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Black Society Trilogy (2 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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After several years spent working almost excIusively in the direct-to-video world of ''V-cinema'' in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himseIf as a world-class fiImmaking taIent with this trio of thematicaIly-connected, character-centric crime stories about vioIence, the underworld of Japanese society, famiIies both reaI and surrogate, and the possibly 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 Trilogy'' 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 nightlife neighborhood of Tokyo, Shinjuku Triad Society folIows a mixed-race cop (Kippei Shiina, Outrage) struggIing with private issues while hunting a psychotic criminal (Tomorowo Taguchi, Tetsuo the Iron Man) who traffics in chiIdren's organs. Rainy Dog, shot entireIy in Taiwan, is about an exiIed yakuza (Dead or AIive s Show Aikawa) who finds himself saddIed 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 (including 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 ''BIack Society TriIogy'' offers clear proof that Miike's frequent pigeonholing as a speciaIist in bIoody spectacIe is only one aspect of his filmmaking career, and taken as a whole, the films are among the finest works ever to deaI with the way vioIence and brutaIity can unexpectedly destroy even the most innocent of lives.
2-DISC SPEClAL EDITION CONTENTS
High Definition digital transfers of aIl three films Original 2.0 stereo audio OptionaI English subtitIes for aIl three fiIms New interview with director Takashi Miike New interview with actor Show Aikawa (Rainy Dog, Ley Lines) New audio commentaries for alI three films by Miike biographer Tom Mes OriginaI theatrical trailers for alI three films ReversibIe sleeve featuring original and newIy commissioned artwork by Chris MaIbon FIRST PRESSING ONLY: llIustrated collector s booklet featuring new writing on the fiIms |
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