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NY BOX MED DIGITALT RENOVERADE MÄSTERVERK AV AKIRA KUROSAWA<br/><br/>Efter succén med vår första Kurosawa-box, som fokuserade på mästerregissörens samurajepos, kommer snart box nr två. Även denna packad med idel mästerverk i digitalt renoverat skick.<br/><br/>RAN (1985). I 1500-talets Japan är Hidetora Ichimonji en av de mäktigaste klanledarna. En position han nått genom plundringar och mord. Nu är han gammal och lämnar över makten till sina söner Taro, Jiro och Sabura. Därmed hoppas han få slut på våldet. Men istället blir det precis tvärtom... Kurosawas sista riktigt storslagna film, byggd på Shakespeares "Kung Lear", som 1985 var den överlägset dyraste filmen i Japans historia. Vinnare av en Oscar (Bästa kostymer) och nominerad till ytterligare tre (regi, foto, scenografi).<br/><br/>KAGEMUSHA - SPÖKGENERALEN (1980). Under 1570-talet kämpar de japanska klanerna om herraväldet. Länsherren Shingen Takeda anställer en tjuv som sin dubbelgångare att användas för att vilseleda fienden. När Shingen dör får tjuven ta hans plats för att fienden fortfarande ska tro att han är i livet. Vasallerna har förordnat att han ska vara i tjänst under tre år framåt, men dubbelgångaren har helt andra planer... Producerad av de stora Kurosawa-fansen Francis Ford Coppola och George Lucas. Belönad med Guldpalmen i Cannes och nominerad till två Oscar (Bästa utländska film och Bästa scenografi).<br/><br/>DODES'KA-DEN (1970). Kurosawas kanske mest udda film, vilken utspelas i Tokyos slumkvarter och bland annat följer en ung man med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning som älskar spårvagnar och ständigt härmar deras ljud (som, enligt honom, låter "Dodes'ka-den"). Oscarnominerad för Bästa utländska film.<br/><br/>RÖDSKÄGG (1965). Under 1820-talet kommer en ung medicinare med dåligt humör till en landsortsstad för att börja sin praktik. Under stigande ilska inser han att han inte alls ska syssla med finare privatpraktik, utan istället är placerad på ett allmänt sjukhus för att ta hand om fattiga patienter. Kurosawas sista film med Toshiro Mifune. Efter ständiga gräl beslöt de att gå skilda vägar.<br/><br/>HIMMEL OCH HELVETE (1963). Toshiro Mifune i stark filmatisering av Ed McBain-deckaren "Hotet" från 1959. Den förmögne affärsmanen Kingo Gondo får veta att hans son har blivit kidnappad och gör sig redo att betala lösensumman. Men snart visar det sig att kidnapparna tagit fel barn. De har råkat ta chaufförens son. Kommer Gondo ändå att betala lösensumman?<br/><br/>IKIRU - ATT LEVA (1952). En åldrande byråkrat försöker finna en mening med livet efter att han fått reda på att han drabbats av obotlig cancer. En av Kurosawas mest älskade filmer. Belönad med Juryns specialpris i Berlin.

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Every episode from all four seasons of the fantasy drama which follows the adventures of Wynonna Earp (Melanie Scrofano), the great-great-granddaughter of legendary lawman of the American Old West, Wyatt Earp. As the outlaws who were shot to death by Wyatt over a century ago begin to rise from the dead, it is up to the sharp-shooting Wynonna and her unlikely team to get to work on sending them back to Hell. Season 1 episodes are: 'Purgatory', 'Keep the Home Fires Burning', 'Leavin' On Your Mind', 'The Blade', 'Diggin' Up Bones', 'Constant Cravings', 'Walking After Midnight', 'Two-Faced Jack', 'Bury Me With My Guns On', 'She Wouldn't Be Gone', 'Landslide', 'House of Memories' and 'I Walk the Line'. Season 2 episodes are: 'Steel Bars and Stone Walls', 'Shed Your Skin', 'Gonna Getcha Good', 'She Ain't Right', 'Let's Pretend We're Strangers', 'Whiskey Lullaby', 'Everybody Knows', 'No Future in the Past', 'Forever Mine Nevermind', 'I See a Darkness', 'Gone As a Girl Can Get' and 'I Hope You Dance'. Season 3 episodes are: 'Blood Red and Going Down', 'When You Call My Name', 'Colder Weather', 'No Cure for Crazy', 'Jolene', 'If We Make It Through December', 'I Fall to Pieces', 'Waiting Forever for You', 'Undo It', 'The Other Woman', 'Daddy Lessons' and 'War Paint'. Season 4 episodes are: 'On the Road Again', 'Friends in Low Places', 'Look at Them Beans', 'Afraid', 'Holy War: Part 1', 'Holy War: Part 2', 'Love's All Over', 'Hell Raisin' Good Time', 'Crazy', 'Life Turned Her That Way', 'Better Dig Two' and 'Old Souls'.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD / Box Set</i>

