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| Zatoichi’s plot, such as it is, will be familiar to anyone who’s ever seen Akira Kurosawa’s incomparable Yojimbo or Sergio Leone’s Western remake, A Fistful of Dollars. A forlorn village, two warring gangs, a clutch of trembling peasants, and a mysterious, unbeatable killer who wanders into town, doesn’t say much, ...more |
| US Release: 2004-07-23 |
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| 1993. San Francisco. The digital and pharmaceutical industries are booming. They're looking for the young, the hip, and those on the counterculture fringe to be both the face and consumer of their new world order. Recruited by an advertising agency focused on targeting a new drug to her own age ...more |
| US Release: 2011-12-06 |
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| Matsumoto and Sawako were once a happy couple that seemed destined for marriage. But the age-old pressures of meddling parents and success forced the young man to make a tragic choice. She now wanders around in a mindless daze, bound safely to Matsumoto by a long red cord. To curious ...more |
| US Release: 2005-03-08 |
| UK Release: 2003-11-23 |
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| The documentary feature 'Arakimentari' explores the work of popular and controversial Japanese photographer Nobuyoshi Araki in a style designed to match Araki's own. Araki's fame and the debate around his photography derive mostly from his work with nudes, which blur the lines normally established between art, erotica, and pornography.
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| US Release: 2005-04-12 |
| UK Release: 2005-08-22 |
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| Masao (Yusuke Sekiguchi) is a nine-year-old boy who is desperate to locate his long-lost biological mother. Abandoned by all of his friends for the summer holidays and with no one to accompany him on his quest, Masao is left in the care of layabout yakuza goon Kikujiro (Kitano) who doesn't ...more |
| US Release: 2000-12-12 |
| UK Release: 2005-09-26 |
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| Inventive and bold, this film shines with pristine picture and theater-quality sound on Blu-ray Disc. In an empire ruled by fear, the people's only hope is the ultimate weapon: Zatoichi (Takeshi Kitano) -- a blind, nomadic samurai whose sword has made him a hero and whose courage has made him ...more |
| US Release: 2009-09-29 |
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