Items Matching Tag 'Satoshi Kon'

Roujin Z (DVD Details)
An elderly invalid is volunteered for a bizarre science experiment. He is given a robotic bed linked directly to his brainwaves! Allowing instant gratification - this seems like a wonderful deal, until this seemingly harmless bed goes out of control and transforms into an unstoppable robot! From screenwriter Katsuhiro Otomo, director of groundbreaking classic, AKIRA!

Paprika (UK) (DVD Details)
Based on the original futuristic story, Paprika was written by the great master of Japanese literature, Yasutaka Tsutsui, in 1993 and is the psychedelic story of a female detective who investigates criminal cases by entering the dreams of her subjects. With music composed by Susuma Hirasawa, who also wrote the soundtrack for Kon`s award-winning film, Millennium Actress, and equally lauded...

Paprika (UK) (Blu-ray Details)
Based on the original futuristic story, Paprika was written by the great master of Japanese literature, Yasutaka Tsutsui, in 1993 and is the psychedelic story of a female detective who investigates criminal cases by entering the dreams of her subjects. With music composed by Susuma Hirasawa, who also wrote the soundtrack for KON`s award-winning film, Millennium Actress, and equally lauded...

Tokyo Godfathers (UK) (DVD Details)
From acclaimed director Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress) and Japan`s leading animation studio Mad House (X, Vampire hunter D, Ninja Scroll) comes this visually and emotionally stunning tale of adventure, love and redemption. In Tokyo, three homeless people`s lives are changed forever when they discover a baby girl at a garbage dump on Christmas Eve. As the New Year fast approaches,...

Paranoia Agent: Box Set (UK) (DVD Details)
All the episodes.

Paranoia Agent: Volume 4 (UK) (DVD Details)
3 more episodes.

Paranoia Agent: Volume 3 (UK) (DVD Details)
Episode titles: Happy Family Planning, Etc, Mellow Maromi.

Millennium Actress/Perfect Blue box set (UK) (DVD Details)
Having secured an interview for a film they are working on, documentary filmmaker, Genya Tachibana, and his cameraman, Kyoji Ida, visit the home of Chiyoko Fujiwara, a legendary but reclusive Japanese screen goddess who, thirty years earlier, suddenly and dramatically disappeared from the screen and from public view. At the start of the interview, Tachibana, one of Chiyoko`s greatest admirers,...

Paranoia Agent: Volume 2 (UK) (DVD Details)
This second volume develops the fascinating story arc, introducing several more characters and deepening the intrigue as Detectives Keiichi Ikari and Mitsuhiro Manwa continue their investigations into the Lil` Slugger attacks. Episode titles: The Holy Warrior, Fear Of A Direct Hit, MHZ.

Millennium Actress (UK) (DVD Details)
Having secured an interview for a film they are working on, documentary filmmaker, Genya Tachibana, and his cameraman, Kyoji Ida, visit the home of Chiyoko Fujiwara, a legendary but reclusive Japanese screen goddess who, thirty years earlier, suddenly and dramatically disappeared from the screen and from public view. At the start of the interview, Tachibana, one of Chiyoko`s greatest admirers,...

Paranoia Agent: Volume 1 (UK) (DVD Details)
After the first victim`s story the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and lied to cover up for some crime. However, after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelated victims led to the same description of a young attacker with a golden baseball bat and in-line skates, the police had to wonder: is the Lil` Slugger real or a sinister phantom? Explore a contagious...

Perfect Blue (US) (DVD Details)
Pop singer Mima Kirigow looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually charged murder mystery, Mima`s life begins to fall apart. Reality and hallucinations merge into a terrifying netherworld where innocence is lost and dreams become nightmares. Quickly descending into a dangerous state of paranoid delusions,...

Perfect Blue (UK) (DVD Details)
Pop singer Mima Kirigoe looks forward to a bright new career when she quits her chart-topping trio to become an actress. When she lands a role in a sexually-charged murder mystery, Mima`s life begins to fall apart. Reality and hallucination merge into a terrifying world where innocence is lost and dreams become nightmares. Quickly descending into a dangerous state of paranoid delusions, Mima...