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• Zokki | Blu Ray | (25/04/2022) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Five interconnected stories from the wild mind of cult manga author Hiroyuki Ohashi (On-gaku: Our Sound) comprise this live-action feature by directors Takayuki Yamada, Naoto Takenaka and Takumi Saitoh. There's an old man who feels the need to impart his knowledge to a grown-up granddaughter; a quiet loner seeking self-discovery on his bike and the fisherman he encounters who invites him to a special meal; a school friendship that turns awkward because of an infatuation with an older sibling; a boy and his father who have very different ideas about how to enjoy themselves; and a friendship between two neighbours that revolves around a series of notes. Scripted by Yutaka Kuramochi, 'Zokki' is less an anthology than a series of snapshots of a strange and quirky world.

• Makeup Room | DVD | (26/10/2015) from £8.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (44.49%)   |  RRP £12.99

  For the production of a new adult video make-up artist Tsuzuki (Aki Morita) finds herself in all sorts of chaos when she ends up as the only person taking care of a large and varied cast of adult video stars. From the low-end ‘will do anything’ Sugar Sato (Mariko Sumiyoshi) to the stuck-up pro Masami Ayase (Beni Ito) seasoned nymph Masako (Riri Kuribayoshi) and the shy newbie Toshiko (Nanami Kawakami) Tsuzuki must navigate a minefield of egos controlling directors production issues and more to keep the cast and crew calm during a long and tiresome shoot!    All shot in just one room and starring many real-life adult video actresses director Kei Morikawa looks at his own experiences as a director in the adult video industry to make a smart funny and touching comedy of Japan's porn industry!