Japanese

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Sonny Chiba stars in this double bill of martial arts action directed by Ryûichi Takamori. In 'Bodyguard Kiba' (1973) karate master Naoto Kiba (Chiba) uses his skills to thwart a terrorist attack onboard an aeroplane. He then starts a bodyguard service and is quickly hired by Reiko (Mari Atsumi) who wants protection from the local yakuza, but Kiba soon realises that she has not been entirely honest with him. In 'Bodyguard Kiba: Deadly Triangle Jump' (1973) Kiba is imprisoned after seeking revenge on the man who blinded his sister Maki (Etsuko Shihomi). When he is released he begins working as a bodyguard at a nightclub frequented by the yakuza and uncovers a plot involving murder, theft and a man intent on revenge.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Japanese drama following the family life of three sisters who live together in the quiet coastal town of Kamakura. Sisters Sachi (Haruka Ayase), Yoshino (Masami Nagasawa) and Chika (Kaho) have lived together in their late grandmother's house since their father abandoned them to elope with another woman. When the three sisters receive word of his death they reluctantly travel to attend his funeral. There, they meet their 13-year-old half-sister Suzu (Suzu Hirose) and quickly invite her to move in with them in Kamakura. But their idyllic peace is shattered when the sisters' mother, Miyako (Shinobu Ohtake), returns, having been absent for the past 15 years.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Japanese punk action comedy written and directed by Sogo Ishii. Dragon Eye Morrison (Tadanobu Asano) and Thunderbolt Buddha (Masatoshi Nagase) both have the ability to channel and conduct electricity. Believing the world is only big enough for one supercharged human, Thunderbolt Buddha challenges Dragon Eye Morrison to a battle.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Japanese historical action epic directed by Akira Kurosawa. Knowing that bandits are planning to attack their village after the coming harvest, its inhabitants hire a group of seven samurai to protect them. Led by Kambei (Takashi Shimura), the group includes four hardened warriors, Kambei's new disciple and Kikuchiyo (Toshirô Mifune), the orphaned son of a farmer who is posing as a samurai and is determined to prove his worth. The samurai begin arming and training the villagers as well as fortifying their homes as they prepare for the coming attack, fully aware that the odds are stacked against them. The cast also includes Yoshio Inaba, Daisuke Katô and Seiji Miyaguchi.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>The final collaboration between Akiro Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune, 'Red Beard' is set in a rural hospital at the end of the Tokugawa period in the 1860s - a time when Japan was being opened to western influences. Domineering Dr Niide (Mifune), known as 'Red Beard', is responsible for training new doctors, among them the lazy and socially ambitious Yasumoto (Yuzo Kayama). However, through a series of lessons in human sufferings, Yasumoto is eventually transformed into a caring doctor.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Sakura Andô stars in this Japanese coming-of-age drama directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda. Saori Mugino (Andô) is a single mother to her son Minato (Soya Kurokawa) and when he starts behaving strangely, she suspects that his teacher Mr Hori (Eita Nagayama) is to blame. When she confronts the school, Mr Hori is fired but Saori is unsatisfied with the outcome. As both adults continue to investigate what is wrong with Minato, they uncover the unexpected secret that he has been hiding.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Special Edition</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Double bill of Japanese supernatural horrors directed by Takashi Shimizu. In 'Sana' (2023) the members of a boy band discover a cassette tape which contains a strange melody they cannot get out of their heads. When one band member disappears, private detective Tsugutoshi Gonda (Makita Sports) is hired to find him. However, as the threat posed by the tape intensifies and more of the band members disappear after experiencing terrifying visions, Gonda and the remaining band members attempt to identify the woman who sent the tape before they too fall prey to its influence. In the sequel 'Sana: Let Me Hear' (2024) substitute teacher Honoka Kimijima (Nagisa Shibuya) is overseeing a small summer class at a high school when one of the students commits suicide in a disturbing echo of an incident that occurred there three decades before. Honoka soon realises that Sana (Tomoko Hoshi), one of the girls in her class, is no ordinary student and everyone around her is in danger...<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Limited Edition</i>