OUT THERE BY TOEI BOXSET (1978, 2006, 2007, 2007)

Spanning nearly three decades, this electrifying boxset showcases the fearless imagination and genre-shaping legacy of Japanese powerhouse TOEI. From cosmic spectacle to punk-inflected revenge to uncanny body horror, these films trace a lineage of excess, invention, and cultural bite that only TOEI could deliver. Together, these films form a vivid portrait of TOEI''''s genre-bending bravado, unapologetically stylish, often confrontational, and endlessly inventive, capturing the studio''''s enduring commitment to pushing popular cinema to its most extreme and exhilarating edges. Kinji Fukasaku''''s A MESSAGE FROM SPACE (1978) launches the set in operatic fashion: a wildly ambitious sci-fi epic that fuses space opera with samurai myth, international star power, and the director''''s trademark intensity. Nearly thirty years later, in YO-YO GIRL COP (2006) Kenta Fukasaku brings that rebellious energy crashing into the 21st century, reinventing the schoolgirl action film with pop-punk attitude, kinetic violence, and a weaponised yo-yo at its center. From there, descend into the uncanny with EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS (2007), a uniquely Japanese strain of modern horror in which beauty culture and bodily obsession intertwine with chilling consequences. Finally, X-CROSS (2007) explodes into brutal, neon-lit survival horror, as a group of women stumble into a nightmare of sadism, vengeance, and feral resistance deep in the forest. Directed by Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku, Sion Sono Starring Aya Matsuura; Chiaki Kuriyama; Nao Matsushita; Sonny Chiba; Vic Morrow EXTRAS MESSAGE FROM SPACE NEW! Audio Commentary with Author Patrick Macias NEW! Galleons in Space: Director Kenta Fukasaku on his father's film "Message from Space" Japanese Theatrical Trailers Stills Gallery US Theatrical Trailer YO-YO GIRL COP NEW! End Of An Era: Director Kenta Fukasaku on Yo-Yo Girl Cop NEW! David Michael Brown on Spinning Around with Yo-Yo Girl Cop The Making Of Yo-Yo Cop Girl Yo-Yo Girl Cop 2006 Premiere Q&A Yo-Yo Girl Cop 2006 Press Conference at Tokyo Film Studio Interview with Actors Yuki Saita and Aya Matsuura Archival Cast & Director Interviews Theatrical Trailer EXTE: HAIR EXTENSIONS NEW! Audio Commentary with Author Samm Deighan NEW! Bad Hair Day: Special Effects Guru Yoshihiro Nishimura on Exte NEW! Robert Edwards on Hair, Horror and the Commodification of the Body in Exte Behind The Scenes Deleted Scenes My Hair: Music Video Trailer TV Spots X-CROSS NEW! Audio Commentary with Author Patrick Macias NEW! Cut Above the Rest: Director Kenta Fukasaku on X-Cross NEW! Armed and Dangerous: Robert Edwards on The Rise of Weaponised Women in Japanese Genre Cinema The Making Of X-Cross Deleted Scenes Cast Interviews Ashikari Village Special Language Segment Theatrical Trailer