Coining the new term 'action noir' in Korea, director Kim Ji-woon follows up his extraordinary features A Quiet Family and A Tale Of Two Sisters with this blackly comic thriller. Lee Byeong-heon stars as sartorially elegant Sun-woo, a unique character with a curious lifestyle - he's not only the proprietor of a hotel bar but also the right-hand man to the powerful gang leader, Mr Kang. When Kang suspects that his beautiful young mistress Hee-soo might be messing around with another man, he enlis find out more...

Kim Ki-Duk remains one of the world's most enigmatic directors, whether you love or hate all of his films, or just some of them, you can only but admire their audacity. Animals, and how they are treated, remain important symbols, perverted sex, mutilation and violence again play their part, but as art? And love appears to be an unobtainable need, hence the title - unwanted here please return to sender. Arthouse stuff this. find out more...

An epic tale of violence from cult director Takashi Miike follows the bloody spiral of three Yakuza gangs as they position for dominance. The careful machinations of the bosses are thrown off course by the vengeful path embarked upon by one unhinged but fiercely loyal lieutenant when his guvner is killed in the escalating gunplay. Brutal, stylish and at times darkly comic The Agitator is one of Miike's most episodic tales, despite its relatively short time scale. find out more...

Picking up shortly after the events in the first film the young ninja assassin once again finds herself fighting to prevent Japan from descending in to civil war. A high octane action sequel starring J pop sensation Aya Ueto and taken from the Manga by Yuu Koyama. find out more...

Taking place in modern day Korea, a mobster spots a young student in a crowd and is instantly smitten. Consumed by his desire the man traps the girl into prostitution and watches lustily as she is physically degraded and abused. As time progresses and the young woman becomes accustomed to the cards life has unexpectedly dealt her so the relationship between master and servant slowly begins to turn, morphing into a dark and doomed tale of love. Bad Guy is an explicit and violent journey, emotiona find out more...

Three years after the government sanctioned the abduction and self-inflicted slaughter of a bus load of Japanese school kids the powers that be are at it again. The two survivors of the original 'Battle Royale' have set up a terrorist group known as the Wild Seven, devoted to the collapse of a brutal law and order. Collars around their necks a new group of unwary teenagers find themselves faced with a harsh ultimatum, wipe out the Wild Seven… or lose your head. 'Battle Royale II' is an entertain find out more...

Two brothers, in itself a metaphor, get drafted into the Korean Civil War. The more macho elder one is determined to become a hero in order to win his bookish brother a ticket back to mum and this leads both to him turning into a monster and a serious split between the two. Against the bitter backdrop of a violent war many loyalties are called into question, to brother, family, friend, nation, ideology, nationality and to fellow soldiers, and many are betrayed. This is an awesome, if emotionally find out more...

Sang-hwan's rebellious criminal behaviour finally lands him in juvenile prison. There, at what seems to be the lowest moment in his young life, a guard turns him towards boxing in the hope of safely channelling his rage at the world. find out more...

The chairmanship of the ancient, powerful Wu Sing Society, a Triad alliance is up for 'election', a process by which the 'uncles', a group of ageing Mafiosi sit in a smoke filled room and vote. The trouble is that two characters of vastly different style, relaxed family man Lok and volatile Big D, are rivals for the post and a violent battle ensues for the future of the clan. find out more...

when a rather inept gangster is murdered by the Yakuza, he finds himself resurrected by a mad professor and now more robot than man he sets about retribution. Another crazy, brutal, blood splattered offering from the relentless Takashi Miike. find out more...