Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray collection for Nikkatsu Diamond Guys: Vol 1, which includes 1958’s Voice Without a Shadow, directed by Seijun Suzuki (Tokyo Drifter); 1958’s Red Pier, directed by (Tora! Tora! Tora!); and 1959’s The Rambling Guitarist, directed by Buichi Saito (Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril) – all in this 3-disc Blu-ray collection! Read on for the full details: Nikkatsu, the oldest film studio in Japan, inaugurated … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is for the Ninja 1 & 2 Double Feature Blu-ray set, directed by Isaac Florentine (Undisputed 2: Last Man Standing) and starring Scott Adkins (Triple Threat), Kane Kosugi (Tekken 2), Mika Hijii (Alien vs Ninja), Tsuyoshi Ihara (13 Assassins) and Vithaya Pansringarm (A Prayer Before Dawn). In 2009’s Ninja, a westerner named Casey (Adkins), studying Ninjutsu in Japan, is asked by the Sensei to return to New … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for the Black Society Trilogy, directed by Takashi Miike (13 Assassins, Yakuza Apocalypse). This set includes 1995’s Shinjuku Triad Society, 1997’s Rainy Dog and 1999’s Ley Lines. After several years spent working almost exclusively in the direct-to-video world of “V-cinema” in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himself as a world-class filmmaking talent with this trio of thematically-connected, character-centric crime stories about violence, the underworld of Japanese … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is for Arrow Video’s Blu-ray for the Outlaw Gangster VIP Collection. In 1968, acclaimed director Toshio Masuda (Rusty Knife, Tora! Tora! Tora!) and rising star Tetsuya Watari (Tokyo Drifter) teamed up for Outlaw: Gangster VIP, a gritty yakuza yarn based on the writings of real life ex-gangster Goro Fujita The series offers up a depiction of the Japanese underworld that was unprecedented in its realism and its … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 2016’s The Bodyguard (aka My Beloved Bodyguard), a martial arts thriller directed by and starring Sammo Hung (God of War, Eastern Condors). The Bodyguard (read our review) follows a retired bodyguard (Hung) who has settled in the dark and unknown corner of the world where China, Russia and North Korea meet. Suffering from the beginnings of dementia, the bodyguard is befriended by a … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray/DVD collection for the New Battles Without Honour and Humanity Trilogy. Check out the official details below: The New Battles Without Honour and Humanity films are important links between the first half of Fukasaku’s career and his later exploration of other genres. The set will include New Battles Without Honor and Humanity, New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss’s Head and New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: Last Days of … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for 2012’s Beyond Outrage (read our review), written, directed and starring Takeshi Kitano (Outrage Coda). As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an internal strife in Outrage has now become a nationwide war in Beyond Outrage. The film also stars Tomokazu Miura, … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for the Michael Dudikoff (American Ninja) Double Feature release of Aaron Norris’ Platoon Leader (1988) and Louis Morneau’s Soldier Boyz (1995). In Platoon Leader, a young officer, just out of West Point is sent to Vietnam, where the men don’t respect him until he gets wounded and returns to be a wiser soldier and a better commander. Also starring Robert F. Lyons (Death Wish 2), Michael DeLorenzo (Alive) and Jesse Dabson (Death Wish 4). … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Invisible Target, a 2007 Hong Kong actioner directed by Benny Chan (Call of Heroes). Nicholas Tse (Time and Tide), Shawn Yue (Wild City) and Jaycee Chan (Railroad Tigers) star as three police officers who are thrown together due to their backgrounds to bring down the criminal gang of seven led by Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior 2). The film also stars Sam Lee (Gorgeous), Andy On … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Yakuza Weapon, written and directed by both Tak Sakaguchi (star of Versus and Re:Born) and Yudai Yamaguchi (Battlefield Baseball). Based on the manga by the late Ken Ishikawa (Getter Robo), Yakuza Weapon revolves around Shozo Iwaki (Sakaguchi), who works as a mercenary in South America. Iwaki is informed of the death of his gang boss dad and discovers his former Yakuza henchman is … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray Woochi: The Demon Slayer (aka Jeon Woochi: The Taoist Wizard), directed by Dong-Hoon Choi (The Thieves). Jeon Woo-chi (Gang Dong-Won of A Violent Prosecutor), an undisciplined, womanizing wizard unjustly accused of the death of his master, is trapped inside an ancient scroll until he is set free in 2009 by the wizards that imprisoned him to help fight against evil goblins that have taken over … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for the action comedy Gintama (read our review), a live-action adaptation based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Hideaki Sorachi. In an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, a young samurai finds work however he can. Gintama stars Shun Oguri (Lupin III), Masaki Suda (Love Song), Kanna Hashimoto (Assassination Classroom), Yuya Yagira (Unforgiven) and Masami Nagasawa (I Am a Hero). Order Gintama from Amazon.com … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Keoni Waxman’s End of a Gun (read our review), starring Steven Seagal (Exit Wounds). Seagal plays Decker, an ex-DEA agent who takes deadly action one night to save the alluring Lisa from an abusive boyfriend. She approaches Decker with a seductive proposition: help her steal $2 million from a car guarded by Parisian police and share in the bounty. But even if they outrun the cops, … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Stanley Tong’s Kung Fu Yoga (read our review), starring Jackie Chan (Rumble in the Bronx), Lay Zhang (of the K-pop group EXO), Miya Muqi (Tomb Robber), Aarif Rahman (Bruce Lee, My Brother) and Indian film stars Sonu Sood (Arundhati) and Ileana D’Cruz (Happy Ending). Jack (Chan), a world-renowned archaeology professor, and his team set out on a grand quest to locate the lost ancient Indian treasure of … Continue reading →

Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for The Medallion (read our review), a 2003 Jackie Chan (The Foreigner, Bleeding Steel) fantasy-actioner directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Gordon Chan (God of War, Thunderbolt). In The Medallion (aka Highbinders), Chan plays Eddie, a Hong Kong detective who works with a lovely Interpol agent (Claire Forlani, Mall Rats) and the bumbling agent Watson (Lee Evans, The Fifth Element) to try to rescue a boy … Continue reading →