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List Price: $29.95Price: $20.99You Save: $8.96 (30%)Riki-Oh - The Story of Ricky
Actors: Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima, Frankie Chin
ASIN : B00004TJM8
Sales Rank : 12368
Director : Ngai Kai Lam
Brand : Media Blasters
Studio : Tokyo Shock
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781586550240
ISBN : 1586550241
UPC : 631595008623
Release Date : December 05, 2000
Publisher : Tokyo Shock
Manufacturer : Tokyo Shock
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Label : Tokyo Shock
Running Time : 90
DescriptionWhen mild-mannered Ricky takes revenge on the drug pushing thugs who killed his girlfriend, he is sentenced to a maximum security prison. Within these walls lies a penitentiary like no other, run by a host of evil characters. A sadistic warden, his sniveling assistant, and the powerful Gang of Four all control the inmates through terror and brutal death! Amazon.comOne of the most absurdly violent films ever made, this outrageous comic book of a movie is short on style but makes up for it in sheer audacity and excess. Brooding street kid Ricky Ho (Fan Siu Wang, playing the part of avenging angel with self-righteous earnestness) walks into the corrupt corporate prison system with superpowered martial arts skills and proceeds to punch his way through every bullying thug and sadistic guard who comes his way. Literally. His fist puts a gaping hole through the stomach of a giant sumo-wrestler-sized thug and the jaw of a pompadoured bully, and turns the skull of a pathetic guard into a bloody stump. As Ricky becomes a hero to the downtrodden prisoners, the assistant warden (who keeps breath mints in his removable glass eye) organizes the dreaded "gang of four," the cell block gang leaders, to take Ricky down. Fat chance! There's nothing realistic about the bone-shattering, blood-splattering spectacle of crushed heads and snapped limbs, but the unrestrained display becomes so preposterously grotesque it hardly matters. You'll be convinced that the "Oh" in Riki-Oh stands for "Oh my God, did I really see that?" Yes, Ricky really does tie a sliced tendon with his teeth, a thug cuts open his gut and uses his own intestines to strangle Ricky, and the warden (for no apparent reason) puffs himself up into a giant rubber ogre. Ricky's curvy, feminine nemesis Rogan is played by Yukari Oshima, the butt-kicking, all-woman star of Angel and others. --Sean Axmaker
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List Price: $29.95Price: $17.99You Save: $11.96 (40%)Alphaville - Criterion Collection
Actors: Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, Valérie Boisgel, Jean-Louis Comolli
ASIN : 0780021541
Sales Rank : 7833
Director : Jean-Luc Godard
Brand : Image Entertainment
Studio : Criterion
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780780021549
ISBN : 0780021541
UPC : 037429130926
Release Date : December 27, 1998
Publisher : Criterion
Manufacturer : Criterion
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Label : Criterion
Running Time : 99
DescriptionA cockeyed fusion of science fiction, pulp characters, and surrealist poetry, Godard's irreverent journey to the mysterious Alphaville remains one of the least conventional films of all time. Eddie Constantine stars as intergalactic hero Lemmy Caution, on a mission to kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60. Criterion's edition of this seminal film features a new digital transfer. Amazon.com essential videoAs the French New Wave was reaching its maturity and filmgoing had evolved as a favorite pastime of intellectuals and urban sophisticates, along came Jean-Luc Godard to shake up every convention and send highfalutin critics scrambling to their typewriters. 1965's Alphaville is a perfect example of Godard's willingness to disrupt expectation, combine genres, and comment on movies while making sociopolitical statements that inspired doctoral theses and left a majority of viewers mystified. Part science fiction and part hard-boiled detective yarn, Alphaville presents a futuristic scenario using the most modern and impersonal architecture that Godard could find in mid-'60s Paris. A haggard private eye (Eddie Constantine) is sent to an ultramodern city run by a master computer, where his mission is to locate and rescue a scientist who is trapped there. As the story unfolds on Godard's strictly low-budget terms, the movie tackles a variety of topics such as the dehumanizing effect of technology, willful suppression of personality, saturation of commercial products, and, of course, the constant recollection of previous films through Godard's carefully chosen images. For most people Alphaville, like many of the director's films, will prove utterly baffling. For those inclined to dig deeper into Godard's artistic intentions, the words of critic Andrew Sarris (quoted from an essay that accompanies the Criterion Collection DVD) will ring true: "To understand and appreciate Alphaville is to understand Godard, and vice versa." --Jeff Shannon
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List Price: $19.94Price: $17.99You Save: $1.95 (10%)Rebirth of Mothra 1&2
Actors: Megumi Kobayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Aki Hano, Kazuki Futami, Hitomi Takahashi
ASIN : B00003L9CE
Sales Rank : 32854
Director : Kunio Miyoshi, Okihiro Yoneda
Brand : Sony
Studio : Sony Pictures
Region Code : 1
Format : Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9780767846752
ISBN : 0767846753
UPC : 043396046917
Release Date : December 01, 2000
Publisher : Sony Pictures
Manufacturer : Sony Pictures
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Label : Sony Pictures
Running Time : 206
Product DescriptionMothra returns to save the human race from desghidora and dagahra in these two epic slugfests. Special features: subtitles in english spanish and french digitally mastered audio and anamorphic video production notes interactive menus stereo sound and widescreen version. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/13/2008 Run time: 206 minutes Rating: Nr
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List Price: $19.99Price: $17.99You Save: $2 (10%)The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Special Collector's Edition)
Actors: Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski
ASIN : 6305075492
Sales Rank : 34846
Director : Robert Wiene
Brand : Image Entertainment
Studio : Image Entertainment
Region Code : 0
Format : Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9786305075493
ISBN : 6305075492
UPC : 014381409925
Release Date : December 15, 1997
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
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Label : Image Entertainment
Running Time : 76
DescriptionThis milestone film, known for its expressionistic sets and techniques, tells the strange tale of a sleepwalker under the spell of the mysterious and evil Dr. Caligari. Amazon.comA milestone of the silent film era and one of the first "art films" to gain international acclaim, this eerie German classic from 1919 remains the most prominent example of German expressionism in the emerging art of the cinema. Stylistically, the look of the film's painted sets--distorted perspectives, sharp angles, twisted architecture--was designed to reflect (or express) the splintered psychology of its title character, a sinister figure who uses a lanky somnambulist (Conrad Veidt) as a circus attraction. But when Caligari and his sleepwalker are suspected of murder, their novelty act is surrounded by more supernatural implications. With its mad-doctor scenario, striking visuals, and a haunting, zombie-like character at its center, Caligari was one of the first horror films to reach an international audience, sending shock waves through artistic circles and serving as a strong influence on the classic horror films of the 1920s, '30s, and beyond. It's a museum piece today, of interest more for its historical importance, but Caligari still casts a considerable spell. --Jeff Shannon
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List Price: $29.95Price: $26.99You Save: $2.96 (10%)Hakaider
Actors: Mai Hosho, Yuji Kishimoto, Eddy Lawrence, Kazuhiko Inoue, Shigeru Chiba
ASIN : B00005ALMX
Sales Rank : 65637
Director : Keita Amemiya
Studio : Tokyo Shock
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781586550769
ISBN : 1586550764
UPC : 631595011388
Release Date : December 29, 2001
Publisher : Tokyo Shock
Manufacturer : Tokyo Shock
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Label : Tokyo Shock
Running Time : 77
DescriptionCreated to help control the population of Jesus Town, Hakaider was abandoned and left for dead once his uncontrollable nature became apparent. Now, his creator Gurjev has a new cyborg-enforcer, Michael. When treasure hunters accidentally awake Hakaider from his long slumber, he decides to bring his own justice to Jesus Town.
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List Price: $29.95Price: $26.99You Save: $2.96 (10%)Zeiram II
Actors: Bob Bobson, Wendee Lee, Paul St. Peter, Kunihiro Ida, Makio Hiraiwa
ASIN : B00005B207
Sales Rank : 23164
Director : Keita Amemiya
Studio : Tokyo Shock
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781586550714
ISBN : 1586550713
UPC : 631595010787
Release Date : December 26, 2001
Publisher : Tokyo Shock
Manufacturer : Tokyo Shock
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Label : Tokyo Shock
Running Time : 100
DescriptionFinishing up an important case, the beautiful bounty hunter Iria returns to Earth. Along with her computer, Bob, and her assistant, Fujicrow, she is also assigned an android trainee. The research team charged with building the combat android decided to implant the android's brain with the most cunning combat life form in the universe, a vicious Zeiram unit!
