RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2025 On April 21, 2025, BFI is releasing a Blu-ray (Region B) for Brother, a 2000 crime film starring, written, directed, and edited by Takeshi Kitano (Outrage Coda, Mozu: The Movie). Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano directs and stars in this brutal crime thriller about a Japanese yakuza forced to flee to Los Angeles after the death of his boss. In the wake of a failed gang war, … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: May 19, 2025 On May 19, 2025, Radiance is releasing the Blu-ray (Region A/B) for The Rapacious Jailbreaker, a 1974 crime thriller from director Sadao Nakajima (Okinawa Yakuza War,A Savage Beast Goes Mad). In the free-for-all chaos after World War II, black marketeer Ueda (Hiroki Matsukata, Cops vs Thugs) is robbed of a pound of morphine. He takes his brutal revenge, but is arrested for murder and sentenced … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2025 On April 21, 2025, 88 Films is releasing a Blu-ray (Region A/B) for 1986’s Yakuza Wives (aka Yakuza Ladies). Hideo Gosha (Samurai Wolf 1 & 2, Sword of the Beast) breathes new life into the yakuza genre in this epic tale of mob rivalry based on a serialized account of the lives of real-life wives of Japanese gangsters, released on home video by 88 Films … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 21, 2025 On April 21, 2025, 88 Films is releasing a Blu-ray (Region A/B) for Jakoman and Tetsu, 1964 Japanese thriller directed by Kinji Fukasaku (New Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Boss’s Head). Jakoman and Tetsu is an early action masterpiece from Kinji Fukasaku, adapted from a script written by the legendary Akira Kurosawa. Set in 1947 in a small coastal village among the majestic snowy … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 7, 2025 On April 7, 2025, 88 Films is releasing a Blu-ray for 1972’s Night of the Felines. Roman Porno maestro Noboru Tanaka (Watcher in the Attic, The Oldest Profession) brings his characteristically poetic approach to this vibrant collage of the lives, loves and dreams of a group of sex workers at a ‘soapland’ bathhouse massage parlour in Tokyo. Masako (Tomoko Katsura), and her out-of-hours relationship to … Continue reading →

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2025 On April 28, 2025, Eureka is releasing a Blu-ray (Region A/B) for The Adventurers, a 1995 actioner from acclaimed director Ringo Lam (Sky on Fire, Wild City, Prison on Fire) and star, Andy Lau (Infernal Affairs). The only collaboration between action master Ringo Lam and Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau, The Adventurers is an explosive story of heroic bloodshed

RELEASE DATE: April 28, 2025 On April 28, 2025, Arrow Video will be releasing a Blu-ray collection for V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal, which will include 9 direct-to-video Japanese classics spread across 5 discs. In 1989, legendary Japanese studio Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features. V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal presents nine