"Actor: Naoto Takenaka"

• Gonza The Spearman | DVD | (30/08/2004) from £6.99   |  Saving you £13.00 (185.98%)   |  RRP £19.99

  A period drama adapted from the play by Monzaemon Chikamatsu (an 18th century playwright regarded as the Shakespeare of Japanese literature) telling of the tragic fate of handsome ladies man Gonza a master spearman in the Tokugawa Shogunate period. Forced to fight for his life when his repuation leads to false accusations of an affair with the daimyo's (local warlord) wife Gonza vows to clear his name. However in the process of proving his innocence love begins to take hold of th

• Young Thugs - Nostalgia | DVD | (24/01/2005) from £26.98   |  Saving you £-6.99 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Including biographical elements 'Nostalgia' centers around the home and school life of a young boy whose family mix the violent and dysfunctional with the comic and lovable. Though containing elements of the sudden and shocking brutality that many associate with this director 'Nostalgia' is more concerned with a child's moment of leaving the internalized world of fantasy and passing on eagerly to the next stage of life. A wonderful touching startling vision that is uniquely that

• Sword Of The Stranger | Blu Ray | (26/04/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £29.99

  Kotaro a young boy and his dog meet a nameless samurai who is haunted by memories of his past which have led him to avoid drawing his sword ever again. Among the Ming is a fearsome Western fighter named Luo-Lang whose only desire is to find a worthy opponent. When both groups clash with a Sengoku-era feudal lord a proud general and monks torn between faith and survival the reason behind the Ming's pursuit tests the bond between Kotaro and Nanashi. It won the price for of the best anime in Brazilia Fanastpoa 2008 and received a special price of the jury in Future film Festival in Italia. The film was successfully screened at the last Annecy film Festival in France.

• Shall We Dance | DVD | (09/05/2011) from £12.93   |  Saving you £7.06 (35.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  'Shall We Dance?' is an American remake of Masayuki Suo's worldwide hit 'Shall We Dansu?'. An overworked Chicago accountant (Gere) tired of the boring routine that his life has become sees a beautiful dance teacher (Lopez) through a window and decides to start taking lessons from her in order to get to know her better and as the joy of dancing enters his life he discovers that it might just be the secret to saving his troubled marriage. As the accountant's skill as a dancer improves he eventually signs up for the Chicago Crystal Ball Dance Competition. Will he win?

• Sword Of The Stranger | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £11.99

  Kotaro a young boy and his dog meet a nameless samurai who is haunted by memories of his past which have led him to avoid drawing his sword ever again. Among the Ming is a fearsome Western fighter named Luo-Lang whose only desire is to find a worthy opponent. When both groups clash with a Sengoku-era feudal lord a proud general and monks torn between faith and survival the reason behind the Ming's pursuit tests the bond between Kotaro and Nanashi.

• Hara-Kiri : Death of a Samurai | Blu Ray | (07/05/2012) from £20.00   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  From legendary filmmaker Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, Audition) comes a classic tale of love, honour and revenge amidst the fall of the Samurai in 17th Century Japan. Seeking a noble end, poverty-stricken Samurai Hanshiro requests to commit ritual suicide at the House of Liu, run by headstrong Kageyu. But after being told a tragic story of another Samurai’s agonizing suicide, that of Hanshiro’s close friend Motome, Hanshiro sets in a motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of this feudal lord.

• Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence | DVD | (01/10/2018) from £10.35   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  When machines learn to feel, who decides what is human? It is the year 2032 and Earth is a world where the few remaining humans coexist with artificial replicants, cyborgs and robots. Batou, a cyborg detective and his partner, Togusa are charged with investigating the bizarre case of a malfunctioning female sex droid that has murdered its owner. As they delve deeper into the investigation they are forced to confront violent Yakuza thugs, devious hackers, influential government bureaucrats and powerful corporate criminals. Painstakingly created by Production IG and director, Mamoru Oshii (G.I.T.S, Avalon, Patlabor) Innocence seamlessly combines groundbreaking 2-D and 3-D CG animation techniques to produce an action-packed, sci-fi fable of a solitary cyborg struggling to retain what's left of his humanity in a world where the human soul is gradually fading into obscurity.