RELEASE DATE: January 10, 2023
In January 10, 2023, Arrow Video is releasing the Blu-ray for The Executioner Collection, which will include 1974’s The Executioner and The Executioner II: Karate Inferno – both directed by Teruo Ishii (Blind Woman’s Curse) starring International martial arts star, Sonny Chiba (Soul of Chiba, Kill Bill Vol 1).
In The Executioner, Sonny Chiba is hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer. In the follow up, The Executioner II: Karate Inferno, Sonny is back, and this time, he’s are hired by a heiress to retrieve her daughter and a priceless jewel.
Features:
- 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 30-minute 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
FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by by Mark Schilling
This title will soon be available at The Goodie Emporium, a U.S.-based online store that currently has many Import Shaw Brothers/Golden Harvest/martial arts DVD/Blu-ray movies in-stock – with New titles being added regularly!
I am glad to see these get an awesome new release
With features and I hope Arrow releases more Sonny Chiba movies. Two that come to mind is Karate warriors which in my Opinion needs a new restored release with features and the mas oyama collection