[Susan Foreman]

The 'Takeshi Kitano Collection' - Blu-Ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - £26.99

Release date: June 29

"Takeshi Kitano Collection (1989-1993) (3 x Blu-ray)
Directed by Takeshi Kitano

Violent Cop - Detective Azuma (Beat Takeshi) is a renegade cop who frequently resorts to violence and unethical methods to get results. While investigating a series of drug-related homicides, Azuma discovers that his friend and colleague is supplying drugs from within the police force. After his colleague is murdered and his sister is kidnapped, he breaks all the rules to dish out his particular form of justice

Boiling Point - When the mild mannered Masaki (Yûrei Yanagi) falls foul of the Yakuza he decides to buy a gun to defend himself. He heads to Okinawa where he forms an unlikely partnership with Uehara (Beat Takeshi) who has his own reasons for wanting revenge.

Sonatine Murakawa (Beat Takeshi), an established and ruthless gangster, is sent to intervene in a gang war on the island of Okinawa. When the situation takes a turn for the worse, Murakawa and his men are forced to retreat into hiding, but it's not long before their enemies track them down. A final and breathtaking showdown becomes inevitable"

Special features:

• High Definition transfers of all three films
• Feature-length audio commentaries on Violent Cop and Sonatine by Chris D, punk poet, singer, actor, film historian and author of Outlaw Masters of Japanese Film
• Newly recorded audio commentary on Boiling Point by David Jenkins
• That Man is Dangerous: The Birth of Takeshi Kitano (2016, 20 mins): documentary examining the emergence, establishment and popularity of Takeshi Kitano’s cinematic image
• Okinawa Days: Kitano’s Second Debut (2016, 20 mins): a look back at Kitano’s Boiling Point featuring interviews with producer Masayuki Mori and actor Yurei Yanagi
• Violent Cop trailer
• Boiling Point trailers
• Sonatine trailer
• 44-page book with new writing on the films and their director by Japanese film experts Tom Mes, Jasper Sharp, Mark Schilling and film critic James-Masaki Ryan