"Director: Takashi Miike"

• Masters of Horror - Series 1 Volume 2 | DVD | (29/01/2007) from £14.95   |  Saving you £10.04 (67.16%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Thirteen of the most acclaimed directors of horror and suspense have gathered from around the worldto tell their darkest dreams in their own distinctive styles. Each film is a stand-alone exercise in terror made by the creative talent behind some of the most horrifying and groundbreaking cinema of all time... They share a mission: To send a chill up your spine. They are the Masters of Horror This Second Volume of Series 1 contains the final 6 films together with more than 16 hours of Special Features. Film List: Dario Argento - Jenifer Tobe Hooper - Dance Of The Dead Takashi Miike - Imprint Larry Cohen - Pick Me Up William Malone - Fair Haired Child John McNaughton - Haeckel's Tale

• Agitator | DVD | (24/05/2004) from £7.05   |  Saving you £7.94 (112.62%)   |  RRP £14.99

  In this epic of Yakuza honour betrayal and bloodshed maverick director Takashi Miike creates uncompromisingly original take on the Japanese gangster movie... When a young Yakuza torments the customers in a rival crime family's nightclub it is not long before his dead body is found. Soon inter-family retaliation follows resulting in the death of a prominent crime boss. Devastated by this turn of events the temperamental Kenzaki vows to avenge his boss's death and as bloody vi

• City Of Lost Souls | DVD | (18/11/2002) from £12.67   |  Saving you £5.31 (54.86%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A stylised and violent thriller, prolific director Miike Takashi's The City Of Lost Souls (2000) is set in the ganglands of Tokyo and pays homage to Sergio Leone, Quentin Tarantino and, in a daft, animated cockfighting sequence, The Matrix. Mario (Teah) is the Japanese-Brazilian gunslinger fresh out jail who, in a hilariously audacious action sequence, hijacks a helicopter to save his Chinese girlfriend Kei (Michelle Reis) from deportation. He must then secure 18 million yen to secure fake passports for both of them to make a new life for themselves in Australia. In a misconceived operation, Mario arrives at the lair of the intriguing Ko, Kei's ex-boyfriend--a self-assured, effeminate young exchange student--who is somehow head of a vicious gang of Triads. He is on the point of buying a consignment of cocaine from decadent, cold-blooded Yakuza gangster Fushimi when Mario's arrival triggers a shootout, with Mario escaping with the wrong suitcase. Now, in time-honoured True Romancefashion, Mario and Kei are on the run from the mob. Although visually tricksy with some strong set-pieces, The City of Lost Souls is rather hazy when it comes to story and characterisation. We get little sense of the runaway couple as people. A young blind girl is introduced into the tale and there are romantic moments between Mario and Kei but these feel like sugary palliatives to the bloodshed rather than touching moments. Better perhaps to check out Takashi's Audition, a brilliantly gruesome satire on male Japanese attitudes towards womanhood. This is a flashier, faster but less artistically satisfying affair. On the DVD: The City of Lost Souls is presented in video aspect ratio 1.85:1, with reasonable clarity and sharpness. However, the English subtitles are a little pidgin and slapdash in places, none of which improves the main special feature, a rather dull and vague interview with director Takashi. --David Stubbs

• 13 Assassins - Limited Edition Steelbook | Blu Ray | (14/04/2014) from £15.99   |  Saving you £4.00 (20.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Zavvi Exclusive Limited Edition Steelbook. Directed by the enfant terrible of Japanese cinema Miike Takashi who has made over 80 films in the past 20 years 13 Assassins is in the words of Little White Lies By turns exciting horrific funny and always thrilling - but mostly intense and always spectacular. Set in 1844 Japan a clan leader has committed seppuku in protest to the wanton misbehaviour of the Shogun's younger brother Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira who has been terrorizing the country with apparent impunity. As such the shogun's justice minister secretly hires Shinzaemon a samuri who had served under the previous shogunite in order to assassinate Naritsugu. Shinzaemon will gather 12 more noble samurai in order to take on the 200-strong army of Narigatsu and bring order to Japan in this stunning and brutal remake of Eiichi Kudo's 1963 film 'Jusan-nin no shikaku'.

• Ichi The Killer | DVD | (09/11/2009) from £24.99   |  Saving you £-9.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

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• Crows Zero II | DVD | (02/07/2012) from £5.69   |  Saving you £10.30 (64.40%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.'

• Sukiyaki Western Django | DVD | (02/02/2009) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-4.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Paying homage to the spaghetti western world renowned director Takeshi Miike (Ichi the Killer Audition) has invented a uniquely stylish Japanese action western set during the Genpei clan civil wars of the 12th century and shot in English

• Crows Zero | DVD | (09/04/2012) from £9.66   |  Saving you £6.33 (65.53%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Welcome to Suzuran High: the worst achieving, most violent school in Japan where the students or 'Crows' can only make the grade by battling each other for influence and power.

• For Love's Sake | Blu Ray | (10/06/2013) from £20.00   |  Saving you £-0.01 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Takashi Miike, the director of '13 Assassins', 'Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai' and 'Audition' brings us as Bollywood-style musical action/comedy/love story!

