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Criterion collection volume 803
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English
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A U.S. Army platoon, captured in the Korean conflict, is whisked to Manchuria for three nightmarish days of experimental drug-and-hypnosis-induced conditioning to carry out the orders of the enemy upon release. When a decorated Korean War veteran who has been brainwashed starts to commit political assassinations, his old military commander begins to suspect and must stop him.
2) The Irishman
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Criterion collection volume 1058
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English
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An epic saga of organized crime in post-war America told through the eyes of World War II veteran Frank Sheeran, a hustler and hitman who worked alongside some of the most notorious figures of the twentieth century. Left behind by the world, former hit man and union truck driver Frank Sheeran looks back from a nursing home on his life's journey through the ranks of organized crime: from his involvement with Philadelphia mob boss Russell Bufalino to...
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Criterion collection volume 306
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Français
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Jef Costello is a fedora and trench-coat wearing contract killer with samurai instincts. When Jef assassinates a nighclub owner, he finds himself confronted by a series of witnesses, who drop his perfect world into the hands of a persistent police investigator and Jef's shadowy employer, both of whom are determined to put an end to the career criminal.
4) The killers
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Criterion collection volume 176
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English
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Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight, but both get at the heart of Hemingway's existential classic.
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Criterion collection volume 841
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日本語
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Shogun Assassin, 1980 English-dubbed reedit of the first two Lone Wolf and Cub films.
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Criterion collection volume 841
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日本語
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Sword of vengeance: Ogami is the kogi kaishakunin, the official executioner for the Tokugawa shogun and a sword master of great status in eighteenth-century Japan. But the Shadow Yagyu clan, led by the scheming Retsudo Yagyu, seeks to solidify its power by taking Ogami's coveted position of executioner for its own.
Baby cart at the River Styx: Itto Ogami and Daigoro continue their quest for vengeance through meifumado, the spiritual way of "demons...
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Criterion collection volume 841
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日本語
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Baby cart to Hades: Ogami Itto rescues a girl who has killed a pimp in self-defense. Baby Cart in Peril: Ogami Itto faces his greatest challenge yet--he has been hired to kill Oyuki, tattooed mistress of the martial arts.
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Criterion collection volume 176
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English
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Melodramatic thriller based on the Hemingway story about two men who become curious about the life and death of the man they were hired to kill.
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Criterion collection volume 841
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日本語
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Baby cart in the land of demons: Ogami roams the Japanese countryside with his infant son Diagoro and a crude wooden baby cart as the paid assassins known as "Lone Wolf and Cub!". White Heaven in Hell: Once again, Ogami Itto and his son are about to enter the Crossroads to Hell. But this time, they may not return!
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Criterion collection volume 793
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English
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A young picture framer thinks that he has a terminal disease and is set up to become a hired assassin in West Germany because of the lure of quick money.
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Criterion collection volume 176
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English
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Ernest Hemingway's simple but gripping short tale is a model of economical storytelling. Two directors adapted it into unforgettably virile features: that was intended for television but deemed too violent for home audiences and released theatrically instead. The first is poetic and shadowy, the second direct and harsh as daylight, but both get at the heart of Hemingway's existential classic.
12) The hit
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Criterion collection volume 469
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English
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Terence Stamp is Willie, a gangster's henchman turned informer, trying to live in peace and hiding in a remote Spanish village. Sun-dappled bliss turns to nerve-racking suspense, however, when two hit men, played by a soulless John Hurt and a youthful, loose-cannon Tim Roth, come calling to bring Willie back for execution. This stylish gem from Stephen Frears boasts terrific hard-boiled performances from a roster of England's best actors, and ravishing...