (26/04/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Asia Extreme Originals | DVD | (24/03/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Ring (1998): Within a week of watching a mysterious videotape a group of teenagers are dead. The bodies are found gruesomely contorted their eyes frozen as if they had seen something more terrifying than any physical threat. The video then becomes an urban myth. Insidiously an unseen force is pointing its deadly finger at those poor souls unable to resist their curiosity. One of those people is cynical journalist Reiko who soon finds herself unwillingly drawn into a spiralling nightmare of fear from an unseen omnipresent threat. The most unsettling film since The Exorcist with an unnatural presence that touches every nerve in your body 'Ring' is a beast of an entirely different order. Critically acclaimed as one of the most frightening horror films in years 'Ring' delivers a tense spine-chilling atmosphere filled with an overwhelming sense of dread and a potent presence of unworldly evil. Dark sinister and genuinely horrifying this is a film you will never forget. Dark Water (2002): In the midst of a custody battle Yoshimi and her beloved 6 year old daughter move in a creepy apartment. Once there the discovery of a schoolbag left behind by a mysterious young girl along with the appearance of damp patches on the ceiling and walls begins to haunt them as rumours circulate of a little girl who disappeared from the apartment above... Premonition (2004): Hideki Satomi (Mikami) his wife Ayaka (Sakai) and their young daughter Nana (Inoue) are driving blissfully through the countryside when the workaholic Satomi stops at a roadside phone booth to send an e-mail from his laptop. In the booth he discovers a smudged scrap of newsprint with Nana's picture on it -- and an article describing her death in a traffic accident. Three years later Satomi has not recovered from his failure to prevent the accident while his marriage has also ended. Meanwhile Ayaka has joined forces with a psychological researcher (Ono) to unravel the mysteries of prophecy. They interview a psychic who has the ability to take Polaroids of the future with her mind - but becomes suspicious of the researchers' motives. Then another new newspaper arrives at Satomi's flat - saying that one of his students (Maki Horikita) a girl with piercing eyes and an uncanny presence will die. Can he save her and himself?

• FLCL Vol.1 | DVD | (28/04/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Fooly Cooly: Naota has enough to deal with at home. His older brother went to the US to play baseball. And his father and grandfather never behave like normal adults. Not to mention his brother's girlfriend is now making advances on him. Plus there's a so called alien girl hitting on him. Literally. With a bass guitar. Oh did we mention the robots that keep springing from his head. Fire Starter: Hanging out by the river and playing with cars no one would suspect that Mamimi is a girl with a dark past. She's been obsessed with the videogame 'Fire Starter'. Coincidentally there's been a string of fires around town. Fires like the one that burned down the school 6 years ago where Naota first met Mamimi. And if that's not enough there's something growing inside Naota's head.

• 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

• Last Exile - Vol. 5 - Grand Stream | DVD | (15/08/2005) from £12.91   |  Saving you £7.08 (35.40%)   |  RRP £19.99

  This fantasy adventure anime from director Koichi Chigira takes place in a futuristic world where the skies are populated by technologically advanced 1940s style fighter planes. Piloting one of these planes are Claus and Lavie who have just accepted a mission to take a mysterious girl named Alvis to the battle ship Silvana. Soon the two find themselves in the middle of war between two countries being fought in the sky. In this edition Empress Sophia finds an important message--one

• 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