Cruel Tales of the Bohachi (Code of the Forgotten Eight 4K / The Villain) (1973-1974)
de Teruo Ishii, Takashi Harada
Eureka Entertainment - 22 septembre 2026
(Edition limitée en fonction des stocks disponibles, ensuite arrive une version simple, non contractuel après la période de précommande)
Titre Original :
Audio : Japanese
Sous-titres : English
Durée : 2h44
Format : Blu ray / Import UK
Zone : B
Genre : Erotique, Thriller
Synopsis
Code of the Forgotten Eight sees a nihilistic ronin, Shino Ashita (Tetsuro Tanba, Three Outlaw Samurai), join the sadistic Bohachi clan, a group of corrupt samurai who operate a prostitution ring. With nothing else to live for, he acts as their assassin in a war with a rival clan that poses a threat to their business. Then, in The Villain, the condemned criminal Kyushi Issho (Goro Ibuki, Hokuriku Proxy War) falls in with the infamous Bohachi samurai – and he too is drawn into a world of wanton violence and sexual sadism.
Bonus
- DISC ONE : 4K UHD - CODE OF THE FORGOTTEN EIGHT - 4K (2160p) UHD from a 4K digital restoration
- DISC TWO : BLU-RAY - CODE OF THE FORGOTTEN EIGHT & THE VILLAIN - 1080p HD presentations
- Limited Edition O-card slipcase featuring new artwork by Poochamin [2000 copies]
- Limited Edition collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the Bohachi Bushido films by Jennifer Coates, author of Film Viewing in Postwar Japan, 1945–1968 [2000 copies]
- Optional English subtitles, newly revised for this release
- Original Japanese mono audio tracks
- Audio commentary on Code of the Forgotten Eight by East Asian film expert and Midnight Eye co-founder Tom Mes
- New audio commentary on The Villain by genre cinema expert Arne Venema and film writer Stefan Hammond
- From Codes to Chaos – new video essay on the Bohachi Bushido films and Toei's evolving production strategies in the 1970s by Japanese cinema expert Joe Hickinbottom
- Remembering Teruo Ishii – interview with director Shinya Tsukamoto (Testsuo: The Iron Man) about working with director Teruo Ishii
- Archival interview with actress Yuriko Hishimi
- Archival audio interview with Japanese filmmakers J-Taro Sugisaki and Takao Nakano
- Original theatrical trailer for Code of the Forgotten Eight