Ferocious Fukasaku : Two Films By Kinji Fukasaku (1964-1976)
de Kinji Fukasaku
Vinegar Syndrome - 29 octobre 2024
Titre Original :
Audio : Japanese DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
Sous-titres : English SDH
Durée : 174 min (combined)
Format : Blu-ray / import US
Zone : A
Genre : Action, Thriller
Synopsis
Fukasaku's 1964 breakthrough Wolves, Pigs and Men finds three brothers pitted against each other as rivals in the Yakuza underworld. Jiro, alongside his girlfriend Mizuhara, devises a scheme to rob his younger brother Sabu's gang. However, when the eldest brother Kuroki learns of this, he seeks to conspire against them to take it all for himself in a treacherous nightmare of unbridled violence.
While lesser known, 1976’s Violent Panic: The Big Crash wreaks havoc across the streets of Japan with stylishly nihilistic aplomb. After expert bank-robber Takashi's big job is foiled, he goes on the lam. Trailed by the police, his lover, his partner-in-crime’s brother, and countless others, Takashi becomes the target of a manhunt filled with twists, double-crosses, and explosive action that gives the 70’s car chase genre a run for its money.
Contenu et Bonus
- Region A 2-disc Blu-ray
- 16 page booklet with New essay by film critic Kenji Fujishima
- Wolves, Pigs and Men:
- Audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
- Interview with Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane
- Interview with co-screenwriter Junya Sato
- Interview with Producer Tatsu Yoshida
- Violent Panic: The Big Crash:
- Audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
- Fast, Furious, Fukasaku video essay by Tokyoscope author Patrick Macias
- Audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
- English subtitles