On March 26th, Radiance Films will be releasing The Bounty Hunter Trilogy, which stars Tomisaburo Wakayama, and directed by Shigehiro Ozawa (Killer’s Mission, Eight Men to Kill), and Eiichi Kudo (The Fort of Death).. Here is the synopsis, and the official extras for the set:
Before he made his name in Lone Wolf and Cub Tomisaburo Wakayama starred in this triptych of violent samurai spectacles that draw on James Bond and Spaghetti Westerns for inspiration yet feature the familiar style and blood-spattering action of the period. Wakayama stars as Doctor and spy-for-hire Shikoro Ichibei who in Shigehiro (The Streetfighter) Ozawa’s Killer’s Mission is hired to prevent the sale of firearms to a hostile Shogun. In Eiichi (13 Assassins) Kudo’s follow-up, The Fort of Death, Ichibei is hired on a Seven Samurai-style mission to protect a village of farmers from a ruthless Lord. The final film sees Ozawa return for Eight Men to Kill, in which Ichibei is hired to recover a cache of stolen gold from the government’s mine. Featuring an array of weapons and gadgets that would make Q proud with Ichibei supported by a band of helpers including fellow spies, ronin and female ninjas, the Bounty Hunter films deliver action thrills galore and deserve to sit alongside the celebrated action epics that followed
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LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES:
High-Definition digital transfer of each film presented on two discs, made available on Blu-ray (1080p) for the first time in the worldUncompressed mono PCM audioAudio commentary on Killer’s Mission by Tom MesInterview with film historian and Shigehiro Ozawa expert Akihito Ito about the filmmakerVisual essay on Eiichi Kudo by Japanese cinema expert Robin GattoSeries poster and press image galleryTrailersOptional English subtitlesSix postcards of artwork from the filmsReversible sleeves featuring artwork based on original postersLimited edition booklet featuring new writing by samurai film expert Alain Silver, an obituary of Eiichi Kudo by Kinji Fukasaku and an interview piece on Shigehiro Ozawa after his retirement from filmmakingLimited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
The set is available to pre-order from Amazon: https://amzn.to/49LjjoB
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