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Old 31st March 2016, 07:48 AM
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***NIKKATSU DIAMOND GUYS VOLUME 2 ARTWORK REVEAL + FINAL SPECS***



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Nikkatsu, the oldest film studio in Japan, inaugurated a star system in the late 1950s, finding talent and contracting them to a series of wild genre pictures. This collection celebrates these “Diamond Guys” with three classic films from directors Buichi Saito (Lone Wolf and Cub: Baby Cart in Peril), Ko Nakahira (Crazed Fruit), and Haruyasu Noguchi, who is a new discovery for the West.
In Saito’s Tokyo Mighty Guy, mega star Akira Kobayashi stars as Jiro in the rambunctious tale of a chef who opens a restaurant in the busy Ginza district. His culinary skills and dashing good looks bring in the women as well as unwanted trouble, while an explosive political scandal builds around his girlfriend’s business…
Next, Jo Shishido (Massacre Gun, Retaliation), one of the most popular Diamond Guys in the West, stars in Danger Pays, a crime caper from Ko Nakahira about counterfeiting. When one billion yen goes AWOL, “Joe the Ace” (Shishido) spies an opportunity to get rich quick, but things soon go wrong as it turns out he isn’t the only one who’ll stop at nothing to get his hands on the missing cash…
Finally, Shishido stars once again in Noguchi’s screwball classic Murder Unincorporated. When the mysterious “Joe of Spades” executes one of the bosses of a powerful syndicate, his colleagues, fearing for their own lives, call on the services of assassin agency Murder Unincorporated to take care of the problem. This unique entry showcases some of the most peculiar killing tactics to ever hit Japanese cinema!
Presented on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time in the West, these thrilling genre films feature some of Nikkatsu’s leading talent at the top of their game.
SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS
- Limited Edition Blu-ray collection (3000 copies)
- High Definition digital transfers of all three films in this collection, from original film elements by Nikkatsu Corporation
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation
- Original uncompressed mono audio
- Newly translated English subtitles
- Specially recorded video discussions with Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp on Diamond Guys Jo Shishido and Akira Kobayashi
- Original trailers for all three films
- Extensive promotional image galleries for all films
- Reversible sleeve featuring brand new artwork by Graham Humphreys
- Booklet featuring new writing on all the films and director profiles by Stuart Galbraith IV, Tom Mes and Mark Schilling
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Old 31st March 2016, 10:54 AM
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Anyone have anything good to say about The Visitor? Might get it next week as its on offer. Never seen it before.
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Old 31st March 2016, 10:59 AM
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Anyone have anything good to say about The Visitor? Might get it next week as its on offer. Never seen it before.
I enjoyed it. But its a bloody wierd arse mess of a film. Dunno if that helps. I got it in a sale last year, nit sure i'd have been happy paying full price for it.
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Old 31st March 2016, 11:39 AM
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I enjoyed it. But its a bloody wierd arse mess of a film. Dunno if that helps. I got it in a sale last year, nit sure i'd have been happy paying full price for it.
Yeah, The Vistor is a weird one.

I didn't actually like it much when I first saw it many years ago but absolutely loved it second (and third) time around.
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Old 31st March 2016, 07:11 PM
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Objectively its terrible.

Subjectively I bloody love it. I own the code red DVD with the commentaries and the Arrow blu-ray
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Old 31st March 2016, 07:13 PM
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You love 'cult'?

Then the visitor is a must!
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Old 31st March 2016, 07:19 PM
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I think this would be an interesting pick up for Arrow.

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Old 31st March 2016, 09:10 PM
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I think this would be an interesting pick up for Arrow.

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Indeed. One of my favourite films of the decade (so far).
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Old 31st March 2016, 10:57 PM
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Mate, i like Night Train to Terror.
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Old 1st April 2016, 09:15 AM
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Mate, i like Night Train to Terror.
You evidently have impeccable taste then!
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