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

[Martin_31]

Never heard of these films before. I absolutely need to watch them now. Cannot wait to buy this set!

[buffetfroid]

I'm not familiar with this but it looks kick ass

[MifuneFan]

Awesome

[thrillmygorilla]

Nice.

[Telstar]

Got to say this looks like one of the all time great box sets.

[BobbyMcGee]

These box-sets are killing my wallet! I love it.

[MifuneFan]

Any word on pricing for the US release? The UK one currently works out to about $101, which is actually pretty reasonable for a set like this. I imagine the US one will be more. $129.99 if I had to guess, but I could even seen $149.99.

[MifuneFan]

I hope Arrow can get Sympathy for the Underdog one day, that would be amazing.

[Blu Titan]

Gigantic for Arrow...fantastic release. Yeah, I am hyped about this release.

[Harlock415]

Well I put the first blu in a Region A Blu-ray player and it played. I put the DVD in my PS3. Seems fine as well.

[CMoney]

Originally Posted by Harlock415

Well I put the first blu in a Region A Blu-ray player and it played. I put the DVD in my PS3. Seems fine as well.

Thank you sir. Hopefully we get more Yakuza films on BD in the future.

[D2Girls]

I'll probably be picking this badboy up on Saturday cant wait.

[Blu Titan]

This is one sweet looking set .I will not be watching the set until I come back from vacation on the 30th, but that gives me something to look foward to .

[BuckNaked2k]

Any pics?

[CMoney]

I got my box set earlier today. It shipped last night. It is a really good looking set. There's a crease in the front left corner of the box, & a slight dent on the bottom left, next to the Arrow logo, but below it. For all I know, it could of came that way from Arrow. Other than that, pretty much mint. I haven't taken the plastic off yet, but nothing broken, & no loose discs.

[DaveyJoe]

Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k

Any pics?

[darkness2918]

Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k

Any pics?

On page 6 there are pics of the UK & US sets. Or just look at my gallery, I have the US in there too.

[Blu Titan]

Amazon is now selling the set for $110. Taking this an indication that the set is selling out . Seriously, this is a top release and Arrow did a great job on it

[DukeTogo84]

It's a beautiful set. Would love to hear what people who have actually not seen the films before think? These are some fantastic flicks.