Japanese

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Masatoshi Nagase stars as private detective Maiku Hama in this triple bill of Japanese thrillers directed by Kaizô Hayashi. In 'The Most Terrible Time in My Life' (1993) Hama agrees to help a Taiwanese waiter who is looking for his missing brother but in the course of his investigation, he finds himself embroiled in a gang war. 'The Stairway to the Distant Past' (1995) sees Hama take on the mysterious White Man (Eiji Okada) who controls the Yokohama riverfront as he attempts to dismantle a smuggling operation. Finally, in 'The Trap' (1996), Hama hunts for a brutal serial killer but the case soon becomes deeply personal.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Box Set (Limited Edition)</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Double bill of Japanese features written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. In the drama 'Charisma' (1999) police officer Goro Yabuike (Kôji Yakusho) loses his job after a hostage negotiation he is leading goes tragically wrong. In the aftermath he seeks solace in a remote forest but soon finds himself caught in the middle of the conflict surrounding a unique and potentially dangerous tree. With some believing it should be destroyed and others seeking to protect it, Goro must determine its fate. In the psychological thriller 'Cloud' (2024) Ryôsuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda) makes a living buying and selling goods online. When he discovers that several of his customers have banded together to seek revenge on him and another reseller for their dubious dealings, he finds himself the target of a vengeful pursuit.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Limited Edition</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Collection of Japanese thrillers starring Meiko Kaji. In 'Female Prisoner #701 - Scorpion' (1972) Matsu (Kaji), better known as Scorpion, lands in prison thanks to the evil manipulations of an ex-boyfriend. After suffering at the hands of the jailers and other prisoners, she must find a way to escape in order to get her revenge. In 'Female Prisoner #701 - Scorpion: Jailhouse 41' (1972) Matsu exacts a grim revenge on the male wardens at the prison. No male appendage is secure as she stalks the wings in a razor-frenzy. After enduring further brutal punishment, Matsu forms a new plan to escape, this time with the help of six fellow inmates. 'Female Prisoner #701 - Scorpion: Beast Stable' (1973) follows an escaped Matsu as she attempts to outrun her pursuers. After taking refuge in the home of a prostitute, things become difficult when she finds trouble with a local gang. Finally, in 'Female Prisoner Scorpion #701's Grudge Song' (1973) Matsu attempts to get revenge on a corrupt detective. Things don't go to plan however, and after ending up back in prison, she again must find a way to escape before she is executed.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Box Set</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Tsukamoto Shinya writes and directs this Japanese mystery thriller. During an insistent summer downpour in an anonymous Japanese metropolis, a dark erotic force infiltrates the lives of Rinko (Kurosawa Asuka), a reserved career woman in her thirties, and Shigehiko (Kohtari Yuji), her obsessively clean, workaholic husband. Invading the most private aspects of the couple's lives, a mysterious stranger sends an anonymous envelope bearing the inscription 'Your Husband's Secrets'. Mysterious phone calls soon follow but the male voice demands something other than money...<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Cult Japanese thriller directed by and starring Shin'ya Tsukamoto. When Kiriko (Kyôka Suzuki), his girlfriend of ten years, commits suicide by a gunshot wound to the head, Goda (Tsukamoto) goes in search of the reasons behind her death. Owing to Japan's strict laws, Goda knows that for Kiriko to acquire a pistol she would have needed contacts in the criminal underworld. Before long Goda is in the midst of ongoing gang warfare and while questioning Kiriko's death he comes face to face with his own mortality...<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Japanese action thriller sequel directed by Kenta and Kinji Fukasaku. Three years after the events of 'Battle Royale' (2000), Shuya (Tatsuya Fujiwara) is intent on bringing down the totalitarian government and now leads a rebel group called the Wild Seven. In retaliation for his actions, the government begins a new Battle Royale game but this time, instead of killing each other, the students are sent to attack the Wild Seven's base of operations and kill Shuya...<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Raizô Ichikawa stars in this double bill of Japanese crime thrillers directed by Kazuo Mori. In 'A Certain Killer' (1967) Shiozawa (Ichikawa) is a chef at a sushi restaurant with a secret: he is also a skilled assassin. He is hired by a local yakuza family to kill one of their rivals and completes the job but his life becomes complicated afterwards. Maeda (Mikio Narita), a low-ranking member of the family, seeks to become his apprentice and a mysterious woman called Keiko (Yumiko Nogawa) flatters her way into his life, threatening his future. In 'A Killer's Key' (1967) Nitta (Ichikawa) is a dance teacher and assassin who completes a job only to discover that the people who hired him are now seeking to kill him. After surviving an attempt on his life, he swears revenge and begins his relentless pursuit of his enemies.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Limited Edition</i>