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A pair of tightly wound French crime dramas chart schemes of adultery, revenge and murder with cool precision and noir atmosphere.

Release: May 28, 2024

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It's the 16th century and Japan is in chaos. Samurai clans engage each other in battle over who gets to rule the nation, while warlords call upon the ninja to spy on and assassinate their rivals. Goemon, an ambitious young member of a ninja family, is thrown into the turmoil of Japanese history when his village is wiped out by the forces of leading warlord Oda Nobunaga, who has sworn to eradicate the ninja in his quest for absolute power. Fueled by vengeance, Goemon uses every weapon in his arsenal to bring down Oda and to prove that a ninja is an army of one. Starring "the Japanese James Dean" Raizo Ichikawa (Sleepy Eyes of Death, Conflagration) alongside Tomisaburo Wakayama (Lone Wolf and Cub, the Bounty Hunter trilogy) and Ayako Wakao (Elegant Beast, Red Angel), the Shinobi series was an epoch-making success and became a social phenomenon that left deep marks on Japan of the 1960s, from children's playgrounds to the leftist counter-culture. Packed with spectacular and oft-copied action scenes, it also established the ground rules for all ninja movies that followed, introducing such classic tropes as the shuriken throwing star and the iconic black mask and suit. SPECIAL FEATURES: High-Definition digital transfer of each film presented on two discs, made available on Blu-ray (1080p) for the first time outside of Japan Uncompressed mono PCM audio Interview with Shozo Ichiyama, artistic director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, about director Satsuo Yamamoto Visual essay on the ninja in Japanese cinema by film scholar Mance Thompson Interview with film critic Toshiaki Sato on star Raizo Ichikawa Trailers New and improved optional English subtitles Six postcards of promotional material from the films Reversible sleeves featuring artwork based on original promotional materials Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jonathan Clements on the Shinobi no mono series and Diane Wei Lewis on writer Tomoyoshi Murayama Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Release: February 27, 2024

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After wooing stewardess Yoriko (Chieko Matsubara, Tokyo Drifter), war photographer Hondo (Akira Kobayashi, Battles Without Honor and Humanity) sees her kidnapped by a team of deadly female assassins who use vinyl records as weapons. Investigating her whereabouts, Hondo uncovers a conspiracy to steal a buried stash of WWII-era gold. Soon he must dodge go-go dancing ninjas and chewing-gum bullets to save Yoriko, whose family secret is tied to the hidden treasure. Every bit as stylish and inventive as the wildest works by his mentor Seijun Suzuki, Yasuharu Hasebe's spy spoof is a gaudy 1960s pop delight that ranks with the likes of Joseph Losey's Modesty Blaise and Mario Bava's Danger: Diabolik! SPECIAL FEATURES High-Definition digital transfer Uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary by Jasper Sharp Archival interview with director Yasuharu Hasebe Trailer Optional English subtitles Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Japanese cinema expert Chris D.

Release: March 24, 2026

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Across seven generations, one family is crushed by the brutal obligations and hypocrisies of the samurai code.

Release: October 10, 2023

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Product Description “LA MADRE MUERTA” Ismael (Karra Elejalde, Timecrimes) breaks into the house of a fine art restorer and shoots the homeowner dead, leaving her daughter orphaned and traumatized for life. Years later Ismael is working in a bar where he sees the daughter again. Paranoid that she has recognised him and will report him, he kidnaps her and holds her hostage, demanding that her hospital pay a ransom for her release. As he spends more time with her a strange bond develops that causes him to delay the ransom request or fulfil his threats of throwing her in front of a train. But he can't delay forever... A gothic thriller with pitch-black humour that recalls the Coen brothers, Juanma Bajo Ulloa's sophomore feature won a host of prestigious international awards and was a precursor to the Spanish genre explosion. BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES: 4K restoration of the film supervised and approved by director Juanma Bajo Ulloa Uncompressed stereo 2.0 audio Audio commentary by Bajo Ulloa The Story of La Madre Muerta - a documentary on the making of the film featuring behind-the-scenes images and interviews with the cast and crew Victor's Kingdom [El reino de Victor] (1989, 38 mins) Goya Award-winning short film by Ulloa, restored in 4K Gallery of behind-the-scenes and promotional imagery Trailer Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow Limited Edition booklet featuring new writing on the film by Xavier Aldana Reyes, author of Spanish Gothic: National Identity, Collaboration and Cultural Adaptation, and newly translated archival writing by Juanma Bajo Ulloa, co-writer Eduardo Bajo Ulloa and an appreciation by Nacho Vigalond. Limited Edition Soundtrack CD featuring Bingen Mendizábal's sumptuous score Limited Edition (only 3000 copies), presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of markings Review Bajo Ulloa is a master story teller and clearly on top of his game here. 'La Madre Muerta' is a true gem of a film, one that shocks and compels and remains every bit as vital a piece of work today as it must have been the day it was released. --Todd Brown, Screen Anarchy Sumptuously shot in ravishing painterly hues of crimson blood red, earth brown and twilight blue, this film sets up and explores a compelling set of relationships between its protagonists and achieves a series of riveting suspense set pieces. --Jeremy Clarke, What’s on in London A sick but haunting Spanish thriller. --Anne Billson, Sunday Telegraph Top Similar From the Brand Reviews The Dead Mother

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A former soldier is jailed after black-market crimes while his partner rises in the underworld, setting up a bitter reckoning.

