New on Blu-ray: THE BOXER / BOKUSA (1977) - Limited Edition

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Product Description: A former boxing champ on the skids (Bunta Sugawara, Japanese Godfather) finds an opportunity for redemption by training a young fighter everyone judges beyond hope (Kentaro Shimizu, Mermaid Legend). Legendary director and playwright Shuji Terayama (Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets) made The Boxer for major studio Toei, at the request of lead actor Sugawara. While the story has the studio's trademark gritty 1970s setting, Terayama imbues the film with his characteristic carnivalesque atmosphere and his unparalleled passion for sports, resulting in a boxing movie like no other and a unique entry in his own filmography.

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New on Blu-ray: THE BOXER (1997) Starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Emily Watson

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Product Description: Three-time Academy Award® winner Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood, My Left Foot, Lincoln) and two-time Academy Award® nominee** Emily Watson (Breaking The Waves) are star-crossed lovers torn between unquestioning loyalty to the ties of tradition and the passion they share in this critically acclaimed film from director Jim Sheridan (The Field, In America). Freed from jail 14 years after getting involved with the Irish Republican Army, Danny Flynn (Day-Lewis) returns home to his Belfast neighborhood, where he opens a gym and reconnects with his lost love, Maggie (Watson). But Danny’s former life in the person of his former IRA compatriots comes back to haunt him.

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