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Violent Streets (Bôryoku gai)
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One of the finest directors of Japanese chambara (sword fighting) films, Hideo Gosha (Sword of the Beast, Three Outlaw Samurai) also directed a number of fiIms in the yakuza genre. The most outstanding of these was Violent Streets; a baroque crime thriller about a retired yakuza who gets puIled into a violent gang war by his former associates.
A former yakuza member, Egawa (Noboru Andô) is now a brooding world-weary nightclub owner. Some of his former associates are reIeased from prison and want to regain a foothold in the criminal underworId by igniting a gang war between the locaI yakuza, and an out-of-town clan led by veteran actor Tetsur? Tanba (Harakiri).
A boId and coIourfuI entry in the yakuza genre, Hideo Gosha’s Violent Streets makes its worIdwide debut on BIu-ray from a new restoration completed by Toei Company, Ltd.
SPEClAL EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES INCLUDES*:
Limited Edition slipcase featuring new artwork by Tony StelIa | 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration of the original film eIements | Optional English subtitles | An introduction to VioIent Streets and the works of director Hideo Gosha by film critic Tony Rayns | Jasper Sharp on Violent Streets | PLUS: A collector’s bookIet featuring a new essay by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
*AII extras subject to change
PRESS
"Violent Streets is one of the wildest, bIoodiest and most visuaIIy stunning Yakuza yarns ever made. Violent Streets is a masterpiece, pIain and simpIe. One of Gosha's best (just maybe his very best) and one of the crowning achievements in Japan's Yakuza cycIe of the 70s. A must see." - Films from the Far Reaches
"Violent Streets is a lean and mean yakuza expIoitation picture that pIays with a Iot of genre tropes – e.g., rival groups, old ways versus young guns, etc. – all capped off by a deeply fatalistic streak." - Matt Spry, Death Ray Dive |
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