"Director: Yôjirô Takita"

• Departures | DVD | (10/05/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  A delightful and sensitive journey into the heartland of Japan and an astonishingly beautiful look at a sacred part of Japan's cultural heritage Departures tells the story of Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Matoki) a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved who now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer ' a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of 'Nokanshi ' acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder joy and meaning of life and living.

• Departures | DVD | (06/11/2017) from £10.98   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.

• When The Last Sword Is Drawn | DVD | (25/04/2005) from £28.75   |  Saving you £-13.76 (N/A%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Kanichiro Yoshimura is a samurai family man who can no longer feed his wife and children due to the low wages paid from his small town clan

• Departures | Blu Ray | (10/05/2010) from £13.48   |  Saving you £9.51 (41.40%)   |  RRP £22.99

  A delightful and sensitive journey into the heartland of Japan and an astonishingly beautiful look at a sacred part of Japan's cultural heritage Departures tells the story of Daigo Kobayashi (Masahiro Matoki) a devoted cellist in an orchestra that has just been dissolved who now finds himself without a job. Daigo decides to move back to his old hometown with his wife to look for work and start over. He answers a classified ad entitled 'Departures' thinking it is an advertisement for a travel agency only to discover that the job is actually for a 'Nokanshi' or 'encoffineer ' a funeral professional who prepares deceased bodies for burial and entry into the next life. While his wife and others despise the job Daigo takes a certain pride in his work and begins to perfect the art of 'Nokanshi ' acting as a gentle gatekeeper between life and death between the departed and the family of the departed. The film follows his profound and sometimes comical journey with death as he uncovers the wonder joy and meaning of life and living.

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  A newly unemployed cellist takes a job preparing the dead for funerals.

• Ashura | DVD | (23/01/2006) from £5.95   |  Saving you £14.04 (235.97%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In bustling 19th-century Edo demons lurk in the shadows disguised in human form. They are loathe to show their true faces for even in disguise they can easily be spotted and slain by the arrogant Demon Wardens. But then Bizan the beautiful leader of the demons appears to Kuninari the captain of the Demon Wardens and smugly tells him that the rebirth of Ashura the Queen of the Demons has been foretold and that man's reign over the world will soon end. This visually rich an

• The Yin Yan Master | DVD | (10/03/2008) from £8.07   |  Saving you £-3.08 (-61.70%)   |  RRP £4.99

  One thousand years ago in the ancient Japanese capital of Heian - Kyo mortal men live side by side with demons which can enter human hearts and minds. At the Mikado's court wise soothsayers control the demons with spells and incantations - these are the Yin Yang Masters. The most enigmatic of these is Abe no Seimei a sly fox of a sorcerer who astounds with his magic and flouts court rules. Under his wing comes his new apprentice the eager but naive Hiroshima. The pair wander the ancient city Seimei working his magic to solve supernatural crimes. But with the help of an immortal woman Lady Aone they must save the city from the forces of evil - the wrathful spirit of Prince sawara - and find out who is behind the plot to destroy the hereditary imperial line.

• The Yin-Yang Master | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This Heian period (A.D. 794-1185) epic stars Mansai Nomura as Seimei Kyoto's court Onmyoji (a kind of fortune teller in commune with the spirits). When a young samurai named Hiromasa comes to Seimei to discuss a possible plot against the government the two discover that the court's formidable magician Doson is indeed planning a coup. Teaming their skills to take on the powerful Doson Seimei and Hiromasa face a long and difficult battle.

• The Yin-Yang Master | DVD | (31/07/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £5.99

  This Heian period (A.D. 794-1185) epic stars Mansai Nomura as Seimei Kyoto's court Onmyoji (a kind of fortune teller in commune with the spirits). When a young samurai named Hiromasa comes to Seimei to discuss a possible plot against the government the two discover that the court's formidable magician Doson is indeed planning a coup. Teaming their skills to take on the powerful Doson Seimei and Hiromasa face a long and difficult battle.