"Director: Noboru Tanaka"

• HB Films Notes on Cinea / Nikatsu | DVD | (06/12/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise: Abe Sada: Based on the true story of Sada Abe who is remembered in Japan for erotically asphyxiating her lover Kichiso Ashida on May 18 1936 and then cutting off his penis and testicles and carrying them around with her in her handbag. The story became a national sensation. Immortal Love: Chusei Sone's 'Immortal Love ' tells the story of a young man's passion and desire for the daughter of a wealthy Samurai. For social reasons the relationship cannot be condoned but such is the power of their attraction not even death can separate them. A Strange mysterious rare and bewitching piece of Japanese Cinema Immortal Love epitomizes the key characteristics of Kaiden the Japanese ghost story. Watcher in the Attic And Gate Of Flesh: The landlord of a boarding house in 1923 Tokyo is keen on spying on the bizarre close encounters taking place beneath his roof. One day he sees a prostitute killing a customer and decides he's found his soulmate.)

• A Woman Called Abe Sada | DVD | (14/06/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In May 1936 the body of a man is discovered in a Tokyo hotel. He had been strangled and emasculated. A week later a woman is found with a blood-stained knife and the severed member. This is the story of that woman - Abe Sada. The film is based on the same real life events as Nagisa Oshima's 'In The Realm of the Senses'. It was voted one of the best ten Japanese films of 1975.

• Village Of Doom | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  As the storm cloud of war gathers over Japan the desperately patriotic Tsugio waits for his call up to duty. But in the close-knit community of his hometown of Higureya the women have grown desperate for the company of men. When Tsugio stumbles upon one adulterous union he too is quickly seduced. But this newfound experience quickly sours when Tsugio is diagnosed with tuberculosis and ostracised by the village. With everyone turned against him Tsugio takes to the streets ful

• The Watcher In The Attic | DVD | (29/03/2004) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99