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Widescreen 1.85:1 Color  /  Production Year: 1999  /  Region 1

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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 1 Customer Comments Suggestions 1 Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 4 out of 5, including 1 review Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis "Hypnotic! Nagisa Oshima isiJapan's Greatest Living Filmaker."- J. Hoberman, Village Voice In this thrilling drama by the legendary Japanese director Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses and Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence). Japan's rigid samurai code is threatened by the emotional whirlwinds of passion and desire. Set in 1865 Kyoto, the story centers on a samurai militia unit that fiercely defends the shogunate. Desperately in need of new recruits, the unit enlists 18-year-old Kano, a fearless warrior whose mesmerizing good looks immediately intrigue his fellow students, superiors and even his captain (Beat Takeshi, Fireworks and Brother). Before long, Kano's bewitching beauty stirs up jealously and competition within the militia. After a series of mysterious murders provoke further suspicion, disorder erupts. The visually tantalizing sword fights become eroticized rituals devoted to the forces of sex and death, exploding into a final image of exquisite beauty and fury. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Tadanobu Asano  • Ryuhei Matsuda  • Beat Takeshi  • Shinji Takeda  • Yoichi Sai Writers:  • Nagisa Oshima Producers:  • Eiko Oshima Directors:  • Nagisa Oshima Product Information Features: Scene Selections Cast and Crew Profiles Theatrical Trailer Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color Audio: (more info) JAPANESE: Dolby Digital Stereo Subtitles: English Studio: New Yorker Production Year: 1999 Release Date: 8/20/2002 Length: 100 mins Rating: NR Chapters: 18 Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-SL Item Code: DVD79102 UPC Code: 717119791247 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Revenge, Action, Cult Film / TV, Drama, Foreign, Gay / Lesbian Interest, Gay Cinema, Japanese, Martial Arts Studios: New Yorker Customers who bought this Title also bought We Were Soldiers  DVD-Video National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Unrated  DVD-Video Pulp Fiction: Collector's Edition  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 4 out of 5, including 1 review Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review We've rented this so many times... - 4 out of 5  (12/8/2002) I need to buy it for my wife, since she's rented it over five times. She loves everything about the movie.   more >>