Japanese Cinema – Blu-ray Discs, Bücher, CDs und mehr

Moron Police

A Boat On The Sea (Papersleeve)

Tokyo Cinerotix

Japanese sexploitation cinema of the late 1960s and 1970s was dominated by companies such as Toei and Nikkatsu, whose roman porno brand is among the most well-known of all erotic film series. TOKYO CINER…

I Am Waiting (1957) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

A failed boxer and a waitress with a dark past run afoul of an underworld syndicate that seeks to exploit the woman to its own ends. With dreams of escaping to Brazil, he agrees to help. But neither the p…

Of Flesh And Blood: The Cinema Of Hirokazu Kore-Eda (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

This Blu-ray collection combines four career-defining titles by Palme d'Or winning director HirokazuKoreeda – one of Japanese cinema’s most celebrated auteurs. The set features his austerely beautiful de…

Floating Clouds (1955) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

During the war in French Indochina, a married Japanese man falls in love with a young typist, Yukiko, and promises to marry her after the war. Upon their return to Tokyo, their idyllic relationship crumbl…

The Valiant Red Peony: Red Peony Gambler I-III (1968-1972) Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Originally released between 1968 and 1972, the Red Peony Gambler series is a cornerstone of the ninkyo eiga genre and a clear influence on such cult favourites such as Lady Snowblood and Quentin Tarantino…

Wild Nothing

Hold

Inmitten der überlebensgroßen Ängste, die die schlaflosen Nächte der frühen Vaterschaft begleiteten, wandte sich Wild Nothing Mastermind Jack Tatum der Tanzmusik zu, um sich wieder mit seinem Körper zu ve…

Elegant Beast (1962) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

In their humble two-room apartment, the Maeda family seem ever so self-effacing - but their modest façade hides another truth. Daughter Tomoko is the mistress of a bestselling author with well-lined pocke…

Wild Nothing

Hold (Limited Edition) (Sea Blue In Coke Bottle Green Vinyl)

Inmitten der überlebensgroßen Ängste, die die schlaflosen Nächte der frühen Vaterschaft begleiteten, wandte sich Wild Nothing Mastermind Jack Tatum der Tanzmusik zu, um sich wieder mit seinem Körper zu ve…

Tokyo Drifter (1966) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

In this jazzy gangster film, reformed killer Tetsu’s attempt to go straight is thwarted when his former cohorts call him back to Tokyo to help battle a rival gang. Director Seijun Suzuki’s onslaught of st…

World Noir Vol. 1 (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Though widely considered an American filmmaking style, film noir was first applied by French critics to the visual and thematic darkness of the flood of American films in the post-War period. Those films,…

Mifune - The Last Samurai (2015) (UK Import)

Nearly 20 years after his death, Toshiro Mifune remains a true giant of Japanese cinema. Rich with archive footage and personal reminiscences from family and friends, this Keanu Reeves-narrated documentar…

Harakiri (1962) (Blu-ray) (UK Import)

Of all Masaki Kobayashi’s attacks on the cruelty and inhumanity perpetrated by authoritarian power (including The Human Condition and Samurai Rebellion), perhaps none are more brilliant than his visceral,…

Rashomon (Blu-ray) (UK-Import)

A woodcutter witnesses a horrific series of events - an ambush, rape and murder. In the telling of the tale, however, each of the four participants gives a different view of what actually happened - is an…

Wild Nothing

Hold (Limited Indie Exclusive Edition) (Sea Blue In Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl)

Inmitten der überlebensgroßen Ängste, die die schlaflosen Nächte der frühen Vaterschaft begleiteten, wandte sich Wild Nothing Mastermind Jack Tatum der Tanzmusik zu, um sich wieder mit seinem Körper zu ve…

Dominic Lash

Cure

"Dominic Lash's study of Cure (1997) is the first, book-length study of the film, providing an in-depth analysis of its theme, generic conventions, cinematography, editing, mise-en-scáene, sound, and lega…

Kaneto Shindo - Life Is Work

Until his death in 2012 at age 100, legendary filmmaker Kaneto Shindo was a living link to more than 70 years of Japanese cinema history. Screenwriter of more than 200 films and director of more than 40, …

Sachiyo Harada,

Cuisine on Screen

This elegant and mouthwatering journey through Japanese film history offers a palatepleasing array of recipes inspired by iconic movies. Tan-men soup from Midnight Diner; risotto from Princess Mononok…