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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

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* This thrilling two-disc set features a double dose of hyperbolic heist movie mayhem directed by the great Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale), restored to HD, and, for the first time ever, available on Blu Ray in North America. Fukasaku's 1964 breakthrough WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN finds three brothers pitted against each other as rivals in the Yakuza underworld. Jiro, alongside his girlfriend Mizuhara, devises a scheme to rob his younger brother Sabu's gang. However, when the eldest brother Kuroki learns of this, he seeks to conspire against them to take it all for himself in a treacherous nightmare of unbridled violence. While lesser known, 1976’s VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH wreaks havoc across the streets of Japan with stylishly nihilistic aplomb. After expe

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*This listing is for the standard edition version and does NOT come with a limited edition slipcase!* This thrilling two-disc set features a double dose of hyperbolic heist movie mayhem directed by the great Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale), restored to HD, and, for the first time ever, available on Blu Ray in North America. Fukasaku's 1964 breakthrough WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN finds three brothers pitted against each other as rivals in the Yakuza underworld. Jiro, alongside his girlfriend Mizuhara, devises a scheme to rob his younger brother Sabu's gang. However, when the eldest brother Kuroki learns of this, he seeks to conspire against them to take it all for himself in a treacherous nightmare of unbridled violence. While lesser known, 1976’s VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH wreaks havoc across the streets of Japan with stylishly nihilistic aplomb. After expert bank-robber Takashi's big job is foiled, he goes on the lam. Trailed by the police, his lover, his partner-in-crime’s brother, and countless others, Takashi becomes the target of a manhunt filled with twists, double-crosses, and explosive action that gives the 70’s car chase genre a run for its money. Bonus Features: 16 page booklet with New essay by film critic Kenji Fujishima Wolves, Pigs and Men: 1. Audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp 2. Interview with Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane 3. Interview with co-screenwriter Junya Sato 4. Interview with Producer Tatsu Yoshida Violent Panic: The Big Crash: 1. Audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp 2. Fast, Furious, Fukasaku video essay by Tokyoscope author Patrick Macias Top About this item Similar From the Brand Reviews Ferocious Fukasaku: Two Films By Kinji Fukasaku [Blu-ray]

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This rental only comes with one disc. Fresh out of prison, a former gang woman tries to go straight but is dragged back into a world of yakuza violence.