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House of Flying Daggers
(2004)
Blu-ray Disc
Release Date: 06/20/2006
Following up his award-winning martial-arts drama HERO, director Zhang Yimou (JU DOU, RAISE THE RED LANTERN) tells an intricately...
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Madame Bovary
(1992)
DVD
(2-Disc Set)
Release Date: 11/11/2008
Claude Chabrol's lifelong interest in the psychological lives of women finds a perfect vehicle in Gustave Flaubert's 1856 novel, MADAME...
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The White Sheik
(1952)
DVD
(Criterion Collection)
Release Date: 04/29/2003
A friendly satire in which a honeymooning bride, dazzled by glamour and illusion, escapes the frightening security of her future by...
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Ludwig
(1972)
DVD
(2-Disc Set)
Release Date: 10/14/2008
Keeping in step with the themes of THE DAMNED and DEATH IN VENICE, Luchino Visconti's final entry in his "German Trilogy" further...
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Seven Samurai
(1954)
DVD
(3-Disc Set)
Release Date: 09/05/2006
Set in 16th Century Japan, Akira Kurosawa's epic SEVEN SAMURAI follows the plight of a defenseless farming village that lives in...
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Rasputin
(1977)
DVD
Release Date: 06/05/2007
A powerful political tale about Siberian monk Grigory Rasputin's influence upon Russia's monarchy, which led its people into World War...
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Oblomov
(1980)
DVD
Release Date: 02/24/2004
Based on Ivan Goncharov's novel, this well-shot film chronicles the life--or lack thereof--of Oblomov, a slothful, good-natured serf...
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The Wooden Man's Bride
(1994)
DVD
Release Date: 07/13/2004
Jianxin Huang's THE WOODEN MAN'S BRIDE is a fascinating Taiwanese drama exploring the constricting bonds of tradition and patriarchy in...
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Tchaikovsky
(1969)
DVD
Release Date: 02/24/2004
The film centers on the 19th century composer's life. It demonstrates the inseparability of the composer's music from his life, his...
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Samurai Rebellion
(1967)
DVD
(Criterion Collection)
Release Date: 10/04/2005
Set in 18th-century Japan, during the reign of the Tokugawa Shogunate, SAMURAI REBELLION stars Toshirô Mifune as Isaburo Sasahara,...
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Samurai Assassin
(1964)
DVD
Release Date: 02/08/2005
Based on the Sakurada Gate Incident of 1860, an assassination of a Shogunate official, that effectively marked the end of the Edo Period...
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The New Big Boss
(1997)
DVD
Release Date: 04/17/2007
Edmond Leung stars in this ambitious Donnie Yen film about a young hitman named Ben Chan who is out to find and kill the legendary Wolf,...
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The Devil
(1972)
DVD
Release Date: 10/23/2007
Directed by Andrzej Zulawski, this brutally violent period drama is set in 1793 Poland as the Prussian army invades the country. After...
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Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance
(1974)
DVD
Release Date: 05/11/2004
This sequel to the samurai revenge film LADY SNOWBLOOD finds the female assassin Yuki (Meiko Kaji) imprisoned for the deadly vengeance...
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Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 1
(1943)
DVD
Release Date: 10/28/1998
Originally conceived as a historical epic in three parts, Sergei Eisenstein's epic biography of Czar Ivan IV, the murderous 16th-century...
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Samurai Banners
(1969)
DVD
Release Date: 07/12/2005
Lies and betrayals propel a Bushido warrior to the height of power, all unbeknownst to his lord. But when he and his lord fall in love...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
(1999)
DVD
Release Date: 12/06/2005
Alexandre Dumas' THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO follows the adventures of Edmond Dantès (Gérard Depardieu), a 19th-century French version of...
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The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
(1975)
DVD
Release Date: 01/08/2002
Director Werner Herzog (AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD; FITZCARRALDO) approaches the true story of famous wild child Kaspar Hauser as a...
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Moon Over Tao
(1997)
DVD
Release Date: 09/11/2001
16th century Japan, a land ravaged by brutal warlords and their constant battles, has become a land of lawlessness and violence. Three...
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Andrei Rublev
(1969)
DVD
(Criterion Collection)
Release Date: 02/02/1999
Director Andrei Tarkovsky's second film, ANDREI RUBLEV, is a massive and sweeping retelling of the life of the 15th-century Russian icon...
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