The Entertainment Factor: New on Blu-ray: JAPAN ORGANIZED CRIME BOSS (1969)

Japan Organized Crime Boss 1969 New On Bluray

New on Blu-ray: JAPAN ORGANIZED CRIME BOSS (1969) - Limited Edition

Product Description: Two major yakuza factions from Tokyo and Osaka battle over control of Yokohama, using local gangs as their proxies. Amid this violent struggle, Tsukamoto (Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss), the head of one of the local gangs, is released from an eight-year prison sentence. The feud forces him into action, but he learns that those pulling the strings have political connections and that he is up against overwhelming forces. A predecessor to and blueprint for Fukasaku's Sympathy for the Underdog, Japan Organised Crime Boss also signals the director's first collaboration with Bunta Sugawara, the later star of Battles Without Honor and Humanity as well as with Tomisaburo Wakayama (The Bounty Hunter Trilogy) and gangster-turned-movie star Noboru Ando (Eighteen Years in Prison)

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Director: Kinji Fukasaku

Starring: Koji Tsuruta, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Bunta Sugawara, Noboru Andô, Ryôhei Uchida, Sanae Nakahara

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Runtime: 97 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Radiance Films

Home Video Release Date: November 19, 2024

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

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Blu-ray: LPCM Mono

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NEW 4K RESTORATION BY THE TOEI COMPANY
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Archival interview with Kinji Fukasaku
Interview with yakuza film historian Akihiko Ito (2024)
Visual essay on Koji Tsuruta's collaborations with Fukasaku by yakuza cinema expert Nathan Stuart (2024)
Trailer
Newly improved English subtitle translation
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Stuart Galbraith IV and an archival review of the film
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