Description: Note: There are tears to the shrink wrap on the top, front, and spine. BOUNDARY-BREAKING EARLY CRIME THRILLERS, MOB DRAMAS AND ACTION MOVIES FROM LEGENDARY CULT DIRECTOR SEIJUN SUZUKI Includes: Eight Hours of Terror (1957), The Sleeping Beast Within (1960), Smashing the 0-Line (1960), Tokyo Knights (1961), The Man with a Shotgun (1961). Available for home-viewing for the very first time ever outside of Japan, this collection of bleak crime thrillers, brash mob dramas and exuberant action movies, made across the first five years of Seijun Suzuki s career within Nikkatsu s Borderless Action (mukokuseki akushon) line, presents a heady mix that laid the ground for what was to come. The Sleeping Beast Within (1960) is a gripping crime thriller that sees a newspaper reporter s search for his girlfriend s missing father lead him into heart of the criminal underworld of Yokohama s Chinatown. Its companion piece, Smashing the 0-Line (1960), follows two reporters descent into a scabrous demimonde of drug and human trafficking. In Eight Hours of Terror (1957), a bus making its precarious way across a winding mountain road picks up some unwelcome passengers. In Tokyo Knights (1961), a college student takes over the family business in the field of organised crime, while The Man with A Shotgun (1961) marks Suzuki s first entry into the territory of the borderless Japanese Western. LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS Limited Edition Dual Format Collection [1500 copies]High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentationsNewly translated optional English SubtitlesAudio commentary by critic and author Jasper Sharp on Smashing the 0-LineTony Rayns on the Crime and Action Movies the critic and historian discusses the background to the films, their place within Suzuki s career and the talent involved with themTrailersStills GalleryReversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Graham Humphreys60-page illustrated collector's book featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp
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Type: Movie
Format: Blu-ray
Release Year: 2018
Language: Japanese
Director: Seijun Suzuki
Movie/TV Title: Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years Vol. 2
Studio: Arrow
Edition: Limited Edition
