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Disc 3 contains 11 Samurai, presented in high definition (1080p) with original lossless Japanese mono audio and newly translated English subtitles, plus a brand new audio commentary by film critic David West, Fighting the Poison, a video essay by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Jonathan Clements on the film's historical setting and context, Samurai Guerilla Part 3, an archival interview with Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo, and Eiichi Kudo: The Art of Realism, an archival interview with Fabrice Arduini. Discs 1 (13 Assassins) and 2 (The Great Killing) of the set are listed separately. The lord of the Oshi fief is murdered by his hunting neighbour Nariatsu, the cruel and despotic son of the former Shogun. When the Oshi clan is blamed for the incident and sentenced to be disbanded, eleven of its finest samurai reject the verdict and swear to trade their lives for justice by assassinating Nariatsu.

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Disc 1 contains 13 Assassins, presented in high definition (1080p) with original lossless Japanese mono audio and newly translated English subtitles, plus a brand new audio commentary by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes, The Samurai Variations, a video essay by music supervisor and Japanese cinema expert James Balmont on Akira Ifukube's score for the film, Samurai Guerilla Part 1, an archival interview with Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo on Eiichi Kudo and Toei's role in the 1960s Japanese film landscape, and the theatrical trailers. Discs 2 (The Great Killing) and 3 (11 Samurai) of the set are listed separately. In 1844, the Shogun's half-brother Lord Naritsugu Matsudaira terrorises his domain with sadistic impunity, and the shogunate, desperate to stop his rise to higher office, secretly orders veteran samurai Shinzaemon Shimada to assassinate him. Shimada recruits twelve more swordsmen and converts a mountain village into an elaborate death trap for Naritsugu's vastly larger escort.

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Ken Takakura stars in this high-octane crime thriller, on the run across the whole of Japan. Reunited with action director Junya Sato (The Bullet Train), Takakura plays Fuyuto Morioka, a chief prosecutor for the Ministry of Justice who is arrested for a crime he didn't commit and escapes from custody. Trailed by a detective and two shadowy figures wielding shotguns, Morioka's search for whoever framed him uncovers a dark web of government and corporate corruption involving a dangerous mind-controlling drug developed by a sinister pharmaceutical company. A star-studded blockbuster featuring Kunie Tanaka, Ryo Ikebe and Ko Nishimura, the film was a surprise box-office smash that inspired a 2017 remake by John Woo, and is presented here in a brand new restoration.