When he falls for the beautiful wife of the jailed boss of the Nishida gang, things start to spiral out of control for detective Kuroiwa (Tetsuya Watari, Graveyard of Honour). In a world where the... more
René Dary, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Gabin, Lino Ventura. An aging gangster retires to live with his girlfriend after a big score, but when his former partner accidentally gives him away, it's back to a... more
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... more
Three-disc set includes: Day Of The Owl (Mafia) (1968)Newly-appointed Sicilian police captain Bellodi (Franco Nero) promised justice to now-widowed Rosa Nicolosi (Claudia Cardinale), whose husband... more
In the mid-16th century, after annihilating the Incan empire, Gonzalo Pizarro (Allejandro Repulles) leads his army of conquistadors over the Andes into the heart of the most savage environment on... more
Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Tamio Kawachi. A longtime Japanese gangster refuses to give up antiquated codes of honor, much to the distress of his Mob bosses and other gangs.... more
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura. The inhabitants of a small village hire seven samurai to protect them from bandit attacks. When the samurai arrive, a spectacular series of battles begin. Directed by... more
Mondo Macabro presents DEATH SQUAD - One of the sleaziest and most violent crime films ever made in France. |One of the sleaziest and most violent crime films ever made in France, DEATH SQUAD gained... more
Meiko Kaji, Tishio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon. Yuki is a Japanese "born-in-prison" female assassin who is trained from birth to avenge the murder of her father and the rape and imprisonment of her... more
Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo. One of Akira Kurosawa's classic screen achievements takes form in this compelling tale of the murder of a samurai and the rape of his wife in medieval Japan. The crimes... more
Three-disc set includes: Infernal Affairs (2002)The inspiration for Martin Scorsese's "The Departed," this Hong Kong actioner follows a pair of men on opposite sides of the law: undercover cop Yan... more
Tomisaburo Wakayama, Akihiro Tomikawa. A disgraced samurai and executioner travels the country, hiring himself out as an assassin while seeking personal revenge against the hit squad who killed his... more
Sent to prison for a "bad shooting," maverick female cop Agent Zero (Miki Sugimoto) is offered a deal for a full pardon if she agrees to recover a rich industrialist's daughter and terminate the... more
Tetsuro Tamba, Isamu Nagato. This first film by Hideo Gosha is among the most canonized chambara (sword-fighting) films. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television series of the same name,... more
Toshiro Mifune, Isuzu Yamada, Minoru Chiaki. In this feudal Japan-set adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, a vicious samurai warrior rises to power he cannot fully wield, and the curses of ancient... more
Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura. This great samurai epic tells the story of a princess under the protection of a brave and resourceful general who is pursued by enemies of her clan. In Japanese with... more
Tatsuya Nakadai, Tsutomu Yamazaki, Daisuke Ryu. A petty criminal takes the place of a dying warlord in 16th-century Japan to fool those that plan to assassinate the ruler and inspire his followers... more
Prison Walls: Abashiri Prison I-III / The Masters of Cinema series is proud to present the first three entries in this landmark series, directed by the "King of Cult" Teruo Ishii - Constructed in the... more
Synopsis: Seven years after the roundup in Vietnam, Ma Seok-do (Don Lee) joins a new squad to investigate a murder case. Soon, he finds out this case involves busting a synthetic drug, Hiper, and... more
Admiral Yi leads an allied fleet of ships against invaders in a final valiant naval battle to annihilate the retreating Japanese army. Now seven years after their deadly invasions of Korea, a massive... more
Toshirô Mifune, Eijirô Tôno, Tatsuya Nakadai. In order to free a village from the clutches of a corrupt government, a clever samurai pits two warring gangs against each other. Directed by Akira... more
Anna Karina, Sami Frey. A young woman enlists the aid of two bumbling burglars to steal her aunt's stash, but both fall for her and the plan goes haywire. Directed by Jean-Luc Godard. In French with... more
Dissatisfied in marriage and life, Ferdinand (Jean-Paul Belmondo) takes to the road with the babysitter, his ex-lover Marianne Renoir (Anna Karina), and leaves the bourgeois world behind. Yet this is... more
Yves Montand, Charles Vanel. Four greedy drifters risk their lives to drive two truckloads of nitroglycerin 300 miles over treacherous roads. Original and uncut. In French with English subtitles.... more