Japanese

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Kinji Fukasaku directs this Japanese action thriller adapted from the novel by Koushun Takami. With schoolchildren all over the country growing increasingly delinquent, the totalitarian government takes decisive action and introduces the Battle Royale Act. The Act sets forth a plan whereby a class will be chosen at random and flown to a remote island where each student will then be given a weapon and set loose to fight their classmates, all the while knowing that only one of their number will be allowed to leave the island alive. When Class B of Zentsuji Middle School are chosen to take part in the massacre, the different students quickly take sides against each other, but Shuya (Tatsuya Fujiwara) and Noriko (Aki Maeda) form an alliance in an attempt to survive the experience together.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Restored)</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 / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Director Akira Kurosawa draws inspiration from Japanese folklore and his own childhood dreams for this episodic film featuring eight narratives about a man's relationship with nature. The first dream, 'Sunshine Through the Rain', depicts the belief that foxes marry when the sun shines through a rainstorm. 'The Peach Orchard' follows the link between a doll festival and fruit trees which have the power to bring the dolls to life. In 'The Blizzard', a group of mountaineers struggle to walk on as the snow hampers their progress. 'The Tunnel' follows the journey of a discharged commander who is returning home from the Second World War. In 'Crows', Martin Scorsese stars as Vincent Van Gogh who is discovered when an art student travels through one of his paintings. 'Mount Fuji in Red' follows the chaos that ensues after six reactors at a nuclear plant near Mount Fuji explode, filling the skies with bright red fumes. In 'The Weeping Demon', a boy lost in the mountains comes across a horned man who explains that a holocaust has wiped out the human race. Finally, in 'Village of the Watermills', a young man on his travels discovers a village where the inhabitants have renounced modern technology to live a simple life off the land.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Restored Special 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/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Limited Edition</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Kenji Mizoguchi directs this Japanese period drama starring Eitaro Shindo, Kyoko Kagawa and Yoshiaki Hanayagi. In eleventh century Japan, a noble family are rent asunder after the father, a local governor, attempts to treat peasants in a humane manner. The son Zushio (Hanayagi) and daughter Anju (Kagawa) are sold into slavery to evil bailiff Sansho (Shindo). Eventually, Zushio begins to adopt Sansho's barbaric ways, despite Anju's constant reminders of their exiled father's noble sacrifice.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Japanese horror directed by Takashi Miike. Seven years after the death of his wife, Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) decides it is time to remarry. A friend suggests that he might seek out potential spouses by holding auditions for a non-existent video project and this leads him to meet Asami Yamasaki (Eihi Shiina), a 24-year-old dancer who captivates him immediately. Shigeharu begins seeing her on a regular basis and thinks that she might be perfect for him, but his friend Yoshikawa (Jun Kunimura) becomes suspicious and after some investigating, he discovers that Asami is not at all who she claims to be...<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / 4K Ultra HD (Restored Limited Edition)</i>