Release: December 19, 2023

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In their humble two-room apartment, the Maeda family seem ever so self-effacing - but their modest façade hides another truth. Daughter Tomoko is the mistress of a bestselling author with well-lined pockets. Son Minoru embezzles funds with his lover Yukie (Ayako Wakao, Red Angel), who has her own hidden agenda. And father Tokizo (Yunosuke Ito, Ikiru, Lone Wolf and Cub) is a former military man who swears he will never return to the poverty he knew during the war, no matter what the cost. One after another, those affected by the Maedas' schemes show up on their doorstep. But these visitors all have their own duplicitous agendas. With each knock on the door, the gamesmanship reaches a whole new level. Elegant Beast was adapted by Kaneto Shindo (Onibaba, Naked Island) from his own stage play. Director Yuzo Kawashima, mentor of Shohei Imamura and a major influence on the Japanese New Wave, makes magnificent widescreen use of the single apartment setting to deliver a ferocious satire on Japan's post-war economic miracle. SPECIAL FEATURES: New 4K restoration Uncompressed mono PCM audio Interview with film critic Toshiaki Sato Appreciation by filmmaker Toshiaki Toyoda Visual essay by critic Tom Mes on post-war architecture in Japanese cinema Trailer New and improved English subtitles Reversible sleeve Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Midori Suiren and contemporary archival writing

Release: February 13, 2024

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John Dannahay (Tony Musante, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), a CIA agent stationed in Rome, is planning to overthrow an African government. But his plan goes wrong when a corrupt colleague starts shooting people from the roof of a hotel, taking an innocent couple hostage. Director Damiano Damiani (How to Kill a Judge) wields expert tension in this gripping espionage thriller, twisting and turning its tight plot to its sensational finale. Featuring a fantastic supporting cast including Claudia Cardinale (The Day of the Owl), John Steiner (The Case is Closed: Forget It) and Wolfango Soldati (The Heroin Busters), Goodbye & Amen is one of the great 1970s Italian action thrill rides, set to a haunting score by Guido and Maurizio De Angelis (Torso, Keoma). SPECIAL FEATURES: New 2023 restoration of the film from the original camera negative presented with Italian and, for the first time on home video, English audio options Uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary by Eurocrime experts Nathaniel Thompson and Troy Howarth (2023) Interview with editor Antonio Siciliano Archival interview with Wolfango Soldati (2013) New and improved English subtitles for Italian audio and English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for English audio Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Italian crime cinema expert Lucia Rinaldi Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings Top Similar From the Brand Reviews Goodbye & Amen

Release: January 27, 2026

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A sexually frustrated drifter and an older family man form an uneasy connection in this stark Mexican drama.

Release: November 28, 2023

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A woman arrives in a sleepy seaside town after receiving unsettling letters from her father, only to discover the town is under the influence of a strange cult that weeps tears of blood and hunger for human flesh. From Willard Huyck and Gloria Katz, the writers of American Grafitti, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and Howard the Duck, this dreamy and atmospheric film transposes the post-Night of the Living Dead zombie movie to a surreal small-town American setting, presented through gorgeous Techniscope visuals that echo the stylish European horror of Mario Bava and Hammer. A true cult film, Messiah of Evil, which was also released as Dead People, has overcome distribution challenges to enjoy growing awareness and high acclaim after decades of word-of-mouth enthusiasm among horror cinema fans and critics around the world. SPECIAL FEATURES: New 2023 restoration from a 4K scan of the best-surviving elements of the film from the Academy Film Archive Uncompressed mono PCM audio English Subtitles Audio commentary by critics and horror experts Kim Newman and Stephen Thrower Archival interview with co-writer-director Willard Huyck by Mike White from the Projection Booth Podcast What the Blood Moon Brings: Messiah of Evil, A New American Nightmare - A documentary feature which explores Messiah of Evil in the context of American independent cinema of the 70s, as well as examining the film's allegiance to several subgenres of horror Visual essay on the American Gothic by critic Kat Ellinger English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow Limited edition booklet featuring new and archival writing

Release: August 29, 2023

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Pasolini's provocative satire intertwines a modern industrial heir's rebellion with a medieval tale of savagery and social decay.

