Samurai Wolf 1 & 2 | Blu-ray (Film Movement)
On May 16, 2023, Film Movement will be releasing a Blu-ray that will include two films by Hideo Gosha (The Geisha): 1966’s Samurai Wolf and 1967’s Samurai Wolf 2: Hell Cut.
In Samurai Wolf, Isao Natsuyagi stars as Kiba, a charismatic ronin who wanders into a small town and ends up ensnared in a local conflict that’s more than meets the eye. After dispatching a pair of highway criminals seen robbing a courier wagon, Kiba agrees to assist a beautiful blind woman who runs the local shipping compny.
In Samurai Wolf 2: Hell Cut, charismatic ronin Kiba (Natsuyagi) returns, once again entangled in a complex web of intrigue, involving a crooked goldmine owner, a cynical swordsman, and an arrogant dojo master.
Collectively, the films star Isao Natsuyagi (Shanghai Rhapsody), Ryohei Uchida (13 Assassins), Junko Miyazono (Mankiller), Tatsuo Endo (Zatoichi the Outlaw), Ichiro Nakatani (The Sword of Doom), Yuko Kusunoki (The Sleeping Beast Within) and Ko Nishimura (Yojimbo).
Features:
- New 2K Restorations of both films
- Outlaw Director – Hideo Gosha featurette with Tomoe Gosha
- Audio commentary by Chris Poggiali, co-author of These Fists Break Bricks
- 20-page booklet with a new essay by Robin Gatto, author of Hideo Gosha, cinéaste sans maître
- English subtitles for the main feature
Pre-order from Amazon.com today!
That’s great news, I really like both of the Samurai Wolf movies. We’ve been getting a great influx of Kung Fu movies on Blu lately, I’m hoping more Obscure Samurai movies make there way to Blu as well!!
Just OK movies. But classics? Come on! I’ll pass.
This is wonderful news. I don’t understand how Gosha’s films are so neglected. Hopefully all his classics get released.
I’ll repeat: very average short (not that it’s a bad thing, specially these days) movies.