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List Price: $19.95Price: $17.99You Save: $1.96 (10%)Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
Actors: Tamio Kawaji, Yôko Yamamoto, Yuji Okada, Koji Wada, Tatsuya Fuji
ASIN : B00004YS8H
Sales Rank : 31314
Director : Haruyasu Noguchi
Brand : Media Blasters
Studio : Tokyo Shock
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781586550585
ISBN : 1586550586
UPC : 631595018028
Release Date : December 09, 2000
Publisher : Tokyo Shock
Manufacturer : Tokyo Shock
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Label : Tokyo Shock
Running Time : 90
DescriptionOn a serene island untouched by modern technology, a dark secret lies undisturbed for centuries. Then a group of scientists are sent by a greedy developer, and he plans to turn the sleepy island into the largest amusement park in the world. They stumble across what appears to be a baby dinosaur, and bring their new find back with them to Tokyo!
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List Price: $24.95Price: $22.49You Save: $2.46 (10%)Bio Zombie
Actors: Jordan Chan, Emotion Cheung, Sam Lee (III), Yiu-Cheung Lai, Angela Tong Ying-Ying
ASIN : B000059HA9
Sales Rank : 73791
Director : Wilson Yip
Studio : Tokyo Shock
Region Code : 1
Format : Animated, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0631595010688
UPC : 631595010688
Release Date : December 24, 2001
Publisher : Tokyo Shock
Manufacturer : Tokyo Shock
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Label : Tokyo Shock
Running Time : 90
DescriptionWoody and Bee are a pair of young punks working at a DVD store. Out for a joy ride, the two hit a pedestrian and end up with a dead body in their trunk! Un-fortunately for Woody and Bee, this is just the beginning. The dead body is infected with a strange biochemical formula, which transforms the hapless mall goers into an army of blood-hungry zombies!
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New Price: $45.48Ecstasy of the Angels
Actors: Ken Yoshizawa, Rie Yokoyama, Yuki Arasa, Masao Adachi, Michio Akiyama
ASIN : B000051S7H
Sales Rank : 88243
Director : Koji Wakamatsu
Studio : Image Entertainment
Region Code : 1
Format : Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 0014381896527
UPC : 014381896527
Release Date : December 26, 2000
Publisher : Image Entertainment
Manufacturer : Image Entertainment
Label : Image Entertainment
Running Time : 88
DescriptionThe '60s are definitely over in director Koji Wakamatsu's outrageous look at the Japanese radical movement. A group of oversexed militants (named after the days of the week) try to steal weapons from a U.S Army base--Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are killed. Slowly, the surviving group members realize they've been betrayed by their own organization, and begin to wreak sexual and political anarchy on everything in sight. Between the 1960's and early 1970's, Japanese cinema literally exploded with some of the greatest genre filmmaking ever seen--a mindbending Cinemascope paradise of samurai swordfests, crazed yakuza thrillers and low-budget erotica. In conjunction with the American Cinematheque, Image Entertainment presents this rarely-seen Japanese cult film.
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New Price: $32.95Weather Woman
Actors: Kei Mizutani, Takashi Sumida, Yasuyo Shirashima, Saori Taira, Satoru Saito
ASIN : 1562199749
Sales Rank : 61607
Director : Tomoaki Hosoyama
Studio : Asian Pulp Cinema
Region Code : 1
Format : Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Binding : DVD
EAN : 9781562199746
ISBN : 1562199749
UPC : 719987197428
Release Date : December 15, 2000
Publisher : Asian Pulp Cinema
Manufacturer : Asian Pulp Cinema
Label : Asian Pulp Cinema
Running Time : 84
DescriptionIn the cut-throat world of TV broadcasting, you have to be willing to show it all. When saucy Keiko becomes the weather woman, she creates a media frenzy by flashing her underwear to the entire watching world! Soon everyone is tuning in to see wht their favorite weather woman will do next.
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