BATTLE ROYALE: Lionsgate And Iconic Releasing Ready Theatrical Limited Re-Release in 4K In October
One of the greatest turn-of-the-century action horror adapatations is coming back to the big screen!
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The Movies That Moved Me: Kinji Fukasaku’s BATTLE ROYALE
Kinji Fukasaku’s last fully completed film launches the start of a new series of articles in which I weigh in on the films that got me here today, as a critic AND a fan.
LEGEND OF THE EIGHT SAMURAI Eureka Blu-Ray Review: Early Fukasaku At His Fantastic Finest
Hiroyuki Sanada, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Sonny Chiba, Etsuko Shihomi and more star in this incredible blockbuster classic from Eureka Entertainment!
LEGEND OF THE EIGHT SAMURAI: Eureka Touts Blu-Ray Release For Kinji Fukasaku’s Classic Samurai Epic
Hiroko Yakushimaru, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Sonny Chiba lead the cast of the legendary samurai classic!
WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN And VIOLENT PANIC: THE BIG CRASH: Two Exclusive Clips From The Upcoming Film Movement Classics Titles Arriving Friday
Film Movement Classics is readying the VOD and Digital releases of two classic titles – restored in 2K – from one of the most lauded filmographies in world cinema history. Kinji Fukasaku’s Wolves, Pigs and Men (1964), and Violent Panic: The Big Crash (1976) are set to stream on the SVOD network this Friday, and we have a pair of clips from both films which we can share exclusively. Japanese director and genre master Kinji Fukasaku is often remembered amongst cineastes for his final film, BATTLE ROYALE (2000), but in his home country, the prolific auteur – across a 40-year career, he directed over sixty movies, received three Japanese Academy Film Prizes for best director, and helped redefine many genres, most notably the Yakuza genre – was respected for a broad range of films that often used violence to make statements about social control, authority, and individual freedom. Of the […]
BATTLE ROYALE LIMITED EDITION 4K UHD Blu-Ray Set Unleashes The Anarchy In The UK In April
The early 2000s proved to be the best era for films fans amid the rise of the Asia Extreme subgenre. This no less includes one of the most topical releases by far with Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale, long celebrated even after the director’s passing in 2003 upon the production of his son’s sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem. How so? Leave it to Arrow Video to pave the way for a deluxe limited edition/4K blu-ray re-release of the films with all the trimmings several times over. Time will tell if North America will get a stab at this jam-packed package of bygone physical media delight, but pre-order links are currently up-and-running for collectors in the UK to snatch up ASAP, via Arrow, Amazon, Zavvi and HMV ahead of its April 26 release! The kids of Third Year Class-B Shiroiwa Junior High School are back, in a brand new UHD restoration of […]
Arrow Video Channel Review: Kinji Fukasaku’s GRAVEYARD OF HONOR, The Measure Of An Inglorious Madman
Folks who subscribe to the Arrow Video Channel have a treasure trove of titles to sift through when it comes to the Arrow brand. This especially speaks to fans of Japanese New Wave filmmakers of the 1950s and 1970s, including none other than Kinji Fukasaku who made a name for himself diving into the crime and action features well into the 1960s. Fukasaku’s 1975 foray in Graveyard Of Honor was no different, choosing to reincarnate the life and times of Rekio Ishikawa, a notorious gangster who, by all accounts observed in the film was a ruthless and incorrigible gangster who could be neither humbled nor contained. The role of Ishikawa would further mark a debut partnership with Fukasaku for actor Tetsuya Watari who had already broken ground with lead roles in Tokyo Drifter and Outlaw: Gangster VIP years earlier, among his growing credits. Graveyard Of Honor takes place in post-WWII […]