For those wanting to pick up some of the Japanese "classics" check out the Dutch company Japan Shock Video although some of their titles are PAL and Region 2 many are NTSC and Region 0.
One place to pick up the discs in question (Japan Shock doesn't sell direct to consumers) is Sazuma...
I got my disc last week and took a look at it a couple of days ago. I found it to be decent action/war movie. Not a movie to turn to for a deeper message or somthing like that but very good at what it does. I think it would probably have been a better movie without some of the romantic elements...