• Shinjuku Triad Society | DVD | (26/05/2003) from £9.99   |  Saving you £5.00 (50.05%)   |  RRP £14.99

  The first of three films linked by theme rather than by character or story which form Takashi Miike's acclaimed Triad Society trilogy (followed by 'Rainy Dog' and 'Ley Lines') 'Shinjuku Triad Society' charts the bloody gangland battle for control over Tokyo's seedy Sinjuku district. When the Dragon's Claw gang from Taiwan attempts a take-over of the dope extortion and gay prostitution rackets run by the ruling Japanese Yakuza a lone cop predicts carnage. In a crusade against t

• Yatterman (Blu-ray) | Blu Ray | (21/05/2012) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £16.99

  Classic seventies anime series Yatterman flies to the silver screen in a brilliant crime-fighting explosion of candy-coloured camp, over-the-top adventure, and pure popcorn entertainment. Directed by legendary cult director Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, Ichi The Killer, Audition) and featuring a brand new plot and re-imaged characters, this live action debut of Yatterman will re-define the robot action adventure genre. Gan, the only son of a toy shop owner, and his girlfriend Ai are just normal teens who like to tinker away with robotic inventions - that is, when they're not out keeping the world safe from evil! Together with their giant robot dog Yatterwoof, and their small incompetent robot Toybotty, Gan & Ai transform into crime-fighting duo Yatterman to fight for world peace. Waging battle against perennial nemesis, the Doronbo gang. Formed by sexy villainess Doronjo and her lackeys Boyacky, and Tonzra, the Doronbo trio will stop at nothing to recover the powerful wish-granting Skull Stone, but they'll have to get past Yatterman first!

• Rainy Dog | DVD | (30/06/2003) from £7.95   |  Saving you £10.03 (202.22%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Poetic hitman film noir from controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike. Yuuji is an outsider. As a Japanese mobster holed up in Taipei working as a hitman for a Triad boss he is far from his roots. Added to this complicated existence is the fact that his ex-wife has just dumped a young boy - probably their child - on his doorstep. A hazardous burden in this world of sly manouvers and quick-fire shoot-outs the boy is neglected and unloved. As Yuuji continues to do business as

• Ley Lines | DVD | (28/07/2003) from £11.33   |  Saving you £6.65 (79.74%)   |  RRP £14.99

  A troupe of bored small town delinquents travel to Tokyo only to find themselves outclassed by the big city criminals... This brutal exploration of Japan's criminal fraternity displays Miike Takashi's celebrated flare for kinetic action and stylish innovation and should not be missed.

• For Love's Sake | DVD | (10/06/2013) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Takashi Miike, the director of '13 Assassins', 'Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai' and 'Audition' brings us as Bollywood-style musical action/comedy/love story!

• MPD - Psycho | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £17.53   |  Saving you £4.46 (25.44%)   |  RRP £21.99

  Detective Yousuke Kobayashi is on a case involving a series of brutal murders. When his very own girlfriend's dismembered body is mailed to him in a cooler he is pushed over the edge: eventually tracking down the murderer and savagely killing him. During his murder trial he declares that his name is not Yousuke Kobayashi but Kazuhiko Amamiya. Sentenced for murder he is eventually diagnosed as suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder... However it is only a matter of time until

• Bodyguard Kiba | DVD | (22/08/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Bodyguard Kiba is another comic book adaptation by maverick director Takashi Miike. In addition to his karate dojo Tetsu daito runs God Hand a company through which his apprentice Naoto Kiba hires himself out as a bodyguard in order to earn money to support the dojo. Though Kiba has often heard his master say that no one would come to God Hand with a dangerous assignment he is constantly in danger. This time he agrees to guard a beautiful woman in Hong Kong think

• MPD - Psycho Series 1 - Parts 3 And 4 - The Life Constructed In Double Spiral / Smashed Ants | DVD | (28/02/2005) from £13.79   |  Saving you £6.20 (44.96%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Part 2 in the journey of detective Yousuke Kobayashi/Kazuhiko Amamiya. Featuring 2 episodes of MPD Psycho. The Life Constructed In Double Spiral: Chiaki Kuriyama (Kill Bill) guest stars in this episode which finds Detective Amamiya and the police team investigating the mass suicide of forty high school girls. Amamiya goes undercover as a high school teacher to find out why and learn more about a new generation of barcode carrying humans many of whom are students. Smashed

• Fudoh - The New Generation | DVD | (23/06/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  When a Yakuza commits a terrible error he must pay a tribute to show loyalty to the other Yakuza families by killing his eldest son. Ten years later his youngest son uncovers the grisly act and organizes his friends to take revenge against his father and all the other Yakuza leaders for practicing outdated customs...

• MPD - Psycho Series 1 - Parts 1 And 2 - Drifting Petals / Memories Of Sin | DVD | (31/01/2005) from £6.92   |  Saving you £-1.93 (N/A%)   |  RRP £4.99

  Detective Yousuke Kobayashi is on a case involving a series of brutal murders. When his very own girlfriend's dismembered body is mailed to him in a cooler he is pushed over the edge: eventually tracking down the murderer and savagely killing him. During his murder trial he declares that his name is not Yousuke Kobayashi but Kazuhiko Amamiya. Sentenced for murder he is eventually diagnosed as suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder... However it is only a matter of time until

• MPD - Psycho Series 1 - Parts 5 And 6 - Coronation Of Cursed King / Ascension Of Spirits | DVD | (21/03/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Part 3 in in the journey of detective Yousuke Kobayashi/Kazuhiko Amamiya. Featuring 2 episodes of MPD Psycho. Coronation Of The Cursed King: Cult members spontaneously combust when the barcode network is infected. The burn victims are taken to the local hospital where a lonely employee's cyber-girlfriend tells them to kill people. Detective Amamiya and his team lock down the hospital while strange things happen on the secret 13th floor. Ascension Of Spirits And Bonds Of M