Battles Without Honor and Humanity: The Complete Collection (1973-1974)

[Akijama]

Separate releases:

Release date: August 9, 2016




The Box set is OOP





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*** BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR/HONOUR AND HUMANITY FULL SPECS + STOCK UPDATE***

It is time for us to reveal the full specs for our stacked Battles boxset!

This set is limited to 2500 copies in the US & UK and is now approximately 50% sold out - we will release individual Dual Format releases of the five films in 2016.

Pre-order the UK edition here: http://www.arrowfilms.co.uk/shop/ind...product_id=605

Pre-order the US edition here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...f_rd_i=desktop


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LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS:
•Limited Edition Blu-ray Collection (2500 copies)
•High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation of all five original films
•Original Mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-rays)
•Optional English subtitles for all five films
•Limited Edition packaging and reversible sleeves for all five films including original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist

BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR/HONOUR AND HUMANITY (DISCS 1 & 2)
•Brand new audio commentary by critic and author Stuart Galbraith IV
•Yakuza Graveyard – a new interview with Takashi Miike about Kinji Fukasaku and the yakuza film genre
•Original trailers for all five films

HIROSHIMA DEATH MATCH (DISCS 3 & 4)
•Man of Action – a new interview with series fight choreographer Ryuzo Ueno
•Original Trailer

PROXY WAR (DISCS 5 & 6)
•Secrets of the Piranha Army – a new documentary about the troupe of supporting actors who appeared throughout the series, featuring interviews with original Piranha members Masaru Shiga and Takashi Noguchi, plus second-generation Piranha, Takashi Nishina and Akira Murota
•Tales of a Bit Player – a new interview with supporting actor and stuntman Seizo Fukumoto
•Original Trailer

POLICE TACTICS (DISCS 7 & 8)
•Remembering Kinji – a new featurette about director Kinji Fukasaku and his work, featuring interviews with Kenta Fukasaku and film critic and Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane
•Fukasaku Family – a new interview with Proxy War and Police Tactics assistant director Toru Dobashi
•Original Trailer

FINAL EPISODE (DISCS 9 & 10)
•Last Days of the Boss – a new interview with Final Episode screenwriter Koji Takada
•Original poster gallery for the series
•Original Trailer

THE COMPLETE SAGA (DISCS 11, 12 & 13) [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]
•English-subtitled premiere of the 224-minute compilation edition of the first four films, previously screened only as part of a limited Japanese theatrical release in 1980 and on the Toei cable channel
•Introduction by Complete Saga editorial supervisor Toru Dobashi

THE YAKUZA PAPERS [LIMITED EDITION EXCLUSIVE]
•152-page hardback book featuring writing on the history of the yakuza film genre, the background and continuing importance of the Battles series, and additional essays on the men who made them, including a newly-reprinted and fully annotated edition of Paul Schrader's classic 1974 Film Comment essay Yakuza-Eiga: A Primer, a new, exclusive English translation of screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara’s 1974 Scenario magazine essay on his writing process for the first four films, as well as new essays and interviews from critics and authors Chris D., Grady Hendrix, Patrick Macias, Tom Mes, Mark Schilling, and Jasper Sharp