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Isle of Dogs (Blu-ray) (2018)

8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Akira Takayama, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Courtney B Vance, Edw...

When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alon... Read more

Isle of Dogs (2018)

8/10
Director: Wes Anderson
Starring: Akira Takayama, Anjelica Huston, Bill Murray, Bob Balaban, Courtney B Vance, Edw...

When, by executive decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, 12-year-old Atari sets off alon... Read more

Blood: The Last Vampire (2009)

5.3/10
Director: Chris Nahon
Starring: Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Liam Cunningham, JJ Field, Koyuki , Yasuka Kurata, L...

A live action adaptation of Hiroyuki Kitakubo's cult anime, starring Gianna Jun as the centuries' old vampire slayer. Now, in the 20th century, Saya i... Read more

Afro Samurai: Resurrection (2009)

7.3/10
Director: Fuminori Kizaki
Starring: Voices Of, Samuel L Jackson, Lucy Liu, Mark Hamill, Grey DeLisle, Phil LaMarr

Samuel L. Jackson returns as the voice of the super bad samurai who avenged his father and found a life of peace. Still, there are those who will neve... Read more

Tokyo Gore Police (2008)

6/10
Director: Yoshihiro Nishimura
Starring: Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, Yukihide Benny, Jiji Bu, Keisuke Horibe, Ikuko Sawada,...

"Possibly the goriest, craziest, most eye-blowing, chunk-spewing, head-exploding sci-fi movie of all time". So said the New York Post after watching t... Read more

Sword of the Stranger (2007)

7.8/10
Director: Masahiro Ando

Hair-raising anime action featuring Kotarou, a young Japanese boy on the run from China's Royal Army, who happens upon a wandering samurai. He's not i... Read more

Sword of Alexander (2007)

5.8/10
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Starring: Hiroshi Abe, Kyoko Hasegawa, Meisa Kuroki, Riki Takeuchi, Kankuro Kudo

A riotous period/fantasy/Samurai spoof with free-spirited Genkuro wandering the land with the mighty 'Sword of Alexander', one of three mystical objec... Read more

Dororo (2007)

6.4/10
Director: Akihiko Shiota
Starring: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kou Shibasaki, Eita , Mieko Harada, Yoshio Harada, Nakai Kiic...

Based on a manga by anime grandmaster Osamu Tezuka ('Astroboy'), this fantasy actioner features a powerful samurai who makes a deal with 48 demons who... Read more

Afro Samurai (2007)

7.8/10
Director: Fuminori Kizaki
Starring: Voices Of, Samuel L Jackson, Kelly Hu, Ron Perlman

Samuel L Jackson is the titular sword-slinger desperate to avenge the death of his father at the hands of Justice (Ron Perlman), who also happens to b... Read more

Love and Honour (2006)

7.8/10
Director: Yoji Yamada
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata

The conclusion to Yoji Yamada's loose Samurai trilogy (following 'Twilight Samurai' and 'Hidden Blade'), focussing on the themes of the title, and a m... Read more