The Entertainment Factor: New on Blu-ray: YOKOHAMA BJ BLUES (1981) Starring Yusaku Matsuda

New on Blu-ray: YOKOHAMA BJ BLUES (1981) Starring Yusaku Matsuda - Limited Edition

Product Description: When his police detective best friend is killed, down-at-heel private eye and part-time blues singer BJ (Yusaku Matsuda, The Game Trilogy) gets the blame. He must start his own investigation to clear his name, but what he uncovers is a tangled web involving crooked cops, drug-dealing gangsters, the city's underground gay and biker scenes, and even his own past. A loose remake of Robert Altman's The Long Goodbye that also draws from Visconti's Death in Venice, this was Matsuda's break with his action hero image. Samurai movie veteran Eiichi Kudo (The Fort of Death) relishes his chance at directing a neo-noir that captures urban Japan at the height of 1980s decadence.

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Director: Eiichi Kudo

Starring: Yûsaku Matsuda, Hyoe Enoki, Mari Henmi

Genre: Crime, Dama, Mystery

Runtime: 112 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Japanese

Studio: Radiance Films

Home Video Release Date: December 17, 2024

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Region: Region A/1

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Blu-ray: LPCM Mono

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Blu-ray: English

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High-Definition digital transfer
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Interview with star Mari Hemmi
Interview with screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama
Interview with writer and Yokohama expert Toru Sano on the film and a look at the locations
Trailer
Newly translated English subtitles
Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Dimitri Ianni on Toei Central Film, a subsidiary of Toei studios famed for releasing Pink Films and independent productions such as Yokohama BJ Blues and an archival review of the film
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings