"Director: Hideo Gosha"

• Three Outlaw Samurai (1964) (Criterion Collection) UK Only | Blu Ray | (20/07/2020) from £21.65   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  This first film by the legendary HIDEO GOSHA (Sword of the Beast) is among the most canonized chambara (sword-fighting) films. An origin-story offshoot of a Japanese television series phenomenon of the same name, Three Outlaw Samurai is a classic in its own right. In it, a wandering, seen-it-all ronin (TETSURO TAMBA) becomes entangled in the dangerous business of two other samurai (ISAMU NAGATO and MIKIJIRO HIRA), hired to execute a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of a corrupt magistrate. With remarkable storytelling economy and thrilling action scenes, this is an expertly mounted tale of revenge and loyalty. Special Features: High-definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition Trailer New English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Bilge Ebiri

• The Wolves | DVD | (02/02/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  An indisputable Yakuza masterpiece about loyalty and betrayal 'The Wolves' is as sharp as wolves' teeth. It chronicles one man's journey out of the simplistic values of the gang ethics that have provided him with a harsh haven into a wider and even darker world. Released from prison in a general amnesty Iwahashi returns to the bosom of the Enokiya gang. Here he findes that the feud between them and the Kannon gang has been resolved by a corrupt and successful enterpreneur Asakura.