Live-action film home releases

Japanese live-action films released on DVD or Blu-ray in the UK.

A

A Snake of June

• Film release year: 2002
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: due August 2015
    • Running time: 1 hour 17 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Adrift in Tokyo

• Film release year: 2007
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 1 hour 41 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Adventures of Electric Rod Boy

• Film release year: 1987
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 0 hours 47 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor
    • Notes: Extra on #Tetsuo: The Iron Man/#Tetsuo II: Body Hammer release

Alive

• Film release year: 2002
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2008
    • Running time: 1 hour 54 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

And the Mud Ship Sails Away

• Film release year: 2013
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 1 hour 28 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor
    • Notes: Part of the New Directors from Japan anthology release

The Assassin

• Film release year: 1970
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 23 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Azumi

• Film release year: 2003
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2004
    • Running time: 2 hours 3 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Azumi 2

• Film release year: 2005
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 48 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

B

Be My Baby

• Film release year: 2013
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: due 25 May 2015
    • Running time: 2 hours 18 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor

Birth of Unicorn Ryuji

• Film release year: ?
• Links:
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2010
    • Running time: ?
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor
    • Notes: extra on #Kamikaze Girls release

Bullet Ballet

• Film release year: 1998
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 1 hour 27 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Bullet Train

• Film release year: 1975
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 2 hours 32 minutes
    • Age rating: PG
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Buy Bling, Get One Free

• Film release year: 2014
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 0 hours 27 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor
    • Notes: part of the New Directors from Japan anthology release

C

Cold Fish

• Film release year: 2010
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 2 hours 26 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Confessions

• Film release year: 2010
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Confessions of a Dog

• Film release year: 2006
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 3 hours 13 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Crime or Punishment?!?

• Film release year: 2009
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 1 hour 51 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

D

Dolls

• Film release year: 2002
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: due November 2015
    • Running time: 1 hour 54 minutes
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

E

Empire of Passion

• Film release year: 1978
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 1 hour 41 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Eyes of the Spider

• Film release year: 1998
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 1 hour 24 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC
    • Notes: released with #Serpent's Path

F

Fighter in the Wind

• Film release year: 2004
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 2 hours 1 minute
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Fine, Totally Fine

• Film release year: 2008
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2009
    • Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Fish Story

• Film release year: 2009
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2010
    • Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

For Love's Sake

• Film release year: 2012
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 2 hours 13 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Foreign Duck, the Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker

• Film release year: 2007
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 1 hour 50 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Fukuchan of Fukufuku Flats

• Film release year: 2014
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: due 13 July 2015
    • Running time: 1 hour 51 minutes
    • Age rating: tbc
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor

Funuke: Show Some Love, You Losers

• Film release year: 2007
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2009
    • Running time: 1 hour 53 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

G

G.I. Samurai

• Film release year: 1979
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 2 hours 18 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Gojoe

• Film release year: 2000
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2006
    • Running time: 2 hours 18 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Golgo 13

• Film release year: 1977
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 29 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Greateful Dead

• Film release year: 2013
• Links:
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2015
    • Running time: 1 hour 38 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

H

Hana-Bi

• Film release year: 1997
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: due September 2015
    • Running time: 1 hour 43 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Himizu

• Film release year: 2011
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

I

In the Realm of Senses

• Film release year: 1976
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 1 hour 38 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Instant Swamp

• Film release year: 2009
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2010
    • Running time: 2 hours 0 minutes
    • Age rating: PG
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Isn't Anyone Alive?

• Film release year: 2011
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 1 hour 53 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

K

Kakera: A Piece of Our Life

• Film release year: 2009
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2010
    • Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Kamikaze Girls

• Film release year: 2003
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2010
    • Running time: 1 hour 42 minutes
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Kikujiro

• Film release year: 1999
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: due October 2015
    • Running time: 2 hours 1 minute
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Killing Machine

• Film release year: 1976
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 23 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness

• Film release year: 2013
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 1 hour 53 minutes
    • Age rating: PG
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Kotoko

• Film release year: 2011
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 1 hour 31 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

L

The Land of Hope

• Film release year: 2012
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 2 hours 14 minutes
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Lala Pipo: A Lot of People

• Film release year: 2009
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2010
    • Running time: 1 hour 33 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Lesson of Evil

• Film release year: 2012
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 2 hours 9 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Love Exposure

• Film release year: 2009
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 3 hours 56 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Lust of Angels

• Film release year: 2014
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 0 hours 38 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC
    • Notes: part of the New Directors from Japan anthology release

M

Memories of Matsuko

• Film release year: 2006
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence

• Film release year: 1983
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 58 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Mitsuko Delivers

• Film release year: 2011
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 1 hour 49 minutes
    • Age rating: PG
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

My Baby

• Film release year: 2011
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 0 hours 15 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC
    • Notes: part of the New Directors from Japan anthology release

O

One Missed Call 2

• Film release year: 2005
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2008
    • Running time: 1 hour 46 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Outrage

• Film release year: 2010
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

P

Pulse

• Film release year: 2001
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2006
    • Running time: 1 hour 59 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Q

Quirky Guys and Gals

• Film release year: 2011
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 1 hour 31 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

R

Ran

• Film release year: 1985
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2006
    • Running time: 2 hours 36 minutes
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Rashomon

• Film release year: 1950
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2006
    • Running time: 1 hour 28 minutes
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Return of the Street Fighter

• Film release year: 1974
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 19 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

S

Sake-Bomb

• Film release year: 2013
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 1 hour 22 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Sawako Decides

• Film release year: 2010
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 1 hour 52 minutes
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

See You Tomorrow, Everyone

• Film release year: 2013
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 2 hours 1 minute
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Serpent's Path

• Film release year: 1998
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 1 hour 25 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor
    • Notes: released with #Eyes of the Spider

Shady

• Film release year: 2012
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 1 hour 34 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Shall We Dance?

• Film release year: 1996
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 1 hour 54 minutes
    • Age rating: PG
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Shinobi

• Film release year: 2005
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2008
    • Running time: 1 hour 38 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Sky High

• Film release year: 2003
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 2 hours 3 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Story of Yonosuke

• Film release year: 2013
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2014
    • Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes
    • Age rating: PG
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Street Fighter

• Film release year: 1974
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 27 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

The Street Fighter's Last Revenge

• Film release year: 1974
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 20 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

T

Tetsuo: The Iron Man

• Film release year: 1989
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 1 hour 4 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer

• Film release year: 1992
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2012
    • Running time: 1 hour 21 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Tokyo Fist

• Film release year: 1995
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 1 hour 24 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

Turtles are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers

• Film release year: 2005
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2009
    • Running time: 1 hour 30 minutes
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

U

Underwater Love

• Film release year: 2011
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 1 hour 23 minutes
    • Age rating: 18
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

V

Villain

• Film release year: 2010
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2011
    • Running time: 2 hours 20 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

W

The Woodsman and the Rain

• Film release year: 2011
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2013
    • Running time: 2 hours 8 minutes
    • Age rating: 12
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC

World of Kanako

• Film release year: 2014
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: due 22 June 2015
    • Running time: 1 hour 58 minutes
    • Age rating: tbc
    • Distributor: Third Window Films
    • Links: Distributor - acquisition notification

Y

Yakuza Deka

• Film release year: 1970
• Links: IMDB
• Home releases:
  • Country: UK:
    • Release date: 2005
    • Running time: 1 hour 25 minutes
    • Age rating: 15
    • Distributor: StudioCanal
    • Links: Distributor | BBFC