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Release: June 2, 2026

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A yakuza gang selects a good-for-nothing street vendor to stir up trouble in enemy territory. A yakuza gang selects a good-for-nothing street vendor to stir up trouble in enemy territory. With a flashy suit, a gun and a pocketful of money, he feels like a king but when trouble comes knocking, he realizes that waving a gun and pulling the trigger are two very different things. After the major studios refused to finance it, director Sadao Nakajima (The Japanese Godfather Trilogy) took this project to New Wave bastion the Art Theatre Guild. With a deeply impressive performance by Tsunehiko Watase (Sympathy for the Underdog) that predates Robert DeNiro's indelible turn as Travis Bickle in Scorsese's Taxi Driver by three years, Aesthetics of a Bullet is a lost gem of 1970s Japanese cinema ripe for rediscovery. Bonus Materials High-Definition digital transfer Uncompressed mono PCM audio Newly filmed appreciation by filmmaker Robert Schwentke (2026) New interview with filmmaker Kazuyoshi Kumakiri (2026) Archival interview with Sadao Nakajima (2023) Trailer Newly improved English subtitle translation Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters Limited edition booklet featuring new writing Cast & Crew Actors: Tsunehiko Watase Miki Sugimoto Mitsuri Mori Director: Sadao Nakajima

Release: November 14, 2023

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Seven Spectacular Films from the Martial Arts Icon! Brace yourself for seven more high-octane films from the legendary career of Sonny Chiba! This second box set offers thrilling highlights from Chiba's highly influential legacy, and some of these films are making their North America Blu-ray debut. Greatly missed by his legion of fans, Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba—The "Street Fighter"—remains an icon for all time! The Defensive Power of Aikido: Jiro Chiba tackles the role of Morihei Ueshiba, born in Wakayama to a farming family and destined for martial arts greatness as he learns from the masters (including brother Sonny Chiba) and develops his own well-polished Aikido. 13 Steps of Maki: Based on a comic book, 13 Steps of Maki follows the leader of the all-female Stray Cats gang who use their fighting skills to help others. But when Maki crosses the daughter of a powerful man with connections to the yakuza, she winds up in prison on false charges. Karate Warriors: A street fighter (Sonny Chiba) arrives in a town ruled by two warring gangs headed by feuding yakuza brothers. He does everything he can to keep them feuding while tracking down a lucrative stash of drugs and befriending the son of a sword-wielding samurai… The Great Okinawa Yakuza War: Co-starring alongside Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba makes for a striking, animalistic gangster battling his way through the streets of Okinawa in this eye-popping martial arts powerhouse set one year before the return of power to the mainland. Karate for Life: The final film in the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy, Karate for Life follows our hero through US-occupied Okinawa, where he leaves a professional wrestling job…but must return to the ring in order to help a friend in desperate need of medical supplies. Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon: International spy Duke Togo has taken on a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate: take out a Hong Kong kingpin who has been selling their drugs on his own. Duke faces danger at every turn…and competition from a detective who wants the kingpin for himself! The Okinawa War of Ten Years: It's brother against brother and friend against friend when Okinawa is returned to mainland Japan…and the local yakuza does not take kindly to being strong-armed by mainland gangs. The result is mayhem and the biggest yakuza war ever fought in Okinawa. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - The Defensive Power of Aikido: The Defensive Power of Akido Trailer Disc 2 - Karate Warriors: Karate Warriors Commentary by Chris Poggiali and Mark Walkow Karate Warriors Trailer Disc 3 - Karate for Life: Karate For Life Commentary by Brian Bankston Disc 3 - Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon: Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon Commentary by Brian Bankston Disc 4 - The Okinawa War of Ten Years: The Okinawa War of Ten Years Trailer Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Sonny Chiba Collection: Volume 2 [Blu-ray] [DVD]

Release: May 6, 2014

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The original radioactively mutated, giant lizard is back in all his flame-snorting, city-stomping glory - bigger, better and badder than ever before!

