Eiichi Kudo's Samurai Revolution Trilogy (Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Arrow Video) [UK]

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Release date: March 30, 2026
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £30.00 (Arrow Films) - TBA (Amazon) - £29.99 (Zavvi - HMV)

 

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• LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
• High-Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation of all three films
• Original lossless Japanese mono audio on all three films
• Optional newly translated English subtitles for all three films
• Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tom Fournier
• Illustrated collectors’ booklet featuring new writing on the films by Chris D., Earl Jackson and Alain Silver

• DISC ONE – 13 ASSASSINS
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
• The Samurai Variations, a brand new video essay by music supervisor and Japanese cinema expert James Balmont on legendary composer Akira Ifukube’s score for the film
• Samurai Guerilla Part 1, an archival interview where Eiichi Kudo’s former assistant director Misao Arai and filmmaker Dirty Kudo discuss Eiichi Kudo and Toei’s role in the Japanese film landscape of the 1960s
• Theatrical trailers

• DISC TWO – THE GREAT KILLING
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic David West
• Magician of Light and Shadow, a brand new video essay by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Daisuke Miyao on the cinematography seen in the film
• Samurai Guerilla Part 2, an archival interview where Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo discuss the jidaigeki genre and expand on the political dimension of The Great Killing
• Masaaki Ito Remembers Eiichi Kudo, a tribute to the director by his former assistant and brother-in-law

• DISC THREE – 11 SAMURAI
• Brand new audio commentary by film critic David West
• Fighting the Poison, a brand new video essay by film critic and Japanese cinema expert Jonathan Clements on the historical setting and context of the film
• Samurai Guerilla Part 3, an archival interview where Misao Arai and Dirty Kudo discuss some of the filming techniques seen in the film and the conception of the Samurai as seen in Eiichi Kudo’s jidaigeki films
• Eiichi Kudo: The Art of Realism, an archival interview with Fabrice Arduini, filmmaker and programmer for the House of Culture of Japan in Paris, where he discusses jidaigeki and the films of Eiichi Kudo