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Ninja scroll DVD

Ninja Scroll DVD

Ninja Scroll is a Japanese action thriller anime set in feudal Japan, by critically acclaimed director/writer Yoshiaki Kawajiri.

A team of Koga Ninja is sent to investigate a plague in Shimoda village, but on their way they are slaughtered. The only survivor is Kagero, who is captured and nearly raped by her assailant, a huge stone golem called Tessai. Read more…

The Street Fighter DVD

The Street Fighter DVD

The Street Fighter is a 1974 martial arts movie starring Sonny Chiba and directed by Shigehiro Ozawa. Chiba plays martial arts master for hire Takuma Tsurugi  who comes to the rescue of a kidnapped heiress. Read more…

Legends of the Poisonous Seductress #3: Okatsu the Fugitive

Okatsu the Fugitive DVD

In Okatsu the Fugitive, the final episode of the LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS series, Junko Miyazono appears one final time as beautiful swordswoman Okatsu the Avenger, but this time seeking Judayu, a corrupt merchant responsible for the death of her parents. Read more…

Legends of the Poisonous Seductress #2: Quick Draw Okatsu

Quick Draw Okatsu DVD

Junko Miyazono returns as Quick Draw Okatsu, the daughter of a swordmaster who takes on a power-hungry magistrate, in the second entry of the LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS series, directed by master filmmaker Nobuo Nakagawa. Read more…

Legends of the Poisonous Seductress #1: Female Demon Ohyaku

Female Demon Ohyaku DVD

Junko Miyazono stars in Female Demon Ohyaku, the first entry of the LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS series as Ohyaku, an innocent actress wrongly sent to prison and pushed by her tormentors to the point of no return. With a demon tattoo across her back and a sword in her hand, she embarks on a crusade of vengeance against all those who have wronged her, laying waste to man and woman alike in her quest for bloody retribution. Read more…

The Machine Girl DVD

The Machine Girl DVD

The Machine Girl is a 2008 low-budget Japanese action movie written and directed by Noboru Iguchi with special effects by Yoshihiro Nishimura. The film stars Minase Yashiro in the lead role as Ami, Asami in the role of Miki, Kentarō Shimazu as the yakuza leader and Honoka as his mother, Mrs. Kimura. It is about a young Japanese schoolgirl whose life is destroyed when her brother is killed by a the son of a Ninja-Yakuza clan. When her hand is cut off, she replaces it with a machine gun and seeks revenge. Read more…

Tokyo Gore Police DVD

Tokyo Gore Police DVD

Tokyo Gore Police is a 2008 Japanese gore movie. The film was directed by Yoshihiro Nishimura and stars Eihi Shiina as Ruka, a vengeful police officer.

The film is set in a near future chaotic Japan. A mad scientist known as “Key Man” has created a virus that mutates humans into monstrous creatures called “Engineers” that sprout bizarre weapons from any injury. Read more…