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A violent gangster film that manages to be hauntingly beautiful, RAINY DOG is a departure from the splatter of director Takashi Miike's other films. Yuuji (Sho Aikawa) is a Yakuza down on his luck and barely getting by on assassination jobs given him by a local boss in Taiwan, when a woman from his past reappears along with a son he never knew about. The woman abandons the boy with Yuuji, and along with his newfound responsibility comes a desire to provide a life of security for his new family, which includes a prostitute with whom Yuuji has taken up. He is forced to fight for the sactuary he seeks, however, finding himself caught in the midst of a gangland war and confronted with another Yakuza who may have a contract out on him. Reminiscent of Japanese noir films and replete with mood and characterization that take precedence over the violent action, this is the second installment of Miike's stunning Black Society Trilogy.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseAnamorphic WidescreenAudio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - JapaneseAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Production Interviews - 1. Takashi Miike, Director and Yasushi Shimamura, EditorInteractive Features: Audio Commentary - 1. Tom Mes, Writer on Japanese Cinema Scene Access Interactive MenusText/Photo Galleries: Filmographies Biographies
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A gritty, 1960s-set cop corruption thriller, with a quartet of dirty detectives scamming their way to the top of the station roster.DVD Features:Region 0 (All Regions)Keep CaseLetterboxedAudio: Dolby Digital - Chinese/ Cantonese Dolby Digital - Chinese/ Mandarin
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Children kidnapped by militant exremists in Egypt escape and what follows is an amazing journey across desert and jungle.DVD Features:Region 1Keep Case
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The disastrous effects of French colonialism are examined through the paradigm of a young girl's coming of age in French West Africa in Claire Denis' astonishing first film. As France, a woman traveling alone in Cameroon, slips into a dreamy and distant flashback, scenes of a makeshift existence come into focus. France's father, a district governor, and her fragile mother are living a relatively peaceful if somewhat strained existence when a plane carrying a gaggle of French imperialists and their entourage makes an emergency landing near their house. An ex-priest, a white plantation owner and his African concubine, and a newlywed couple are forced to stay with the family. The convergence of this motley crew forces tensions and troubles that were bubbling barely below the surface to silently erupt. Sexual tensions, as well as social and class struggles, explode, with expansive vistas of Cameroon as an astonishing yet innocent backdrop. The heat, the landscape, and the underlying and eroticized tension converge as the noble and austere houseboy, Protee, becomes the focus of France's memories and regrets.DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseLetterboxed - 1.66Audio: Dolby Digital Mono - FrenchAdditional Release Material: Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
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