New on 4K and Blu-ray: THE BOY AND THE BEAST (2015) - Mamoru Hosoda's Acclaimed Anime

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Product Description: Kyuta, a young boy living on the streets of Shibuya, is taken in by Kumatetsu, a rough-around-the-edges warrior from the Beast Kingdom, who's been searching for the perfect apprentice. Despite their constant bickering, Kyuta and Kumatetsu begin training together and discover that master and student each have lessons to share. But when a deep darkness threatens to throw their world into chaos, the bond between this unlikely pair will be put to the ultimate test in this emotional and action-packed epic from Academy Award®-nominated director Mamoru Hosoda (Belle).​

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SCARLET / HATESHINAKI SUKARETTO (2025) - Trailers, Clip, Images and Posters

"Scarlet" ("Hateshinaki Sukāretto") is an anime fantasy film written and directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mamoru Hosoda ("Mirai", "Summer Wars", "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time") inspired by the Shakespearean tragedy Hamlet. The film is animated by Studio Chizu, and features the voices of Mana Ashida, Masaki Okada, Koji Yakusho, Kotaro Yoshida, Yutaka Matsushige and Kazuhiro Yamaji.

The English dub features Erin Yvette, Chris Hackney, David Kaye, Jamieson K. Price, Fred Tatasciore and Jason Marnocha. The film premiered at the 2025 Venice International Film Festival, and was released in theaters in Japan on November 21, 2025. In the US it was released in select theaters on February 6, 2026 and via streaming on March 17, 2026.

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New on Blu-ray: SHALL WE DANCE ? / SHALL WE DANSU ? (1996) - Classic Japanese Rom-Com

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Product Description: Shohei Sugiyama (Koji Yakusho) seems to have it all - a high-paying job as an accountant, a beautiful home, a caring wife and a doting daughter he loves dearly. However, he feels something is missing in his life. One day while commuting on the train he spots a beautiful woman staring wistfully out a window and eventually decides to find her. His search leads him head-first into the world of competitive ballroom dancing.

An “infinitely touching" (Washington Post) modern classic from director Masayuki Suo, SHALL WE DANCE? is a feel-good romantic comedy that "will sweep you off your feet" (Austin Chronicle). A box office sensation in North America upon its initial release (which led to a Hollywood remake with Richard Gere), Film Movement Classics presents SHALL WE DANCE? in a new 4K restoration of the original 137-minute film, available uncut for the first time in North America.

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THE EEL / UNAGI (1997) - Blu-ray Release of Cannes Palme d'Or Winner From Master Filmmaker Shohei Imamura

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Product Description: After serving time in prison for murdering his unfaithful wife, Yamashita (Koji Yakusho, Perfect Days, Cure) is released on parole, accompanied only by his pet eel. Hoping to stay out of trouble, he takes over a rural barber shop that quickly becomes a gathering point for the eccentric locals. However, the discovery of a woman's failed suicide starts a chain reaction that brings back past demons - and not just his own. The Eel won master filmmaker Shohei Imamura his second Palme d'Or, after 1983's The Ballad of Narayama and was the breakthrough of its star Yakusho.

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DVD, Blu-ray & 4K: PERFECT DAYS (2023) - Criterion Collection

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Product Description: A perfect song that hits at just the right moment, the play of sunlight through leaves, a fleeting moment of human connection in a vast metropolis: the wonders of everyday life come into breathtaking focus in this profoundly moving film by Wim Wenders. In a radiant, Cannes-award-winning performance of few words but extraordinary expressiveness, Koji Yakusho plays a public-toilet cleaner in Tokyo whose rich inner world is gradually revealed through his small exchanges with those around him and with the city itself. Channeling his idol Yasujiro Ozu, Wenders crafts a serenely minimalist ode to the miracle that is the here and now.

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DVD & Blu-ray: THE WORLD OF KANAKO (2014) Starring Koji Yakusho & Nana Komatsu

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Product Description: An uncompromising thriller of operatic scope, THE WORLD OF KANAKO is a nonstop visual and emotional assault to the senses as it follows ex-detective Akikazu on the hunt for his daughter, Kanako. What he discovers is a web of depravity surrounding both Kanako and himself. As he stumbles along a shocking trail of drugs, sex and violence, he finds himself unprepared for the shocking revelations.

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HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI (2012) - Trailer and Poster

Official Synopsis: From visionary auteur Takashi Miike (13 ASSASSINS) comes the story of a mysterious samurai who arrives at the doorstep of his feudal lord, requesting an honorable death by ritual suicide in his courtyard. The lord threatens him with the brutal tale of Motome, a desperate young ronin who made a similar request with ulterior motives, only to meet a grisly end. Undaunted, the samurai begins to tell a story of his own, with an ending no one could see coming. With stunning cinematography and gripping performances, HARA-KIRI: DEATH OF A SAMURAI is a thrilling exploration of revenge, honor, and individuality in the face of oppressive power.

Release Date: July 20 (US - Limited); July 18 (VOD)

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