The Executioner Collection ( 1974 )
by Teruo Ishii
Arrow – January 9, 2023
After the success of the Sony Chiba box set at Shout Factory, we are offering you at Arrow Films the double program The Executioner to be released on January 9 for pre-order at the preferential price of 21 euros instead of 27 euros.
Original Title:
Audio : Japanese
Subtitles : French, Français SDH
Duration : 2h53
Format : Blu-ray / 2 films / UK import
Area: B
Genre : Action, Crime, Martial Arts
Synopsis
Ryuichi Koga (Chiba) is a descendant of the Koga Ninja school, now earning his living through more nefarious means as a gun for hire. When he is enlisted to take down a drug cartel alongside Hayabusa (Makoto Sato), a disgraced former narcotics detective now operating within the criminal underworld, and renegade Aikido master Sakura (Eiji Gō), tensions grow among this three man team of ne'erdowells as each come to question each other's motives. Koga returns in the even more gungho follow up, Karate Inferno, as the ringmaster of a gang of thieves plotting to steal a priceless jewel from a master criminal.
Content
Slipbox
Reversible cover
booklet
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original uncompressed Japanese mono audio for both films
- Original uncompressed English mono audio track for The Executioner
- Optional English subtitles
- Brand new audio commentary by Chris Poggiali and Marc Walkow
- Sonny Chiba, Karate King, a 30minute featurette on the legendary Sonny Chiba, featuring Grady Hendrix, Tom Mes, Chris Poggiali, Marco Joachim and Seiji Anno, from the band Guitar Wolf
- original trailers
- Image galleries for The Executioner and The Executioner II: Karate Inferno
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Lucas Peverill