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Chow Yun-Fat, Kit Ying Lam and Emily Chu are at the top of their game in this action-packed horror flick from A Chinese Ghost Story director Siu-Tung Ching. We follow Joe and Ida, a young couple who have decided to vacation in Nepal, but the locals instil within Joe incredibly strong, magical powers which he is forced to use to battle an ever-growing presence of evil and protect magical artefacts. Packed with high-flying fists and a bizarre storyline, Witch from Nepal has it all, romance, violence, adventure and zombies!<br/><br/>EXTRAS:<br/><br/>Language(s): Cantonese, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu

Under en period av fem år har filmaren Tom Löwe (Timescapes) rest till världens alla hörn för att dokumentera storheten i det lilla och detaljerna hos det monumentala. Från ett fält i Nederländerna till Dubais tornande skyskrapor och många platser däremellan fångar hans kameror naturen och tidens gång, människor i arbete, vila och lek. Ett storslaget bildpoem med mäktig musik av kompositören Joseph Trapanese.<br/><br/>Awaken är en släkting i rakt nedstigande led till klassikern Koyaanisqatsi och har följdriktigt dess regissör Godfrey Reggio som exekutiv producent. I den rollen finner vi också Terrence Malick. Löwe har arbetat med bägge tidigare på filmer som Visitors och Knight of Cups. Här får vi också en sinnesutvidgande bioupplevelse som väcker tankar om livet, vårt förhållande till teknologi, tid och minne. <br/><br/>Utöver den uppenbara inspirationen hämtad från filmens producentduo har Löwe under intervjuer också nämnt filmskaparna Wong Kar-wai, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Christopher Doyle, Lee Ping-bing, Hayao Miyazaki och Kenji Mizoguchi som betydelsefulla för ton och tempo i Awaken.

Mysterious sprites, eerie supernatural goings on and heroic sword-fighting action abound in this mystical tale of vengeance and adventure from the makers of the Zatoichi, Daimajin and Yokai Monsters films.<br/><br/>In Edo-era Japan, Sanshiro diligently hones his sword-fighting technique at the kendo dojo, but no amount of practice can hide the fact that he is both clumsy and cowardly. When his samurai father falls prey to a gang of murderous phantom thieves while on night watch duties, Sanshiro is drawn to the banks of the Sanzu River that separates the worlds of the living and the dead. Here he encounters a strange being that introduces itself as a Shokera. The otherworldly apparition offers advice on how Sanshiro can avenge his father with the aid of a mysterious potion with the power to turn him invisible. But first Sanshiro must gather the ingredients, and his father's killers might be closer to home than he thinks.<br/><br/>Directed by Yoshiyuki Kuroda (Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, Lone Wolf and Cub: White Heaven in Hell) and beautifully shot by Hiroshi Imai (Zatoichi and the Doomed Man, The Haunted Palace), The Invisible Swordsman boasts the sumptuous attention to its historical setting, costume design, fight choreography and period details that Daiei Kyoto were renowned for, all with an added dose of rip-roaring fantasy and adventure. Arrow Films is proud to release this unseen gem in a brand new high-definition transfer for the very first time for the home video market outside of Japan.<br/><br/>LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS<br/>- High-Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation<br/>- Original lossless Japanese mono audio<br/>- Optional newly translated English subtitles<br/>- Brand new audio commentary from author and Asian culture expert Jonathan Clements<br/>- The Invisible People, a brand new interview with film critic Kim Newman on the history of invisibility in cinema<br/>- Phantom Fighter, a brand new interview with film critic and Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp<br/>- Image gallery<br/>- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Jolyon Yates<br/>- Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Zack Davisson