Cult Movies, International

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Actors:Siu-Wong Fan, Mei Sheng Fan, Ka-Kui Ho, Yukari Ôshima, ...
Riki-Oh - The Story of Ricky
by Tokyo Shock (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-09-05)

Actors:Eddie Constantine, Anna Karina, Akim Tamiroff, László Szabó, ...
Alphaville - Criterion Collection
by Criterion (DVD) (Release Date: 1998-10-27)

Actors:Megumi Kobayashi, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Aki Hano, Kazuki Futami, ...
Rebirth of Mothra 1&2
by Sony Pictures (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-02-01)

Actors:Werner Krauss, Conrad Veidt, Friedrich Feher, Lil Dagover, ...
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (Special Collector's Edition)
by Image Entertainment (DVD) (Release Date: 1997-10-15)

Actors:Jordan Chan, Emotion Cheung, Sam Lee (III), Yiu-Cheung Lai, ...
Bio Zombie
by Tokyo Shock (DVD) (Release Date: 2001-04-24)

Woody and Bee are a pair of young punks working at a DVD store. Out for a joy ride, the two hit a pedestrian and end up with a dead body in their trunk! Un-fortunately for Woody and Bee, this is just the beginning. The dead body is infected with a strange biochemical formula, which transforms the hapless mall goers into an army of blood-hungry zombies!

Actors:Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi, ...
La Grande Bouffe
by Image Entertainment (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-05-23)

Marco Ferreri's greatest international success, "La Grande Bouffe" scandalized audiences when it was released in 1973. Audiences were shocked by its tale of four world-weary middle-aged men (superbly portrayed by Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Piccoli and Philippe Noiret) who decide to gorge themselves to death in one final orgiastic weekend full of gourmet food, call girls and a hefty, lusty schoolteacher. This blackly humorous parable of modern society's collapse won the Cannes Film Festival's International Critics Award. The New York Times called it "vulgar vaudeville on an epic scale...a mordant, chilling, hilarious dirty movie." Nearly 30 years later, it continues to challenge audiences' sensibilities and test the limits of shockability.

Actors:Bob Bobson, Wendee Lee, Paul St. Peter, Kunihiro Ida, ...
Zeiram II
by Tokyo Shock (DVD) (Release Date: 2001-06-26)

Finishing up an important case, the beautiful bounty hunter Iria returns to Earth. Along with her computer, Bob, and her assistant, Fujicrow, she is also assigned an android trainee. The research team charged with building the combat android decided to implant the android's brain with the most cunning combat life form in the universe, a vicious Zeiram unit!

Actors:Tamio Kawaji, Yôko Yamamoto, Yuji Okada, Koji Wada, ...
Gappa, the Triphibian Monster
by Tokyo Shock (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-12-09)

On a serene island untouched by modern technology, a dark secret lies undisturbed for centuries. Then a group of scientists are sent by a greedy developer, and he plans to turn the sleepy island into the largest amusement park in the world. They stumble across what appears to be a baby dinosaur, and bring their new find back with them to Tokyo!

Actors:Ken Yoshizawa, Rie Yokoyama, Yuki Arasa, Masao Adachi, ...
Ecstasy of the Angels
by Image Entertainment (DVD) (Release Date: 2000-12-26)

The '60s are definitely over in director Koji Wakamatsu's outrageous look at the Japanese radical movement. A group of oversexed militants (named after the days of the week) try to steal weapons from a U.S Army base--Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are killed. Slowly, the surviving group members realize they've been betrayed by their own organization, and begin to wreak sexual and political anarchy on everything in sight. Between the 1960's and early 1970's, Japanese cinema literally exploded with some of the greatest genre filmmaking ever seen--a mindbending Cinemascope paradise of samurai swordfests, crazed yakuza thrillers and low-budget erotica. In conjunction with the American Cinematheque, Image Entertainment presents this rarely-seen Japanese cult film.

Actors:Mai Hosho, Yuji Kishimoto, Eddy Lawrence, Kazuhiko Inoue, ...
Hakaider
by Tokyo Shock (DVD) (Release Date: 2001-05-29)

Created to help control the population of Jesus Town, Hakaider was abandoned and left for dead once his uncontrollable nature became apparent. Now, his creator Gurjev has a new cyborg-enforcer, Michael. When treasure hunters accidentally awake Hakaider from his long slumber, he decides to bring his own justice to Jesus Town.

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