VIOLENT STREETS [Bôryoku gai] (AKA VIOLENT CITY) (Masters of Cinema) Special Edition Blu-ray

One of the finest directors of Japanese chambara (sword fighting) films, Hideo Gosha (Sword of the Beast, Three Outlaw Samurai) also directed a number of films in the yakuza genre. The most outstanding of these was Violent Streets; a baroque crime thriller about a retired yakuza who gets pulled into a violent gang war by his former associates.

A former yakuza member, Egawa (Noboru Andô) is now a brooding world-weary nightclub owner. Some of his former associates are released from prison and want to regain a foothold in the criminal underworld by igniting a gang war between the local yakuza, and an out-of-town clan led by veteran actor Tetsurō Tanba (Harakiri).

A bold and colourful entry in the yakuza genre, Hideo Gosha’s Violent Streets makes its worldwide debut on Blu-ray from a new restoration completed by Toei Company, Ltd.

SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES INCLUDES*: Limited Edition slipcase featuring new artwork by Tony Stella | 1080p presentation on Blu-ray from a 2K restoration of the original film elements | Optional English subtitles | An introduction to Violent Streets and the works of director Hideo Gosha by film critic Tony Rayns | Jasper Sharp on Violent Streets | PLUS: A collector’s booklet featuring a new essay by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes *All extras subject to change

PRESS “Violent Streets is one of the wildest, bloodiest and most visually stunning Yakuza yarns ever made. Violent Streets is a masterpiece, plain and simple. One of Gosha’s best (just maybe his very best) and one of the crowning achievements in Japan’s Yakuza cycle of the 70s. A must see.” - Films from the Far Reaches “Violent Streets is a lean and mean yakuza exploitation picture that plays with a lot of genre tropes – e.g., rival groups, old ways versus young guns, etc. – all capped off by a deeply fatalistic streak.” - Matt Spry, Death Ray Dive