{"title":"Tomisaburo Wakayama films","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"big-time-gambling-boss-blu-ray-standard-edition","title":"Big Time Gambling Boss (blu ray) standard edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig Time Gambling Boss (1968) directed by Kosaku Yamashita world wide blu ray debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003en atmospheric tale of gangland intrigue written by Kazuo Kasahara (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBattles Without Honour and Humanity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) and starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLone Wolf and Cub, The Bounty Hunter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrilogy) and genre legend Koji Tsuruta, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig Time Gambling Boss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is one of the all-time classics of the yakuza genre. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTokyo, 1934. Gang boss Arakawa is too ill and a successor must be named. The choice falls on Nakai, but being an outsider he refuses and suggests senior clansman Matsuda instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut Matsuda is in jail and the elders won’t wait for his release, so they appoint the younger and more malleable Ishido to take the reins. Clan honour and loyalties are severely tested when Matsuda is released, resulting in an increasingly violent internal strife. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaul Schrader called it the richest and most complex film of its type, while novelist Yukio Mishima hailed it as a masterpiece. Radiance Films is proud to present this crucial re-discovery for the first time ever on Blu-ray.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirector\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/search?q=Kosaku+Yamashita\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kosaku Yamashita films on the Terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eKosaku Yamashita\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCast\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/search?q=Tomisaburo+Wakayama\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"List of Tomisaburo Wakayama films on the Terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTomisaburo Wakayama\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/search?q=Koji+Tsuruta\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"List of Koji Tsuruta films on the Terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eKoji Tsuruta\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/search?q=Sumiko+Fuji\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"List of Sumiko Fuji films on the terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eSumiko Fuji\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/collections\/action\/yakuza\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"best Yakuza Action films on the terracotta distribution store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eYakuza action\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Japanese (with English subtitles)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/collections\/japanese-films\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Best Japanese films on the Terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eJapan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1968\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuntime\u003c\/strong\u003e: 95minutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSerial Gambling\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA video essay by Chris D., author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGun and Sword: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Gangster Films 1955-1980\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig Time Gambling Boss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's origins in the Toei studio's serialized yakuza movie production and what sets the film apart\u003c\/span\u003e (2022)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNinkyo 101\u003c\/em\u003e: In this video essay, Mark Schilling, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Yakuza Movie Book\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into the history and impact of the classical style of yakuza film, the ninkyo eiga or \"chivalry films\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(2022)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGallery of original promotional stills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli 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Title","offer_id":39989098315870,"sku":"RAD012BD","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3926\/1492\/products\/big-time-gambling-boss-blu-ray-standard-edition-radiance-films-305888.webp?v=1705181207"},{"product_id":"new-battles-without-honour-and-humanity-complete-trilogy-blu-ray","title":"New Battles Without Honour and Humanity Complete Trilogy (blu ray)","description":"\u003ch2 data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the early 1970s, Kinji Fukasaku's five-film Battles Without Honor and Humanity series was a massive hit in Japan, and kicked off a boom in realistic, modern yakuza films based on true stories.\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlthough Fukasaku had intended to end the series, Toei Studio convinced him to return to the director's chair for this unconnected, follow-up trilogy of films, each starring Battles leading man Bunta Sugawara and telling separate, but fictional stories about the yakuza in different locations in Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the early 1970s, Kinji Fukasaku's five-film Battles Without Honor and Humanity series was a massive hit in Japan, and kicked off a boom in realistic, modern yakuza films based on true stories. Although Fukasaku had intended to end the series, Toei Studio convinced him to return to the director's chair for this unconnected, follow-up trilogy of films, each starring Battles leading man Bunta Sugawara and telling separate, but fictional stories about the yakuza in different locations in Japan.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the first film, Bunta Sugawara is Miyoshi, a low-level assassin of the Yamamori gang who is sent to jail after a bungled hit. While in stir, family member Aoki (Lone Wolf and Cub's Tomisaburo Wakayama) attempts to seize power from the boss, and Miyoshi finds himself stuck between the two factions with no honorable way out. In the second entry, The Boss's Head, Sugawara is Kuroda, an itinerant gambler who steps in when a hit by drugaddicted assassin Kusunoki (Tampopo's Tsutomu Yamazaki) goes wrong, and takes the fall on behalf of the Owada family, but when the gang fails to make good on financial promises to him, Kuroda targets the family bosses with a ruthless vengeance. And in Last Days of the Boss, Sugawara plays Nozaki, a laborer who swears allegiance to a sympathetic crime boss, only to find himself elected his successor after the boss is murdered. Restrained by a gang alliance that forbids retributions against high-level members, Nozaki forms a plot to exact revenge on his rivals, but a suspicious closeness with his own sister (Chieko Matsubara from Outlaw Gangster VIP) jeopardizes his relationship with his fellow gang members.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New Battles Without Honor and Humanity films are important links between the first half of Fukasaku's career and his later exploration of other genres. Each one is also a top-notch crime action thriller: hard-boiled, entertaining, and distinguished by Fukasaku's directorial genius, funky musical scores by composer Toshiaki Tsushima, and the onscreen power of Toei's greatest yakuza movie stars.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arrow Video","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40262274449502,"sku":"FCD2170","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3926\/1492\/files\/newbattleswithouthonourandhumanitybluray.webp?v=1705182342"},{"product_id":"eighteen-years-in-prison-blu-ray-limited-edition","title":"Eighteen Years in Prison (blu ray) Limited Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs an examination of the deep scars of wartime, this genre classic is also a clear precursor to Kinji Fukasaku’s epoch-making\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/products\/battles-without-honour-and-humanity-blu-ray-complete-collection-boxset\" title=\"BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY bluray boxset\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBattles Without Honour and Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eKawada (Noboru Ando,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/products\/by-a-mans-face-shall-you-know-him-blu-ray-standard-edition\" title=\"by a mans face you shall know him blu ray\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) and Tsukada (Asao Koike,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/products\/sympathy-for-the-underdog-blu-ray-standard-edition\" title=\"sympathy for the underdog blu ray\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSympathy for the Underdog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) run afoul of the military police after stealing valuable copper wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eKawada is arrested and sent to prison, but Tsukada uses their gains to start a yakuza gang.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eFacing violent inmates and a cruel warden (Tomisaburo Wakayama,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/products\/big-time-gambling-boss-blu-ray-standard-edition\" title=\"big time gambling boss bluray\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig Time Gambling Boss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e), Kawada vows to escape and stop his former partner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eTai Kato directs this epic prison story with characteristic visual flair, while gangster-turned-actor Ando delivers a stunning performance charged with real-life gravitas. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Radiance Films","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40584481374302,"sku":"RAD041BDLE","price":17.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3926\/1492\/files\/eighteenyearsinprisontaikatobluray.webp?v=1713804933"},{"product_id":"japan-organised-crime-boss-blu-ray-limited-edition","title":"Japan Organised Crime Boss (blu ray) Limited Edition","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff2a00;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn JAPAN ORGANISED CRIME BOSS (1969) directed by Kinji Fukasaku, yakuza factions from Tokyo and Osaka battle over control of Yokohama, using local gangs as their proxies. 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