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Grab the popcorn and settle down for movie night! We offer DVDs from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea, from movie classics like Akira Kuroswa’s to acclaimed contemporary filmmakers like Zhang Yimou, to favorite television dramas. Also check out our anime section.

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Train Man (US Version)

$24.98

This charming Japanese comedy is a romance that tells its story in a style that’s au courant for the early 21st century. Two young quirky characters fall in love over the Internet, and the film, which uses a split screen and shows the computer text overla

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Densha Otoko Train Man 1

$9.89

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Train Man

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Densha Otoko Vol. 3

$6.62

The saga concludes! The shy Train Man crosses yet another hurdle in his attempt to get closer to the girl named Hermess. This time he’s invited to her house for a polite social visit. But the tentative couple is not alone: Hermess’s friend — the girl from the Channel 2 chat room who has been following Train’s story — is hovering upstairs in the same house! Can Train’s nerves handle the added stress? When Hermess goes away on vacation, Train is determined to use the time to build his nerve to tell her how he really feels about her. When it’s all over, will Train’s fellow Poison Men still be able count him as one of their own?

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Densha Otoko: Volume 2

$6.62

The big day has come! Train is out on his date with Hermess ! But now what? What does he say? What does he do? He’s on his own and doesn’t have his online support group to guide him through the event. You can be sure that he’ll be back on the keyboard to recap it afterward … and try to figure out what to do next. And why is it suddenly so important for Hermess to introduce Train Man to her special friend?

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Train_man: Densha Otoko, Volume 2

$7.05

A real-life thread on an internet forum started it all. A nerdy otaku meets a girl on a train and posts an urgent query on the web–How the heck do you talk to girls? What should he wear on the date? Where should they go? The forum’’s response was amazing, and the thread grew incrementally longer as the nerd’’s relationship with the woman developed. Eventually published in book format to become a best seller, the thread spawned a blockbuster movie, a hit TV series, as well as this heartwarming manga adaptation of an entire internet community rooting for love and romance.

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Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1: The Assassin’s Road TPB

$8.95

Dark Horse Comics is proud to present one of the authentic landmarks in graphic fiction, Lone Wolf and Cub, to be published in its entirety for the first time in America. An epic samurai adventure of staggering proportions — over 7000 pages — Lone Wolf and Cub ( Kozure Okami in Japan) is acknowledged worldwide for the brilliant writing of series creator Kazuo Koike and the groundbreaking cinematic visuals of the late Goseki Kojima, creating unforgettable imagery of stark beauty, kinetic fury, and visceral thematic power that influenced a generation of visual storytellers both in Japan and in the West. Don’t miss this monumental monthly release, twenty-eight volumes, with each collection approximately 300 pages! This volume includes the following stories: Son for Hire, Sword for Hire A Father Knows His Child’s Heart, as Only a Child Can Know His Father’s From North to South, From East to West Baby Cart on the River Styx Suio School Zanbato Waiting for the Rains Eight Gates of Deceit Wings to the Birds,……

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Gates of Hell (DVD)

$12.18

Cheong and Yin are a young couple staying in San Francisco on their honeymoon. One unfortunate night Cheong decides to visit a t Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 15: Brothers of the Grass TPB

$8.95

The legendary saga of Lone Wolf and Cub passes the halfway mark with this stunning volume. Watch as Ogami Itto, the Lone Wolf, comes face-to-face with his arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, in a tale of dark ambition and political intrigue. Witness the tragic tale of the Women of Sodeshi. Stalk alongside a deep-cover ninja as he chases his brother who has fled his station, while a group of shadow warriors prepare for a suicide mission to find a secret gold mine — guarded by the Lone Wolf! America’s best-selling graphic novel series continues to gain legions of fans. Don’t miss the largest volume of LW&C yet, for the same low price! This volume contains the following stories: The Castle of Women The Women of Sodeshi Brothers of the Grass Five Wheels of the Yagyu Incense for the Living

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Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 16: The Gateway into Winter TPB - nick & dent

$4.97

The Lone Wolf’s arch-enemy, Yagyu Retsudo, begins to reach the end of his rope, as he sends his only daughter and last child after the blood-storm that is Itto Ogami! Meanwhile, Ogami and Daigoro happen upon another clue about the mysterious Yagyu Letter in a final showdown with the Kurokuwa ninja clan. A desperate Retsudo puts a bounty on Ogami’s head, and two of Japan’s most deadly bounty hunters hunt for the Lone Wolf and his Cub, while a poor woodcutter must decide between the bounty and his life by sheltering Ogami and Daigoro! All this and much more awaits in one of comics’ most legendary series. This volume contains the following stories: Umbrella Sayaka Clouds of Silk Demon Hide, Demon Seek Gateway into Winter

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Zatoichi 13-Zatoichis Vengeance

$13.99

A fast moving entry in the Blind Swordsman series, Zatoichi’s Vengeance is a tour de force of nonstop action. The blind swordsman meets a dying man who makes Zatoichi promise to deliver a large sum of money to his young son, Taichi. Zatoichi’s skill with his sword results in the death of several of the men, and Taichi sees Zatoichi as a second father. But a blind monk forces Zatoichi to question the violence of his existence and his future as a swordsman.