Release: November 14, 2023

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Seven Spectacular Films from the Martial Arts Icon! Brace yourself for seven more high-octane films from the legendary career of Sonny Chiba! This second box set offers thrilling highlights from Chiba's highly influential legacy, and some of these films are making their North America Blu-ray debut. Greatly missed by his legion of fans, Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba—The "Street Fighter"—remains an icon for all time! The Defensive Power of Aikido: Jiro Chiba tackles the role of Morihei Ueshiba, born in Wakayama to a farming family and destined for martial arts greatness as he learns from the masters (including brother Sonny Chiba) and develops his own well-polished Aikido. 13 Steps of Maki: Based on a comic book, 13 Steps of Maki follows the leader of the all-female Stray Cats gang who use their fighting skills to help others. But when Maki crosses the daughter of a powerful man with connections to the yakuza, she winds up in prison on false charges. Karate Warriors: A street fighter (Sonny Chiba) arrives in a town ruled by two warring gangs headed by feuding yakuza brothers. He does everything he can to keep them feuding while tracking down a lucrative stash of drugs and befriending the son of a sword-wielding samurai… The Great Okinawa Yakuza War: Co-starring alongside Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba makes for a striking, animalistic gangster battling his way through the streets of Okinawa in this eye-popping martial arts powerhouse set one year before the return of power to the mainland. Karate for Life: The final film in the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy, Karate for Life follows our hero through US-occupied Okinawa, where he leaves a professional wrestling job…but must return to the ring in order to help a friend in desperate need of medical supplies. Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon: International spy Duke Togo has taken on a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate: take out a Hong Kong kingpin who has been selling their drugs on his own. Duke faces danger at every turn…and competition from a detective who wants the kingpin for himself! The Okinawa War of Ten Years: It's brother against brother and friend against friend when Okinawa is returned to mainland Japan…and the local yakuza does not take kindly to being strong-armed by mainland gangs. The result is mayhem and the biggest yakuza war ever fought in Okinawa. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - The Defensive Power of Aikido: The Defensive Power of Akido Trailer Disc 2 - Karate Warriors: Karate Warriors Commentary by Chris Poggiali and Mark Walkow Karate Warriors Trailer Disc 3 - Karate for Life: Karate For Life Commentary by Brian Bankston Disc 3 - Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon: Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon Commentary by Brian Bankston Disc 4 - The Okinawa War of Ten Years: The Okinawa War of Ten Years Trailer Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Sonny Chiba Collection: Volume 2 [Blu-ray] [DVD]

Release: April 28, 2009

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Product Description In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida), by the always provocative Japanese director Nagisa Oshima, remains one of the most controversial films of all time. Based on a true incident, it graphically depicts the all-consuming, transcendent—but ultimately destructive—love of a man and a woman (Tatsuya Fuji and Eiko Matsuda) living in an era of ever escalating imperialism and governmental control. Less a work of pornography than of politics, In the Realm of the Senses is a brave, taboo-breaking milestone, still censored in its own country. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES Restored high-definition digital transfer of the complete, uncensored version, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Audio commentary from 2009 featuring film critic Tony Rayns Interview from 2009 with actor Tatsuya Fuji A 1976 interview with director Nagisa Oshima and actors Fuji and Eiko Matsuda, and a 2003 program featuring interviews with consulting producer Hayao Shibata, line producer Koji Wakamatsu, assistant director Yoichi Sai, and film distributor Yoko Asakura Deleted footage and U.S. trailer PLUS: An essay by Japanese film scholar Donald Richie and a reprinted interview with Oshima Review Oshima's erotic masterpiece. --Geoff Andrew, Time Out

