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In the early '30s, the Japanese Navy sought to establish dominance in the Pacific, and the controlling voices argued the construction of the battleship Yamato would be the means. Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto (Hiroshi Tachi) disagreed, and he tasked upstart number-cruncher Maj. Tadashi Kai (Masaki Suda) with casting the project as a costly mistake. Speculative war drama adapted from a manga also stars Min Tanaka, Minami Hanabe, Tasuku Emoto. 130 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Japanese; Subtitles: English. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg: NR

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A perfect song arriving at just the right moment, sunlight playing through leaves, a fleeting connection with a stranger in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. Koji Yakusho, in a Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, plays Hirayama, a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with the people around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now.

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A perfect song arriving at just the right moment, sunlight playing through leaves, a fleeting connection with a stranger in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. Koji Yakusho, in a Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, plays Hirayama, a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with the people around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now.

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Disc 2 (Blu-ray) contains the film and the set's bonus features: The Making of Tekkonkinkreet: Director Michael Arias' 300 Day Diary, A Conversation with Director Michael Arias and British Music Duo PLAID, a filmmaker commentary with director Michael Arias, screenwriter Anthony Weintraub and sound designer Mitch Osias, and the original Japanese and U.S. trailers. In the crumbling streets of Treasure Town, two orphaned street kids, Black and White, have no home and no parents - only each other. It is not the yakuza who own the town but them. When a developer moves in to turn the dark streets into an amusement park, he brings in challengers that even the fearless Black will have trouble against.

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Disc 1 (4K UHD) contains the film, remastered in 4K, and a filmmaker commentary with director Michael Arias, screenwriter Anthony Weintraub and sound designer Mitch Osias. In the crumbling streets of Treasure Town, two orphaned street kids, Black and White, have no home and no parents - only each other. It is not the yakuza who own the town but them. When a developer moves in to turn the dark streets into an amusement park, he brings in challengers that even the fearless Black will have trouble against.