Takashi Miike had been making Yakuza films as part of Japan's direct-to-video V-Cinema boom but his video-bound project FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION was given a theatrical launch and ended up with wider exposure through the festival circuit. Ten years after his gang boss father sacrifices his older brother for a rival gang dispute, teenage Riki trains his classmates for revenge against all responsible. In AGITATOR, a low-level gang chief takes on three powerful organizations when he realizes he has been used as a pawn in a plot for three gang bosses to move up in their families. In DEADLY OUTLAW: REKKA, a hotheaded gang chief acquires a rocket launcher to avenge his godfather.
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UNDERWORLD CHRONICLES - THREE YAKUZA FABLES BY TAKASHI MIIKE 4K UltraHD/Blu-ray specs:
- Disc One - Fudoh: The New Generation (4K UltraHD):
- 2160p24 HEVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (HDR10)
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by director Takashi Miike and actor Shosuke Tanihara
- Optional introduction by director Takashi Miike
- Disc Two - Fudoh: The New Generation (Blu-ray):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by director Takashi Miike and actor Shosuke Tanihara
- Optional introduction by director Takashi Miike
- Interview with director director Takashi Miike
- Interview with actor Shosuke Tanihara
- Disc Three - Agitator (Blu-ray):
- Theatrical Cut (150 minutes):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
- Japanese LPCM 1.0
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Mes
- Two-Part Television Cut (200 minutes):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen (upscaled from standard definition)
- Japanese Dolby Digital 1.0
- Optional English Subtitles
- Interview with director Takashi Miike
- Theatrical Trailer
- Disc Four - Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (Blu-ray):
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.85:1 Widescreen
- Japanese LPCM 2.0 Stereo
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by film historian Tom Mes
- Interview with director Takashi Miike
- "Electric Yakuza, Go to Hell!" documentary
Limited edition of 5,000 copies, presented in rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow and
an 80-page bound book featuring new writing by Tom Mes and Colin Geddes, and archival writing from Tony Rayns.
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