Release: November 14, 2023

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Seven Spectacular Films from the Martial Arts Icon! Brace yourself for seven more high-octane films from the legendary career of Sonny Chiba! This second box set offers thrilling highlights from Chiba's highly influential legacy, and some of these films are making their North America Blu-ray debut. Greatly missed by his legion of fans, Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba—The "Street Fighter"—remains an icon for all time! The Defensive Power of Aikido: Jiro Chiba tackles the role of Morihei Ueshiba, born in Wakayama to a farming family and destined for martial arts greatness as he learns from the masters (including brother Sonny Chiba) and develops his own well-polished Aikido. 13 Steps of Maki: Based on a comic book, 13 Steps of Maki follows the leader of the all-female Stray Cats gang who use their fighting skills to help others. But when Maki crosses the daughter of a powerful man with connections to the yakuza, she winds up in prison on false charges. Karate Warriors: A street fighter (Sonny Chiba) arrives in a town ruled by two warring gangs headed by feuding yakuza brothers. He does everything he can to keep them feuding while tracking down a lucrative stash of drugs and befriending the son of a sword-wielding samurai… The Great Okinawa Yakuza War: Co-starring alongside Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba makes for a striking, animalistic gangster battling his way through the streets of Okinawa in this eye-popping martial arts powerhouse set one year before the return of power to the mainland. Karate for Life: The final film in the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy, Karate for Life follows our hero through US-occupied Okinawa, where he leaves a professional wrestling job…but must return to the ring in order to help a friend in desperate need of medical supplies. Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon: International spy Duke Togo has taken on a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate: take out a Hong Kong kingpin who has been selling their drugs on his own. Duke faces danger at every turn…and competition from a detective who wants the kingpin for himself! The Okinawa War of Ten Years: It's brother against brother and friend against friend when Okinawa is returned to mainland Japan…and the local yakuza does not take kindly to being strong-armed by mainland gangs. The result is mayhem and the biggest yakuza war ever fought in Okinawa. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - The Defensive Power of Aikido: The Defensive Power of Akido Trailer Disc 2 - Karate Warriors: Karate Warriors Commentary by Chris Poggiali and Mark Walkow Karate Warriors Trailer Disc 3 - Karate for Life: Karate For Life Commentary by Brian Bankston Disc 3 - Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon: Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon Commentary by Brian Bankston Disc 4 - The Okinawa War of Ten Years: The Okinawa War of Ten Years Trailer Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Sonny Chiba Collection: Volume 2 [Blu-ray] [DVD]

Release: November 14, 2023

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Seven Spectacular Films from the Martial Arts Icon! Brace yourself for seven more high-octane films from the legendary career of Sonny Chiba! This second box set offers thrilling highlights from Chiba's highly influential legacy, and some of these films are making their North America Blu-ray debut. Greatly missed by his legion of fans, Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba—The "Street Fighter"—remains an icon for all time! The Defensive Power of Aikido: Jiro Chiba tackles the role of Morihei Ueshiba, born in Wakayama to a farming family and destined for martial arts greatness as he learns from the masters (including brother Sonny Chiba) and develops his own well-polished Aikido. 13 Steps of Maki: Based on a comic book, 13 Steps of Maki follows the leader of the all-female Stray Cats gang who use their fighting skills to help others. But when Maki crosses the daughter of a powerful man with connections to the yakuza, she winds up in prison on false charges. Karate Warriors: A street fighter (Sonny Chiba) arrives in a town ruled by two warring gangs headed by feuding yakuza brothers. He does everything he can to keep them feuding while tracking down a lucrative stash of drugs and befriending the son of a sword-wielding samurai… The Great Okinawa Yakuza War: Co-starring alongside Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba makes for a striking, animalistic gangster battling his way through the streets of Okinawa in this eye-popping martial arts powerhouse set one year before the return of power to the mainland. Karate for Life: The final film in the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy, Karate for Life follows our hero through US-occupied Okinawa, where he leaves a professional wrestling job…but must return to the ring in order to help a friend in desperate need of medical supplies. Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon: International spy Duke Togo has taken on a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate: take out a Hong Kong kingpin who has been selling their drugs on his own. Duke faces danger at every turn…and competition from a detective who wants the kingpin for himself! The Okinawa War of Ten Years: It's brother against brother and friend against friend when Okinawa is returned to mainland Japan…and the local yakuza does not take kindly to being strong-armed by mainland gangs. The result is mayhem and the biggest yakuza war ever fought in Okinawa. Bonus Content: Disc 1 - The Defensive Power of Aikido: The Defensive Power of Akido Trailer Disc 2 - Karate Warriors: Karate Warriors Commentary by Chris Poggiali and Mark Walkow Karate Warriors Trailer Disc 3 - Karate for Life: Karate For Life Commentary by Brian Bankston Disc 3 - Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon: Golgo 13: Assignment Kowloon Commentary by Brian Bankston Disc 4 - The Okinawa War of Ten Years: The Okinawa War of Ten Years Trailer Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews The Sonny Chiba Collection: Volume 2 [Blu-ray] [DVD]

