Eko Eko Azarak III: Misa The Dark Angel
In the wake of a young girl’s mysterious death, teenage witch Misa Kuroi (Hinako Saeki) embarks on a quest to find out who killed her — and, perhaps more important, why. Going undercover at an exclusive all-girls school, she makes friends for the first time in her life but also uncovers a shocking link between the crime and a school’s …
Hellevator: The Bottled Fools
This bloody thriller captures the gory mania that unfolds in a futuristic world where elevators shuttle riders not only from floor to floor, but also from town to town. En route, they’re roped into a dangerous game that pits one against the other, and only the strongest come out alive. Into this stage walks a pair of cops who, alongside two rapists, will soon …
Zu Warriors
From the legendary martial arts choreographer of The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and acclaimed director of Black Mask comes ZU Warriors, the fast-action fantasy about an incredible fight for freedom against the ultimate evil! High in the clouds of China lies the Zu Mountain range, home to the immortal martial arts clans. But these mountains also attract a …
Wind and Cloud: The Storm Riders
Based on the best selling comic book, Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok star as “Wind” and “Cloud”, who are orphaned and abducted as children by the evil Warlord Conqueror (Japanese cinema legend Sonny Chiba) who raises them in the ways of the martial arts and develops their special powers as part of a prophecy to become invincible. But “Wind” and …
Sky High
A serial killer and his henchwoman — looking to create a supernatural cataclysm for evil ends — literally rip the heart out of Mina (Yumiko Shaku), who’s engaged to Kanzaki (Shosuke Tanihara) … the detective investigating the bizarre string of homicides. But the gumshoe gets more than he bargained for when he hunts down Mina’s murderers and finds his dead …
Tetsuo: The Iron Man
Somewhere between a modern-day nightmare and a techno-fetishist’s ultimate fantasy, this extraordinary black and white film from Shinya Tsukamoto caused a sensation when it was first released, and spawned a companion piece, Tetsuo II: Body Hammer. Concerning itself with a young man’s gradual mutation into a metal-being, the film takes a surreal journey into a dark and disturbing world where …
Latitude Zero
When a volcanic eruption threatens a submarine full of Japanese scientists, the passengers are brought to safety by the valiant Capt. McKenzie (Joseph Cotten), who transports them to a utopian underwater city. But when one of the scientists is kidnapped by the evil Dr. Malic (Cesar Romero), the recovery efforts bring the rescuers up against giant rats, a flying lion …
Izo
Okada Izo was a samurai warrior from a low-class family. His talent as a swordsman was discovered by a powerful samurai warlord, who recruited Izo as a soldier. Under his guidance, Izo murdered many people. Izo was later crucified for his actions and became the incarnation of a deep-seated grudge when his soul could not enter Heaven or Hell. His …
Hakaider
In the distant future, war and peace walk side by side in the pseudo-utopian place called Jesus Town (formerly Jerusalem), ruled by a handsome, yet cruel seraphim named Girjev and his android companion, Mikhail, long for total peace. Sealed far from civilization a long time ago is an android, code named Hakaider. Since his memory is rusty, he does not …
Gappa
On a serene paradise island, untouched by modern technology, a dark secret lies undisturbed for centuries. Then a greedy land developer begins his plan to turn the sleepy island into the largest amusement park in the world. He sends a group of scientists to the island and they stumble across appears to be a baby dinosaur. Opposing the terrified natives …
Burst City
As construction workers prepare to break ground for a nuclear power plant in a futuristic Tokyo, several punk rock bands stage a protest, setting off a chain reaction of events that’s anything but peaceful. Soon enough, police officers clad in riot gear and a band of Yakuza thugs are butting heads with a pair of armor-laden bikers who’ve mysteriously arrived to stir …
Versus
Tak Sakaguchi is Prisoner KSC2-303, a criminal who has just escaped from a maximum-security prison. After he heads to the Forest of Resurrection to rendezvous with some gangsters, KSC2-303’s escape plan veers off course when an argument with one of the gangsters leads to death. Worse still, KSC2-303 finds out the hard way that when you kill something in the Forest of Resurrection, it …
The Great Yokai War
When 10-year-old Tadashi Ino stumbles into a spirit war, it’s up to him to free the spirit world from the forces of repression in director Takashi Miike’s genre-bending fantasy tale. Populated by mod villains, scrap-metal robot monsters and goblins from Japanese folklore, this children’s adventure yarn marks a departure from the gory action flicks that have become Miike’s stock in …
Space Amoeba
When a space probe crash-lands on a far-flung Pacific atoll, the craft’s alien stowaways decide to take over their new world one creature at a time. Soon, the parasitic life forms latch onto three indigenous critters — a squid, a crab and a snapping turtle — and transform them into colossal mutant monsters. Akira Kubo,Atsuko Takahashi and Kenji Sahara star …
Returner
