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 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/>Japanese wartime trilogy directed by Masaki Kobayashi which follows the journey of Kaji (Tatsuya Nakadai) from naïve labour camp supervisor to Imperial soldier and eventually to Soviet prisoner of war. In 'No Greater Love' (1959) Kaji struggles to deal with the harsh reality of forced labour and is enlisted into the army in order to remove his dissenting presence from the camp where he works. In 'Road to Eternity' (1959) Kaji leads a group of new recruits as they are attacked by the Soviets. Vastly outnumbered and outgunned, the Japanese suffer huge casualties, leaving a demoralised Kaji to look for any survivors. Finally, 'A Soldier's Prayer' (1961) follows Kaji as he attempts to lead a band of injured soldiers and refugees away from the war zone. However, with no food or shelter and with advancing Soviet forces all around, Kaji and his group of survivors are captured and taken to a Soviet labour camp for interrogation.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Box Set</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>