Sing är en hjälplös och feg småtjuv i det kaotiska Kina på 1940-talet, som nästan skulle göra allt för att bli medlem i det ökända maffiagänget Axe Gang. När han försöker råna en frisör i bostadsområdet Pig Sty Alley, som fejkad Axe Gang-medlem misslyckas han helt då de boende i området inte riktigt är lika vanliga som de ser ut att vara. Det enda han lyckas med är få Axe-gang att vilja hämnas.<br/><br/>Stephen Chow (director and star of Shaolin Soccer ) is at it again with his action-packed and comedic martial-arts adventure, KUNG FU HUSTLE. From wildly-imaginative kung fu showdowns to dance sequences featuring tuxedoed mobsters, you've never seen action this outrageous and charactersthis zany! In a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing (Stephen Chow) desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turn out to be kung fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosivekung fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung fu master of all.<br/><br/>EXTRAS:<br/><br/>Language(s): Cantonese, English, French, Hard of Hearing Subtitles: English, Subtitles: English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish, Interactive Menu

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Collection of nine Japanese direct-to-video crime thrillers from Toei Company. In 'Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage' (1989) Detective Joe Kawamura (Masanori Sera) joins forces with a nun called Lily (Minako Tanaka) to exact revenge on the criminal who killed Joe's partner Ahiru (Riki Takeuchi) and stole millions from Lily's church. 'Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet' (1990) follows low-level yakuza Junko (Shô Aikawa) who is called upon to avenge the murder of a high-ranking member of their family and must decide if he will act or flee and risk the consequences. In 'Stranger' (1991) Kiriko (Yûko Natori) works as a taxi driver at night and finds herself pursued relentlessly by a mysterious enemy. In 'Carlos' (1991) the eponymous Brazilian-Japanese criminal travels to Japan and becomes embroiled in the conflict between two warring yakuza families. 'Burning Dog' (1991) follows a gang of thieves who plan to rob an American military base in Okinawa but the heist ends in disaster and betrayal. In 'Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat' (1991) an elite assassin tasked with entering a women's prison and eliminating an infamous prisoner encounters more than she bargained for during the course of her mission. 'The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses' (1991) follows Yuichiro Takanashi (Hideki Saijô) who takes on the yakuza in a desperate, revenge-fuelled frenzy after his fiancée is shot and killed. In 'Danger Point: The Road to Hell' (1991) yakuza hitmen Joji (Jô Shishido) and Ken (Aikawa) embark on a mission to locate a large amount of missing money and find their partnership tested in the process. Finally, 'XX: Beautiful Hunter' (1994) follows Shion (Makiko Kuno) who was raised to be an assassin but rebels when she is tasked with killing Ito (Johnny Okura), the man she loves.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Box Set (Limited Edition)</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Triple bill of martial arts action starring Jet Li. In 'The Enforcer' (1995) police officer Kung Wei (Li) is sent undercover to hunt down Po (Yu Rongguang), a dangerous crime boss involved in arms trafficking. His work on the case attracts the attention of Detective Anne Fong (Anita Mui) and when the gang kidnap Wei's young son Ku (Xie Miao), Wei and Fong must work together if they are going to save Ku and take down Po and his gang. 'Dr. Wai in the Scripture With No Words' (1996) follows Chow Si-Kit (Li), a novelist suffering from writer's block. When he starts composing a story about his alter ego Dr. Wai, an archaeologist and adventurer on the trail of the mysterious 'Scripture With No Words' who finds himself competing against an unscrupulous gang of villains, the line between fiction and reality become increasingly blurred. Finally, 'Hitman' (1998) follows Tai Feng (Li), a young and inexperienced hitman who teams up with veteran criminal Ngok Lo (Eric Tsang) to hunt down the King of Killers, a notorious hitman who murdered a crime boss and now has a huge bounty on his head.