Asiatiskt

När Takashi Miike släppte loss AUDITION i slutet av förra seklet var publiken totalt oförberedd. Från filmfestivalen i Rotterdam rapporterades om ett lämmeltåg av chockade åskådare som lämnade bion innan filmen var slut (och då missade de ändå det värsta!). Med ens hade en helt ny genre fötts, döpt av en sur kritiker till "torture porn", som ynglade av sig i extremskräck som Saw, Hostel och Miikes egen Ichi the Killer. På tidningarnas Bästa skräckfilms-listor ligger AUDITION ofta högt och bland fansen finns regissörer som Quentin Tarantino, Eli Roth och Rob Zombie.<br/><br/>AUDITION är historien om änklingen Shigeharu. För att hjälpa honom att hitta en ny hustru anordnar hans omoraliske vän, filmproducenten Yasuhisa, en fejkad audition. Bland alla vackra kvinnor faller Shigeharu för den mystiska och tystlåtna Asami, en före detta ballerina med oklart förflutet. Hennes sätt att underkasta sig Shigeharu gör honom förtjust. Men det är bara ett spel. Snart kommer Asami visa sitt rätta jag, och det är ingen vacker syn...

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Ang Lee directs this martial arts action adventure starring Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh. Master warriors Li Mu Bai and Yu Shu Lien (Yun-Fat and Yeoh) are tasked with the mission of retrieving the stolen Green Destiny sword. When they discover a mysterious black-clad thief whose martial arts expertise outshines even that of Shu Lien herself, the pair realise they have a fight on their hands if they are to deliver the sword to its rightful place. The film won four Academy Awards for Best Art Direction (Tim Yip), Best Cinematography (Peter Pau), Best Original Score (Tan Dun), and Best Foreign Language Film.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Special Edition</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Japanese horror written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. When a series of murders are committed in Tokyo, a distinguishing mark connects them all: a bloody 'X' carved into the neck of each victim. In each case the murderer is found near the scene of the crime with no memory of committing it. The perpetrators are revealed to be ordinary citizens who all interacted with the same mysterious man shortly before inexplicably killing someone. Detective Kenichi Takabe (Kôji Yakusho) must now place his own sanity on the line as he attempts to put an end to the violence sweeping the city.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi and Vic Morrow star in this Japanese sci-fi action directed by Kinji Fukasaku. Jillucia was once a peaceful haven until it was invaded by forces from the technologically superior Gavanas Empire. Needing help to free his people, Kido (Junkichi Orimoto), the Jillucian leader, attempts to gather a group of powerful warriors from across the galaxy and tasks his granddaughter Princess Emeralida (Shihomi) and loyal soldier Urocco (Makoto Sato) with finding them and bringing them to Jillucia. Meanwhile, the Gavanas leader has turned his attention to Earth... The cast also includes Peggy Lee Brennan, Hiroyuki Sanada and Mikio Narita.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray / Restored</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>South Korean action thriller written and directed by Hong-seon Kim. A group of Korean criminals captured in the Philippines are being transported home to Busan aboard the Frontier Titan cargo ship. A violent battle erupts for control of the ship when several of the criminals escape, but an even more deadly threat emerges to terrorise those on board.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Jeong Byeong-gil co-writes and directs this Korean action thriller starring Kim Ok-bin as ruthless female assassin Sook-hee. Trained to kill from a young age, Sook-hee is given the chance to start a new life in South Korea following the death of her mentor. Taking up a job as a government agent, she is promised her freedom after ten years of service. However, things soon become complicated when two mysterious men appear, forcing Sook-hee to confront a number of dark secrets from her past. The cast also includes Shin Ha-kyun, Sung Joon and Kim Seo-hyung.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>

<b>OBS! Import.</b> Kontrollera att språk och textning passar dig.<br/><br/>Yimou Zhang directs this martial arts action feature starring Jet Li. In Ancient China, the king of the northern province of Qin (Daoming Chen) is under constant threat of assassination attempts. Three assassins in particular are the cause of much fear in the palace: Broken Sword (Tony Leung Chiu Wai), Sky (Donnie Yen) and Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung). When a minor local official (Li) comes to the palace to relay the information that he has managed to overcome the three adversaries, the king invites him to tell the story of his incredible victory.<br/><br/><i>Typ: Blu-ray</i>