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Zatoichi Collection 1

$33.88

Zatoichi Collection 1

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Zatoichi-Blind Swordsman / Sonatine

$10.00

ZATOICHI: THE BLIND SWORDSMAN: In an empire ruled by fear, the people’s only hope is the ultimate weapon: Zatoichi (Kitano)–a blind, nomadic samurai whose sword has made him a hero and whose courage has made him a legend! Determined to help the desperate residents of a village, Zatoichi seeks justice through revenge!SONATINE: A seasoned mobster travels to Okinawa on a peace-keeping mission, even though he suspects that his boss is secretly trying to eliminate him! Determined to not go down without a fight, he and his gang know exactly what they have to do!

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Zatoichi (Korean Version)

$6.99

Japanese director/actor Kitano Takeshi (Battle Royale) finds himself back at the forefront of both domestic and international film worlds with his latest film Zatoichi! Through the momentum of its international premiere at the 60th Venice

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Rashomon: Akira Kurosawa, Director

$23.95

This tale of rape and murder is first seen through the eyes of the woodcutter and the priest, both of whom have been touched by the events. The film deals with multiple truths. This volume brings together for the first time the full continuity script of Rashomon

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Akira Kurosawas Dream

$8.99

One of the most visionary, deeply personal works in the 60-year career of the master behind Rashomon, The Seven Samurai and Ran. Featuring eight episodes rich in imagery and insight (and casting Martin Scorsese as a feisty Vincent Van Gogh), it explores the costs of war, the perils of nuclear power and especially humankind’s need to harmonize with nature. You will be enchanted…and enthralled.

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Akira Kurosawa’s Samurai 7 - The Complete Series (7-Disc Set) (US Version)

$99.98

Based on the Akira Kurosawa classic SEVEN SAMURAI, this anime series updates the action of the film to a bleak future overrun by bandits. These men are former samurais who have abandoned their code of honor and adapted technology to their bodies until the

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Throne of Blood (Criterion Collection)

$26.99

One of the most celebrated screen adaptations of Shakespeare, Akira Kurosawa’s Throne of Blood reimagines Macbeth in feudal Japan. Starring Kurosawa’s longtime collaborator Toshiro Mifune and the legendary Isuzu Yamada as his ruthless wife, the film tells the tale of a valiant warrior’s savage rise to power and his ignominious fall. With Throne of Blood, Kurosawa fuses one of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies with the formal elements of Japanese Noh Theater to make a Macbeth that is all its own-a classic tale of ambition and duplicity set against a ghostly landscape of fog and inescapable doom.

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Kagemusha (Criterion Collection)

$27.99

In his late color masterpiece Kagemusha (The Shadow Warrior) director Akira Kurosawa returned to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his celebrated career–the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a soaring historical epic that is also a somber meditation on the nature of power. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Kagemusha for the first time in its full-lenghth version.

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All of Tanpopo (Japan Version)

$30.99

Tampopo’s best and second album arrives at YesAsia.com! Containing 13 awesome tracks, including seven singles starting with their debut "The Last Kiss," up to their latest "Ouji sama to Yuki no Yoru." The group began with three members from the Morning Mu

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Kenji Mizoguchi and the Art of Japanese Cinema

$104.45

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Ozu’s Tokyo Story

$80.00

A collection of essays about Ozu s Tokyo Story.

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Ozu’s ‘Tokyo Story’

$28.99

A collection of essays about Ozu s Tokyo Story.

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Silent Ozu-Three Family Comedies (Criterion Collection)

$31.99

Silent Ozu-Three Family Comedies (Criterion Collection)

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Ozu Yasujiro: 100th Anniversary Collection 5 - An Autumn Afternoon (Hong Kong Version)

$9.99

Ozu Yasujiro: 100th Anniversary Collection 5 - An Autumn Afternoon (Hong Kong Version)

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Raise the Red Lantern (US Version)

$19.98

The old master of a powerful family in 1920’s China supports three wives. Each has her own house within the closed world of the family compound, where every evening a red lantern is lit in front of the door of the wife with whom the master chooses to slee

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Shanghai Triad

$20.44

The Charms of an alluring prostitute are used as bait between feuding ganglords against a dramatic backdrop of 1930’s Shanghai in this exotic and utterly captivating thriller. Award winner Zhang Yimou directs his enigmatic muse Gong Li in the latest in a long line of memorable collaborations (Red Sorghum, Ju Dou, Raise the Red Lantern, The Story of Qui Ju and To Live). From the glowing artifice and warm surfaces of chic Shanghai to the natural blues and greens of the misty countryside where the tale leads, it is, in the truest sense, poetry in motion -Jack Matthews, Newsday

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Durian Durian (Taiwan version)

$10.49

From visionary Hong Kong director Fruit Chan comes Durian Durian, an incisive and award-winning film about Hong Kong and China, and the people who move between both to find their fortunes. In an impressive debut, Chun Hoi Lo plays Yan, a Mainland p

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Red Sorghum (DVD) (China Version)

$10.99

Celebrated Mainland filmmaker Zhang Yimou brings his inimitable touch to Red Sorghum , a sumptuous drama set during 1930s China, just prior to the Japanese occupation. Jiu’er (Gong Li) is a young bride arranged to marry the leprous owner of a sorghu

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Red Sorghum

$10.67

A legend in China, where it won the major literary awards and inspired an Oscar-nominated film, this is a novel of family, myth, and memory, set during the fratricidal barbarity of the 1930s, when the Chinese battled both Japanese invaders and each other.

