Blu-Ray Review: 88 Films’ Jakoman and Tetsu
A Herring Fishery in Post-War Northern Japan is ground zero for family and work drama in Kinji Fukasaku’s Jakoman and Tetsu. NewContinue Reading
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Blu-Ray Review: Eureka Legend of the Eight Samurai (Limited Edition)
Director Kinji Fukasaku’s wild Samurai Fantasy Epic starring Sho-gun’s Hiroyuki Sanada Legend of the Eight Samurai makes its Blu-ray debut with aContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Radiance Films’ Hokuriku Proxy War
Hiroki Matsukata stars as the psychopathic yakuza member who starts the Hokuriku Proxy War in director Kinji Fukasaku’s bloody action thriller. New toContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Radiance Films’ Sympathy for the Underdog (Limited Edition)
Kōji Tsuruta stars as a mainland yakuza who takes his skills to Okinawa to overtake the criminal activities with violentContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Radiance Films’ Japan Organized Crime Boss (Limited Edition)
Kinji Fukasaku’s yakuza thriller Japan Organized Crime Boss will surprise even the biggest fans of the genre with its tale of aContinue Reading
Blu-ray Review: Arrow Video’s The Threat
A beautiful transfer of an almost 60-year-old Japanese thriller finally gets a Blu-ray release – Kinji Fukasaku’s The Threat is available fromContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s Graveyard of Honor (Collector’s Edition)
Two Yakuza Films by two Masters. Graveyard of Honor 1975 and 2002 are put together in this great boxset by ArrowContinue Reading
Blu-Ray Review: Arrow Video’s Street Mobster (Collector’s Edition)
Adam finds much to love in Kinji Fukasaku’s Street Mobster. The grandfather of Yakuza Films’ most nihilistic view of theContinue Reading