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Made at the end of the 1970s, Toru Murakawa's Game Trilogy launched actor Yusaku Matsuda as the Toei tough guy for a new generation. Matsuda was the definitive screen icon of 1980s until his career was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 40, following his Hollywood debut in Ridley Scott's Black Rain.
In this career-defining triptych, Matsuda is Shohei Narumi, an ice cool hitman of few words, a steely trigger finger, and a heart of stone, hired in The Most Dangerous Game by a company bidding for a lucrative government air defence contract to take out the competition. In The Killing Game, Narumi finds himself caught in the midst of violent yakuza gang warfare, while his own brutal past catches up with him in the form of two beautiful women still bearing the emotional scars of his past assignments. In The Execution Game, Narumi falls for a mysterious saloon bar chanteuse who may or may not be part of the same, shadowy underworld organisation as the rival hitmen he is employed to rub out.
With cool blue cinematography by Nagisa Oshima collaborator Seizo Sengen and a sultry score by jazz legend Yuji Ohno, Murakawa's masterful set of films raised the bar for the Japanese action movie to new heights.
Product Features
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all films
- Original lossless mono Japanese soundtracks
- Optional newly translated English subtitles
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
DISC 1: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
- Audio commentary by Chris Poggiali and Marc Walkow
- The Action Man, a 30-minute interview with director Toru Murakawa
- Original Japanese theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
DISC 2: THE KILLING GAME & THE EXECUTION GAME
- Audio commentary on The Killing Game by Earl Jackson and Jasper Sharp
- Audio commentary on The Execution Game by Tom Mes
- Remembering Yusaku Matsuda, an interview with Yutaka Oki, film critic and personal friend of Yusaku Matsuda
- Game Changer, an interview with The Execution Game screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama
- Original Japanese theatrical trailers for both films
- Image galleries for both films
- 89 / 92 / 100 Mins Approx
- Toru Murakawa
- 18
- Yusaku Matsuda
- Keiko Tasaka
- Kei Sato
- Kojiro Kusanagi
- 2.35:1
English
- 1978
- 1979
- Japanese
- 2
- B
- Arrow Video
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Arrow Video
Made at the end of the 1970s, Toru Murakawa's Game Trilogy launched actor Yusaku Matsuda as the Toei tough guy for a new generation. Matsuda was the definitive screen icon of 1980s until his career was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 40, following his Hollywood debut in Ridley Scott's Black Rain.
In this career-defining triptych, Matsuda is Shohei Narumi, an ice cool hitman of few words, a steely trigger finger, and a heart of stone, hired in The Most Dangerous Game by a company bidding for a lucrative government air defence contract to take out the competition. In The Killing Game, Narumi finds himself caught in the midst of violent yakuza gang warfare, while his own brutal past catches up with him in the form of two beautiful women still bearing the emotional scars of his past assignments. In The Execution Game, Narumi falls for a mysterious saloon bar chanteuse who may or may not be part of the same, shadowy underworld organisation as the rival hitmen he is employed to rub out.
With cool blue cinematography by Nagisa Oshima collaborator Seizo Sengen and a sultry score by jazz legend Yuji Ohno, Murakawa's masterful set of films raised the bar for the Japanese action movie to new heights.
Product Features
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all films
- Original lossless mono Japanese soundtracks
- Optional newly translated English subtitles
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
DISC 1: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
- Audio commentary by Chris Poggiali and Marc Walkow
- The Action Man, a 30-minute interview with director Toru Murakawa
- Original Japanese theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
DISC 2: THE KILLING GAME & THE EXECUTION GAME
- Audio commentary on The Killing Game by Earl Jackson and Jasper Sharp
- Audio commentary on The Execution Game by Tom Mes
- Remembering Yusaku Matsuda, an interview with Yutaka Oki, film critic and personal friend of Yusaku Matsuda
- Game Changer, an interview with The Execution Game screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama
- Original Japanese theatrical trailers for both films
- Image galleries for both films
- 89 / 92 / 100 Mins Approx
- Toru Murakawa
- 18
- Yusaku Matsuda
- Keiko Tasaka
- Kei Sato
- Kojiro Kusanagi
- 2.35:1
English
- 1978
- 1979
- Japanese
- 2
- B
- Arrow Video
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The Game Trilogy BluRay
I must admit, I never heard of that, let alone those films before. It was some random scene of the film, in which I just thought about how cool it looks, sounds and feels.... Had to hund down the title of that film... Long story short, I found it and got surprised that its a trilogy! Boy oh boy, those films are an absolute Blast!!!! From visual, to sound, everything spews coolness and pure clear cut Fun! This is Cinema, this is Joy. Imagine Dirty Harry, Shaft & Day of the Jackal (70s version) mixed with Japanese spice and mixed into Glorious Action! That Whole package is a Blast, couldn't ask for more. Considering the age and source, great picture quality, sound and Extras too. Buy this, you won't regret it, you'll want more! And I did, I bought Kinji Fukusakis Blood and Honour saga hahahaha. I need more Japanese Crime thrillers of that era, keep em coming
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