Release: May 20, 2025

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Black marketeer Ueda is sent to jail after being robbed and retaliating. Sent to prison he won't let any walls stop him from getting revenge. In the free-for-all chaos after World War II, black marketeer Ueda (Hiroki Matsukata, Cops vs Thugs) is robbed of a stash of morphine. He takes his brutal revenge, but is arrested for murder and sentenced to 20 years. He escapes and is caught, but no matter where they send him, Ueda won't let prison walls stop him. Directed by a master of the genre and based on the real exploits of a seven-time prison escapee, this ranks as one of the rawest entries in the 1970s cycle of Japanese true-account crime films. Bonus Materials High-Definition digital transfer Uncompressed mono PCM audio Audio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2025) Visual essay on Sadao Nakajima by Tom Mes (2025) New English subtitle translation Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Filippo Di Battista Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson and an archival review of the film Cast & Crew Actors: Hiroki Matsukata Tomisaburo Wakayama Naoko Otani Director: Sadao Nakajima Top Similar From the Brand Reviews The Rapacious Jailbreaker

Release: March 26, 2019

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"BRUTAL AND BRILLIANT ... Fans owe it to themselves to go buy this. ****", Empire Meet the meanest and most lethal karate master ever to rule the streets. He’s Sonny Chiba, one of the greatest martial arts actors to ignite the screen. In The Street Fighter, Chiba stars as Terry Tsurugi, a mercenary who has been hired by both the yakuza and the mafia to kidnap a wealthy heiress, but when he isn’t paid, a violent clash will ensue. Chiba is back in Return Of The Street Fighter. This time Tsurugi is hired by the mob to kill two informants, but when he realizes one is an old friend, he refuses, and now he is the one being hunted. When Tsurugi is double crossed by the Ôwada clan, he takes off with something they want in The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge. Soon he is being chased by a group of deadly assassins.

Release: March 26, 2019

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"BRUTAL AND BRILLIANT ... Fans owe it to themselves to go buy this. ****", Empire Meet the meanest and most lethal karate master ever to rule the streets. He’s Sonny Chiba, one of the greatest martial arts actors to ignite the screen. In The Street Fighter, Chiba stars as Terry Tsurugi, a mercenary who has been hired by both the yakuza and the mafia to kidnap a wealthy heiress, but when he isn’t paid, a violent clash will ensue. Chiba is back in Return Of The Street Fighter. This time Tsurugi is hired by the mob to kill two informants, but when he realizes one is an old friend, he refuses, and now he is the one being hunted. When Tsurugi is double crossed by the Ôwada clan, he takes off with something they want in The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge. Soon he is being chased by a group of deadly assassins.

Release: March 26, 2019

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"BRUTAL AND BRILLIANT ... Fans owe it to themselves to go buy this. ****", Empire Meet the meanest and most lethal karate master ever to rule the streets. He’s Sonny Chiba, one of the greatest martial arts actors to ignite the screen. In The Street Fighter, Chiba stars as Terry Tsurugi, a mercenary who has been hired by both the yakuza and the mafia to kidnap a wealthy heiress, but when he isn’t paid, a violent clash will ensue. Chiba is back in Return Of The Street Fighter. This time Tsurugi is hired by the mob to kill two informants, but when he realizes one is an old friend, he refuses, and now he is the one being hunted. When Tsurugi is double crossed by the Ôwada clan, he takes off with something they want in The Street Fighter’s Last Revenge. Soon he is being chased by a group of deadly assassins.

Release: January 11, 2022

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Product Description "An unexpected love triangle, a failed seduction, and a chance encounter with the past. Propelled by coincidence and imagination, and guided by love's gentle current, acclaimed director Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Happy Hour, Asako I & II) returns with an enchanting triptych that spins mundane encounters into a world of infinite possibilities. Review "A playful triptych of self-contained vignettes... wonderfully beguiling.... " David Ehrlich, IndieWire "It is a stunning production, from the precision of Hamaguchi’s script and direction, the fine performances, and Yukiko Iioka’s gorgeous camerawork, to Fuminori Usui’s everyday costuming, the bright colors and natural light, and the gently lilting score. It’s an overwhelming film, amongst the best of the year, and a beautiful reminder of all the lives being lived in spite of our oddly lifeless time." Rory O'Connor, The Film Stage "The geometry of desire is elegantly plotted in “Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy,” a wistful, moving, outwardly unassuming movie. [It] is a perfect entry point into Hamaguchi’s work. [B]oth times I watched this movie, I found something to admire, consider, argue with and weep over. Critic's Pick!" Manohla Dargis, The New York Times