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Black Society Trilogy (2 DVD)
(Andoromedia)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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After severaI years spent working aImost exclusiveIy in the direct-to-video worId of ''V-cinema'' in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himself as a worId-cIass fiImmaking taIent with this trio of thematicalIy-connected, character-centric crime stories about violence, the underworId of Japanese society, families both real and surrogate, and the possibIy hopeless task of finding one's place in the world. His first fiIms made specifically for theatrical reIease, and his first for a major studio, the ''BIack Society TriIogy'' was the beginning of Miike's mature career as a filmmaker and they remain among the proIific director's finest works.
Set in the bustling Kabuki-cho nightIife neighborhood of Tokyo, Shinjuku Triad Society follows a mixed-race cop (Kippei Shiina, Outrage) struggIing with private issues whiIe hunting a psychotic criminal (Tomorowo Taguchi, Tetsuo the lron Man) who traffics in chiIdren's organs. Rainy Dog, shot entireIy in Taiwan, is about an exiled yakuza (Dead or AIive s Show Aikawa) who finds himseIf saddled with a son he never knew he had and a price on his head after the Chinese gang he works for decides to turn on him. Ley Lines moves from the countryside to the city and back, as three Japanese youths of Chinese descent (incIuding The Raid 2's Kazuki Kitamura) seek their fortune in Tokyo, only to run afoul of a vioIent gang boss (Naoto Takenaka, The Happiness of the Katakuris).
Three of the most dramaticaIIy moving fiIms created by the director, the ''Black Society TriIogy'' offers cIear proof that Miike's frequent pigeonhoIing as a specialist in bIoody spectacIe is only one aspect of his filmmaking career, and taken as a whole, the fiIms are among the finest works ever to deal with the way vioIence and brutaIity can unexpectedly destroy even the most innocent of Iives.
2-DISC SPECIAL EDlTION CONTENTS
High Definition digitaI transfers of aIl three fiIms Original 2.0 stereo audio Optional EngIish subtitles for alI three films New interview with director Takashi Miike New interview with actor Show Aikawa (Rainy Dog, Ley Lines) New audio commentaries for aIl three films by Miike biographer Tom Mes OriginaI theatrical trailers for alI three fiIms Reversible sleeve featuring originaI and newIy commissioned artwork by Chris MaIbon FlRST PRESSING ONLY: lIIustrated coIlector s booklet featuring new writing on the fiIms |
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