New on Blu-ray: AESTHETICS OF A BULLET / TEPPODAMA NO BIGAKU (1973) - Limited Edition

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Product Description: 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.

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THE RAPACIOUS JAILBREAKER (1974) - Blu-ray Release of Sadao Nakajima's Classic Crime Drama

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Product Description: 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.

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New on Blu-ray: JEAN'S BLUES - NO FUTURE (1974)

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Product Description: Japanese language, English subtitles, 1080p high definition, Region A disc. A modern-day (Japan, 1974) take on Bonnie and Clyde, as a car accident between two stolen vehicles throws together Hijiriko, on the run from boredom and sleaze of her job, and Jiro, who barely escaped with his life after stealing millions of yen from murderous goons. One more stolen car later, the two are on the road, traveling across Japan with a certain destination in mind, committing further crimes as they go. But the police are quick to take notice, while the betrayed gangsters are hot on the young couple’s heels, bloodthirsty for payback... Released for the first time ever on Blu-ray! In 1080p high definition, with the original Japanese language, and English subtitles!

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