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Thursday, December 10, 2020

New on Blu-ray: VERSUS + ULTIMATE VERSUS - 2-Disc Special Edition

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Product Description: A relentless one-of-a-kind sensory assault chock full of hyper-kinetic fight scenes, gangster shootouts, sword-slashing violence and gory zombie horror, Versus was a key title amongst the barrage of innovative horror and action movies that appeared as if from nowhere from Japan at the turn of the millennium, leading to a new wave of appreciation for Asian extreme cinema.

A mysterious face-off in a wooded clearing between two escaped convicts and a carload of sharply dressed yakuza holding a beautiful woman captive ends in hails of bullets and showers of blood. The location for this violent encounter is the mythic Forest of Resurrection, the site of the 444th portal of the 666 hidden gates that link this earthly domain to the netherworld and it didn t get this name for nothing. As one of the surviving prisoners escapes with the girl into the darkness of the forest, disgruntled gangsters soon become the least of their worries as an earlier battle between a lone warrior against hordes of zombie samurai is carried over from a millennium ago into the present day

Versus caused a sensation both in Japan and internationally upon its release, launching the careers of director Ryûhei Kitamura (Godzilla Final Wars, Midnight Meat Train) and action star and fight choreographer Tak Sakaguchi (Battlefield Baseball, Yakuza Weapon). Arrow Video is proud to present this mythic cult title in both its original 2000 and expanded 2004 Ultimate Versus iterations, in a brand new, director-approved restoration.

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MOVIE DETAILS

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Director: Ryûhei Kitamura

Starring: Tak Sakaguchi, Hideo Sakaki, Chieko Misaka

Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy

Runtime: 119 min

Rating: R

Language: Japanese

Studio: Arrow

Home Video Release Date: December 8, 2020




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VIDEO

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  • Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
  • Resolution: 1080p
  • Aspect Ratio: 2.39:1
  • Region: Region A/1

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Dubbed:
  • Blu-ray: English

Audio Formats:
  • Blu-ray: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0


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Blu-ray: English



SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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  • Brand new 2K restoration from original film elements by Arrow Films, approved by director Ryûhei Kitamura
  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
  • Audio commentary by Kitamura and producer Keishiro Shin
  • Audio commentary by Kitamura and the cast and crew
  • New visual essay on the career of Kitamura by Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp
  • Behind Versus, a two-part behind-the-scenes documentary exploring the film s production
  • First Contact: Versus Evolution, a featurette exploring the film s origins
  • Tak Sakaguchi s One-Man Journey, an archival featurette on the actor s visit to the 2001 Japan Film Festival in Hamburg
  • Film festival screening footage
  • Team Versus, a brief look inside the Napalm Films office
  • Deep in the Woods, an archival featurette featuring interviews with Kitamura, cast and crew
  • The Encounter, an archival interview with editor Shûichi Kakesu
  • Deleted scenes with audio commentary by Kitamura, cast and crew
  • Nervous and Nervous 2, two side story mini-movies featuring characters from the main feature
  • Featurette on the making of Nervous 2
  • Versus FF Version, a condensed, 20-minute recut of the film
  • Multiple trailers
  • Image gallery
  • Sakigake! Otoko versus Juku, a featurette on the newly shot material for Ultimate Versus
  • FIRST PRESSING ONLY: Collector's Booklet


TRAILER AND CLIPS

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PICTURES

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