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Crossroads (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)

$13.99

Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, and Stephen Chow are now three of the biggest movie stars in Hong Kong, but they all made their starts in television over two decades ago. Viewers can revisit these three stars’ ruffled-hair youth with the 1980s RTHK series

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Summer Palace

$15.99

Summer Palace

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Blu-ray Disc)

$22.17

Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the revenge plot common in the wuxia stori… Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (DVD)

$11.13

Special Edition Known for making films about familial relationships, director Ang Lee surprised everyone with his martial arts epic CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON. Based on a novel by Wang Du Lu, CROUCHING TIGER starts with the reven… Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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House of Flying Daggers/Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (SE/DVD)

$17.72

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The Banquet (Hong Kong Version)

$16.99

Director Feng Xiaogang’s The Banquet, which premiered at the prestigious Venice film festival and screened at many other major festivals, became Hong Kong’s submission to the Oscars this year. This epic features multiple award-winning actor Ge You,

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The Wedding Banquet (DVD)

$10.10

Gao Wai-Tung (Winston Chao) lives the good life: He runs a successful real-estate business in New York and has a wonderful relat Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Eat Drink Man Woman

$12.49

Eat Drink Man Woman

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The Burmese Harp - Criterion Collection (DVD)

$25.64

Sh?ji Yasui stars in director Kon Ichikawa`s adaptation of Michio Takeyama`s antiwar novel. Set in Burma during the waning days of WWII, a unit of Japanese soldiers hangs on, inspired by the virtuoso Burmese harp playing of Private Mizushima. When th… Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Yojimbo (DVD) (The Criterion Collection) (US Version) ~ (DVD)

$29.95

In director Akira Kurosawa’s comedic YOJIMBO, a masterless samurai, Sanjuro (Toshir Mifune), wanders into a town divided by two warring clans. After displaying his formidable swordsmanship before both clans in a brawl with street thugs, Sanjuro offers hi

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Ugetsu - Criterion Collection (DVD)

$24.91

Often cited by critics as one of the greatest films ever made, Kenji Mizoguchi`s UGETSU includes the director`s signature theme Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Ikiru - Criterion Collection (DVD)

$29.65

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A Story of Floating Weeds/Floating Weeds - Criterion Collection (DVD)

$34.19

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When a Woman Ascends the Stairs - Criterion Collection (DVD)

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Onibaba (DVD) (US Version) ~ (DVD)

$29.95

From the mind of Kaneto Shindo comes ONIBABA, a haunting folk nightmare.In medieval Japan, a peasant woman and her daughter stay alive by murdering stray soldiers and selling their armor for food. A crafty warrior saves his life by seducing the daughter

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The Ballad of Narayama (DVD)

$21.37

In a remote 19th-century village in Japan, food is so scarce that babies are left to die, and thieves who steal a few potatoes are buried alive with their families. And when the elderly reach the age of 70, they are banished to a frigid mountain so t… Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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The Apu Trilogy

$9.66

Released between 1955 and 1959, the three films that became known as Satyajit Ray`s Apu Trilogy introduced a major filmmaking talent to the world. This work traces the genesis of the film and its two sequels, placing them in the wider context of I Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Salaam Bombay! (DVD)

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Mira Nair’s first feature was an acclaimed drama depicting the desperate lives of homeless children in one of India’s poorest ci Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Monsoon Wedding (DVD)

$7.23

Combining traditional ideas of marriage and family with the realities of modern life, MONSOON WEDDING is a lighthearted film fro Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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Bride and Prejudice (DVD)

$9.99

Spinning a Bollywood tale from Jane Austen’s classic novel, director Gurinder Chadha, writer Paul Madeya Berges, and producer De Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.

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In The Mood For Love (DTS Version) (Special Edition) (Remastered Version)

$22.99

In The Mood For Love (DTS Version) (Special Edition) (Remastered Version)

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring

$17.99

Best known for picking controversial topics for his films, director Kim Gi Deok was the first South Korean director to be awarded Best Director at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2004. His new work Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter… and Spring tr

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Musa The Warrior (Hong Kong Version)

$11.99

Musa: The Warrior is a sweeping real-life epic written and directed by Kim Sung Soo and starring actors Jung Woo Sung, Ju Jin Mo, and Ahn Sung Ki and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. Loyalty, honor, and fairness are integral parts of being a genuine "

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Sympathy For Lady Vengeance aka: Chinjeolhan Geumjassi (DTS Version) (Hong Kong Version)

$14.99

Acclaimed filmmaker Park Chan Wook returns to the director’s chair to helm Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, one of the most highly anticipated Korean films of 2005. The film marks the end of Park’s hugely popular "Vengeance Trilogy", a series of films

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