Eighty years in the future, time is running out for mankind. The only hope rests with a brave time traveler who must return to the past to change history… and alter Earth’s destiny. 20084, After decades of intense fighting, an alien invasion force is close to destroying what’s left of the world. In a last-ditch effort to save the human race, a guerilla …
Meatball Machine
A new romance between factory workers Yôji and Sachiko is going well — that is, until aliens invade Earth and implant themselves into tumor-like growths on human shoulders. When Sachiko is attacked and transformed into a slave cyborg, it’s up to the half-infected Yôji to rescue his lover. Co-directors Junichi Yamamoto and Yudai Yamaguchi surround their tender love story with …
Legend of Dinosaurs & Monster Birds
The titanic plesiosaur faces off against the winged pterosaur in a battle to the death while a geologist and his girlfriend fight for survival in this 1977 Japanese sci-fi spectacular, infamously featured on “Mystery Science Theater 3000.” The high-budget entry from Toei Studios, an outfit not generally known for its monsters, still packs a satisfyingly campy punch. Title: Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds …
Electric Dragon 80000V
Sogo Ishii directs this bizarre tale of a young Tokyo outcast whose traumatic past has led him to a dreadfully disturbing present. After enduring too many bouts of electroshock therapy, Dragon Eye (Tadanobu Asano) has developed a problem: His body is charged up with 80,000 volts of electricity, which has pretty much killed his social life. Fortunately, he is able …
Eko Eko Azarak II: Birth of the Wizard
In this second installment of the Eko Eko Azarak series, a young teenage girl, Kuroi Misa, is on the run accompanied by a mysterious guardian who helps herrealize and learn to use the amazing supernatural powers she possesses. Whena deadly ancient spirit is unleashed from a cursed tomb, it sets its sights on Kuroi with the intent to kill her. …
Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness
Kimika Yoshino stars in this supernatural thriller as Misa Kuroi, a teen with powers of wizardry she only wants to use for good. But when she and 12 of her schoolmates are locked down in the school by a ghostly force that’s picking them off one by one, Misa must be ready to fight for everyone’s survival, including her own. …
Death Trance
In an unknown place and unknown time, a lone Samurai known only as Grave (Tak Sakaguchi) thirst for the ultimate battle. Grave has stolen a mysterious coffin from the holy Tougab Temple – a coffin said to contain great power. Trapped inside the sealed coffin is the Goddessof Destruction, confined and held at bay from laying waste to this world. …
The Cave Of The Silken Web
This Shaw Brothers film adaptation of the classic novel Journey to the West, follows a gang of plucky monk heroes who find themselves trapped in the cave of the seven seductive spider fairies. The sexy sirens believe that eating the flesh of monks will bring them immortality. Can Monkey, Pig and Friar Sand defend their master from the temptresses’ evil …
Super Inframan
Soon after an evil princess rises from the Earth’s core and decides to invade Hong Kong, the inhabitants of planet Earth attempt to defend themselves by building a robotic fighting machine they dub Inframan. Danny Lee, Terry Liu and Hap Wong co-star in this 1970s Shaw Brothers production that’s divided into three episodes, much like a television serial. Title Super Inframan Year 1975 …
Matango
After a yacht is damaged in a storm and stranded on a deserted island, the passengers: a psychologist, his girlfriend, a wealthy businessman, a famous singer, a writer, a sailor and his skipper take refuge in a fungus covered boat. While using the MUSHROOMS for sustenance, they find the ships journal describing the mushrooms to be poisonous, however some members of the shipwrecked party continue to …
Moon Child
Filmmaker Takahisa Zeze weaves a surreal world of crime and kinship in this futuristic tale charting four decades in the lives of enterprising teen thug Sho (Gackt Camui), his vampire friend (Hyde), their troublemaking buddy, Son (Lee-Hom Wang), and his mute sister (Zeny Kwok). The makeshift group forms a bond, but Sho and Son find themselves on opposite sides years …
The Mysterians
Aliens arrive on Earth and ask permission to be given a certain tract of land for their people to live on. But when they are discovered to be invaders, responsible for the giant robot that is destroying cities, the armed forces attempt to stop them with every weapon available. Title: The Mysterians Year: 1959 Country: Japan Director: Ishirô …
The Dimension Travelers
Freakish events jolt Midori from her ordinary schoolgirl life. First, mysterious soldiers appear to terrorize her, declaring her a dangerous mental patient (with which her family soon agrees). Then, her best friend, who claims to be perfectly sane, appears to be from another dimension. Is Midori losing her mind? Or is she a dimension traveler, with powers that could blow …
Mighty Peking Man
Johnny (Danny Lee) leads intrepid explorers into the dark Indian jungle to find the mysterious, giant apelike creature that lives there — the Mighty Peking Man. Johnny finds the creature along with his beautiful but scantily clad human ward and brings both of them back to the big city. The creature, however, proves he can never be chained as he runs amok in Hong …