“Cash Calls Hell” Theatrical Poster
On January 28, 2025, Film Movement will be releasing a New 2K Restoration Blu-ray for Cash Calls Hell, a 1966 crime thriller from director Hideo Gosha (Sword of the Beast).
Facing the final days of his prison sentence for vehicular manslaughter, Oida (Tatsuya Nakadai) dreads reentering society as a ruined man with no future prospects. Sensing his street smarts, Oida’s cellmate promises him a pile of loot if he tracks down and kills three men whose names are on a list. Reluctantly accepting the task, he finds himself embroiled in a web of stolen money, betrayal and other sordid vices. Torn between compassion and desperation, Oida discovers danger lurking around every corner as he navigates a treacherous path of cold-blooded fate.
Legendary director Hideo Gosha (Samurai Wolf, Violent Streets, Onimasa) blends classic, gritty film noir tropes into a New Wave inflected cinematic fever dream of intrigue and paranoia in this “absolutely gripping and suspenseful movie, a masterpiece of genre filmmaking” (Japan on Film).
Features:
- Region A Blu-ray
- Fighting Spirit – New video essay by TokyScope author Patrick Macias
- Bitter Little World – New video talk by Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras author Odie Henderson
- 16 page booklet with a new essay by writer, filmmaker and film programmer Steve Macfarlane
- English subtitles
Watch Film Movement’s New Trailer below:
