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A “ju-on” is a deadly curse born when someone dies in the grip of a violent rage, and all who come into contact with it are doomed. Deep in the shadows of the attic of an ordinary family home in the Tokyo suburbs, something malevolent is stirring. When social worker Rika (Megumi Okina) is sent to check on a traumatised old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source. Arrow Video presents a 4K restoration of the film that revitalised the Japanese horror boom of the turn of the millennium; writer-director Takashi Shimizu's disconcerting plotting, unnerving eye for the uncanny details in the dark corners of the frame and talent for effective jump scares so impressed Sam Raimi that he invited Shimizu to helm two Hollywood remakes.

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A “ju-on” is a deadly curse born when someone dies in the grip of a violent rage, and all who come into contact with it are doomed. Deep in the shadows of the attic of an ordinary family home in the Tokyo suburbs, something malevolent is stirring. When social worker Rika (Megumi Okina) is sent to check on a traumatised old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source. Arrow Video presents a 4K restoration of the film that revitalised the Japanese horror boom of the turn of the millennium; writer-director Takashi Shimizu's disconcerting plotting, unnerving eye for the uncanny details in the dark corners of the frame and talent for effective jump scares so impressed Sam Raimi that he invited Shimizu to helm two Hollywood remakes.

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SYNOPSIS: Japan, 1944. Trained for intelligence work, Hiroo Onoda, 22 years old, discovers a philosophy contrary to the official line: no suicide, stay alive whatever happens, the mission is more important than anything else. Sent to Lubang, a small island in the Philippines where the Americans are about to land, his role will be to wage a guerilla war until the return of the Japanese troops. The Empire will surrender soon after, Onoda 10,000 days later in this incredible true story. DETAILS: FORMAT: DVD GENRE: Action, War, Drama, History RATING: Not Rated RUNTIME: 167 minutes LANGUAGE: Japanese CAST: Endo Yuya - (Nirvana Island: The Last 47 Days, The Fighter Pilot, Phantom Limb) Tsuda Kanji - (‘Special Investigation Nine', Shin Godzilla) Matsuura Yuya - (‘Alice in Borderland', We Are Little Zombies) Chiba Tetsuya - (Seven Souls in the Skull Castle, Aircraft Carrier Ibuki) YEAR: 2022 DISC COUNT: 1 FEATURES: An incredible true WWII tale mixing a war narrative with a survival and human-interest story. Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival and New Directors New Films Comp Titles: Apocalypse Now, Hacksaw Ridge, The Thin Red Line, Rescue Dawn

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Brash, arrogant "Peco" Hoshino is determined to turn pro; he taught his quiet, nerdy childhood friend "Smile" Tsukimoto the game. Ironically, as Smile's game develops, Peco falls into a losing slump and cannot play well again until he rediscovers why he started playing ping-pong in the first place.