Release: June 20, 2023

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THE CLASSIC 1970 GERMAN FILM DIRECTED BY RUDOLF THOME MAKES ITS HD DEBUT Thomas (Marquard Bohm, Kings of the Road) gets a ride to Munich where he finds his ex-girlfriend Peggy (counter culture activist and model Uschi Obermaier) who takes him in. In her flat he finds Peggy and her roommates have a commune-like lifestyle where they kill the men in their lives after five days, but will Thomas realize in time? LIMITED EDITION SPECIAL FEATURES: High-definition digital transfer overseen by director Rudolf Thome Select scene commentary with Thome and Rainer Langhans, Obermaier's boyfriend and Kommune 1 member who served as inspiration for the film and was on set for the shoot Rote Sonne between Pop Sensibility and Social Critique - A newly produced visual essay by scholar Johannes von Moltke on Red Sun, which looks at the social and cultural influences on the film and provides context for the era in which it was made (2022, 21 mins) From Oberhausen to the Fall of the Wall: A visual essay by academic and programmer Margaret Deriaz tracing the development of the New German Cinema from the Oberhausen Manifesto to the fall of the Berlin wall (2023, 50 mins approx.) Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition 52-page booklet featuring new writing on the film by Samm Deighan, newly translated archival letters by Wim Wenders, critic Enno Patalas and the German Film Evaluation Office on the film's official submission, newly translated archival interview with Rudolf Thome and an overview reviews Limited edition of 2000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of logos and markings

Release: May 28, 2024

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It's the 16th century and Japan is in chaos. Samurai clans engage each other in battle over who gets to rule the nation, while warlords call upon the ninja to spy on and assassinate their rivals. Goemon, an ambitious young member of a ninja family, is thrown into the turmoil of Japanese history when his village is wiped out by the forces of leading warlord Oda Nobunaga, who has sworn to eradicate the ninja in his quest for absolute power. Fueled by vengeance, Goemon uses every weapon in his arsenal to bring down Oda and to prove that a ninja is an army of one. Starring "the Japanese James Dean" Raizo Ichikawa (Sleepy Eyes of Death, Conflagration) alongside Tomisaburo Wakayama (Lone Wolf and Cub, the Bounty Hunter trilogy) and Ayako Wakao (Elegant Beast, Red Angel), the Shinobi series was an epoch-making success and became a social phenomenon that left deep marks on Japan of the 1960s, from children's playgrounds to the leftist counter-culture. Packed with spectacular and oft-copied action scenes, it also established the ground rules for all ninja movies that followed, introducing such classic tropes as the shuriken throwing star and the iconic black mask and suit. SPECIAL FEATURES: High-Definition digital transfer of each film presented on two discs, made available on Blu-ray (1080p) for the first time outside of Japan Uncompressed mono PCM audio Interview with Shozo Ichiyama, artistic director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, about director Satsuo Yamamoto Visual essay on the ninja in Japanese cinema by film scholar Mance Thompson Interview with film critic Toshiaki Sato on star Raizo Ichikawa Trailers New and improved optional English subtitles Six postcards of promotional material from the films Reversible sleeves featuring artwork based on original promotional materials Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jonathan Clements on the Shinobi no mono series and Diane Wei Lewis on writer Tomoyoshi Murayama Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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Three estranged brothers reunite at their mother's funeral and confront the social and personal divisions shaping modern Italy.

Release: October 24, 2023

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Product Description Spirits lurk everywhere in Ann (Boat People) Hui's horror-comedy, Visible Secret. Instantly infatuated by enigmatic amnesiac June (Shu Qi, Millennium Mambo) who has the ability to see spirits, Peter is swept into a world where he has one foot in the past, one in the present, and somehow has to figure out which is which. Beautifully shot by legendary cinematographer Arthur Wong (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Iron Monkey), Visible Secret is a slick and sexy horror-comedy that reflects the region's contemporary millennium-era moment in its vivid depiction of young people stranded in history, trying to get a handle on both the world around them and each other as they navigate life, love, identity and family. SPECIAL FEATURES: High-Definition digital transfer Original 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio surround sound New conversation between Ann Hui and NYAFF director Ken Smith who was also on set for the original shoot (2023) New visual essay by critic and programmer Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2023) Archival making-of documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew and behind-the-scenes footage, (2001, 14 mins) Trailer New and improved English subtitle translation by Dylan Cheung Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow Limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film and its place in the horror genre by Hong Kong Horror Cinema co-editor Gary Bettinson Single pressing of 5000 copies for UK and US, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings *Single Pressing: Unlike our limited editions a single pressing will not be re-issued as a standard edition, this is the only pressing made and will be deleted once sold out. Single pressing releases are made available under special circumstances of our license agreements. Review Assembled with obvious care, Visible Secret is an impressive piece of work. Ann Hui's typically assured direction is strong on humour, water imagery and Alfred Hitchcock references. --Daniel O'Brien, Spooky Encounters: A Gwailo’s Guide to Hong Kong Horror A breathtakingly shot film, filled to the brim with striking imagery. --Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Vulture A polished, mature genre-bending horror from Ann Hui. The film doesn't go for cheap thrills, and instead focuses on the characters' obsessions and fantasies... Hui comes back to what made her so influential. --Ross Chen, LoveHKFilm.com Top Similar From the Brand Reviews Visible Secret