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Special Edition Box Set</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Trilogy of dark thrillers by Korean director Chan Wook Park. In the first film, 'Sympathy for Mr Vengeance' (2002), deaf mute Ryu (Shin Ha-Kyun) has saved all his hard-earned money for his sister who requires a kidney transplant. He has the wrong blood type to be able to donate one of his kidneys, so he arranges a trade with a group of black-market organ dealers: one of his kidneys and 10 million won in return for their finding a kidney for his sister. Just as the criminals renege on the deal, a legitimate kidney becomes available for transplant. Unfortunately, Ryu no longer has the 10 million won required for the hospital to perform the operation. In retaliation, he and his political activist girlfriend kidnap his former boss's daughter - but events quickly spiral quickly out of control... The second film, 'OldBoy' (2003), is another vibrant and twisted revenge thriller. Oh Dae-Su (Choi Min-Sik) has never taken his role as husband and father seriously and has just been released from police custody for drunk and disorderly behaviour on his own baby daughter's birthday. When he finds himself in solitary confinement in a prison cell after being mysteriously abducted on the street, he has no idea what is going on or why. A year into his imprisonment, he learns from the small television in his cell that his wife is dead, and that he himself is suspected of the crime. When, fifteen years later, he is released as suddenly and inexplicably as he was detained, he is determined to track down his tormentors and wreak his revenge. But little does he know that his kidnappers have even worse horrors in store for him... In 'Lady Vengeance' (2005), Geum-ja Lee (Yeong-ae Lee) is a young woman who works for underworld crime boss Mr Baek (Min-sik Choi). Taking the fall for the abduction and murder of a child, Geum-ja is sent to prison at the age of 19. When she realises that she has been framed by Mr Baek himself, she spends 13 years in prison planning her revenge. On her release, she exacts her vengeance against Mr Baek's goons, before a final confrontation with the mentor who betrayed her.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD / Box Set</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Collection of five historical action adventures from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa. In 'Seven Samurai' (1954), knowing that bandits are planning to attack their village after the coming harvest, its inhabitants hire a group of seven samurai to protect them. Led by Kambei (Takashi Shimura), the group includes four hardened warriors, Kambei's new disciple and Kikuchiyo (Toshirô Mifune), the orphaned son of a farmer who is posing as a samurai and is determined to prove his worth. The samurai begin arming and training the villagers as well as fortifying their homes as they prepare for the coming attack, fully aware that the odds are stacked against them. In 'Throne of Blood' (1957), after securing a great victory in battle for their lord Tsuzuki (Takamaru Sasaki), samurai commanders and friends Taketoki Washizu (Mifune) and Yoshiaki Miki (Minoru Chiaki) meet a mysterious spirit in the Spider's Web Forest who prophesies their rise to power. When the first part of the spirit's prediction comes true, Washizu tells his wife Asaji (Isuzu Yamada) about the rest of the prophecy and her ambition leads him to commit murder, an act which seals both of their fates. 'The Hidden Fortress' (1958) follows the exploits of Tahei (Chiaki) and Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara), two peasants hoping to make their fortunes by becoming soldiers. They run into trouble when they are mistaken for members of the Akizuki clan which has just been defeated after a fierce battle. Meanwhile, Rokurota Makabe (Mifune), a renowed Akizuki general, is attempting to escort Princess Yuki (Misa Uehara) to safety. When he encounters the two peasants, he realises they may be useful to him but as the four of them travel together, they face many challenges and Tahei and Matashichi's cowardice and greed could jeopardise Makabe's mission. In 'Yojimbo' (1961) wandering samurai Sanjuro Kuwabatake (Mifune) arrives in a rural town in 19th century Japan which is overrun with criminals and is being fought over by two rival gangs. Determined to free the townsfolk from the oppressive grip of the gangsters, Sanjuro sparks open war between the two sides in the hope that they will destroy each other. However, his plans are complicated by the arrival of Unosuke (Tatsuya Nakadai), the younger brother of one of the gang leaders who prefers guns to swords and upsets the balance of power in the town. Finally, in the sequel 'Sanjuro' (1962), Sanjuro Tsubaki encounters a clan of samurai who have been betrayed by the local superintendent. They had intended to present a formal accusation of corruption within their clan but would have been crushed by the superintendent's men had Sanjuro not defended them. Sanjuro soon finds himself embroiled in a plot to kidnap the local chamberlain and facilitate a power grab by the superintendent, but jaded as he is, Sanjuro feels he must also object to the behaviour of his fellow samurai.<br/><br/><i>Typ: DVD / Box Set</i>