New on Blu-ray: BAKEMONO (2023) - Japanese Horror

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Product Description: A multitude of guests visit the same cheap Tokyo apartment at different times, unaware of the gruesome creature waiting for them.

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PLASTIC BEAUTY / DAUNTAIMU Japanese Netflix Series Trailers, Images and Posters

"Plastic Beauty" ("Dauntaimu") is a Japanese drama series created by Yuki Saito that follows a surgeon who shifts to aesthetics and clashes with a celebrity doctor while discovering the complex pressures behind the pursuit of physical perfection. The cast incluldes Mayu Matsuoka, Riisa Naka, Shotaro Mamiya, Minami Tanaka, Hiromi Nagasaku and Atsuro Watabe. The series premiered on September 17, 2026 on Netflix.

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S&X Netflix Japanese Series Trailer, Clip, Images and Poster

"S&X" ("S to X") is a new Japanese drama series directed by Shogo Kusano. The show is based on the manga of the same name by Kisei Tada, originally published by KODANSHA LTD. It folllows sex therapist Ichito Shimotori who treats diverse and intimate sexual issues with sincerity, but secretly hides a struggle of his own. The cast includes Kento Nakajima, Yuko Araki, Ryota Miura, Sawako Fujima and Sayaka Yamaguchi. "S&X" premiered on August 20, 2026 on Netflix.

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New on Blu-ray: LOVE'S WHIRLPOOL / AI NO UZU (2014) - Japanese Erotic Romantic Drama

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Product Description: Six strangers meet at an underground sex club in Japan for a night of anonymous pleasure. While first-timers and regulars collide, each member’s attitude towards sex and satisfaction becomes challenged as their kinks and inhibitions begin to reveal more than they were initially willing to let on.

Adapted from the critically acclaimed play of the same name, LOVE’S WHIRLPOOL explores Japan’s fuzoku (sex industry) with candor, humor and freewheeling indecency. “Stylishly shot and explicit,” Daisuke Miura’s foray into the city’s erotic underbelly provides “great thrills, both erotic and comedic, as well as genuine emotion” (Screen Anarchy).

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WAGOTABI: A JAPANESE JOURNEY (PC) - Japanese-Language Learning Educational Role-Playing Game

Video Game Description: Wagotabi is an educational RPG teaching Japanese from the ground up. Immerse yourself in the language through interactive dialogues, quest-solving, and puzzles, all while exploring Japan and its rich culture. Will you become a Japanese master?

Genre: Educational, RPG

Publisher: Wagotabi Limited

Developer: Wagotabi Limited

Rating: N/A

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SO TO SPEAK (PC) - Japanese Learning Puzzle Game

Video Game Description: Can you learn Japanese by solving puzzles? So to Speak is a game about wandering in Japan, looking at signs, overhearing conversations, and using context clues in the environment to figure out what it all means. No background in Japanese is assumed.

Genre: Puzzle, Educational

Publisher: Erik Andersen

Developer: Erik Andersen

Rating: N/A

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