V Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal (Blu-ray Limited Edition) (Arrow Video) [UK]

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Release date: April 28, 2025
Purchase links: Arrow Films - Amazon UK - Zavvi - HMV
Price: £55.00 (Arrow Films) - TBA (Amazon) - £54.99 (Zavvi - HMV)


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LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS

  • High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of all films
  • Original lossless Japanese mono audio on Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage and original lossless Japanese stereo audio for all other films
  • Optional newly translated English subtitles for all films
  • Nine postcard-sized artcards
  • Limited edition packaging with reversible sleeves featuring newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon
  • Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson, Daisuke Miyao, and Hayley Scanlon
DISC 1 - CRIME HUNTER: BULLETS OF RAGE / NEO CHINPIRA: ZOOM GOES THE BULLET

  • Newly filmed introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
  • Loose Cannon, a newly filmed interview with Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage director Shundo Okawa
  • Zooming Out, a newly filmed interview with Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet writer-director Banmei Takahashi
  • Crime Hunter and the Dawn of V-Cinema, a brand new video essay on Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
  • Original trailers for both films
DISC 2 - STRANGER / CARLOS

  • Newly filmed introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
  • Stranger than Fiction, a newly filmed interview with Stranger writer-director Shunichi Nagasaki
  • From Manga to Movies, a newly filmed interview with Carlos writer-director Kazuhiro Kiuchi
  • An Extra Round in the Chamber, a brand new video essay on Carlos by critic and Japanese cinema expert Jonathan Clements
DISC 3 - BURNING DOG / FEMALE PRISONER SCORPION: DEATH THREAT

  • Newly filmed introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
  • Fire and Ice, a brand new video essay on Burning Dog by critic and Japanese cinema expert Mark Schilling
  • Toshiharu Ikeda's Beautiful Monster of Vengeance, a brand new video essay on Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat by film historian Samm Deighan
  • Original trailers for both films
DISC 4 - THE HITMAN: BLOOD SMELLS LIKE ROSES / DANGER POINT: THE ROAD TO HELL

  • Newly filmed introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
  • The Versatility of Teruo Ishii, a brand new video essay on The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses and its director Teruo Ishii by Japanese cinema expert Frankie Balboa
  • The Road to V-Cinema, a brand new video essay on Danger Point: The Road to Hell by critic and Japanese cinema expert James Balmont
  • Original trailer for The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses
DISC 5 - XX: BEAUTIFUL HUNTER

  • Newly filmed introduction by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
  • The Sacred and the Profane, a newly filmed interview with screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi
  • They Brought Back the Sleaze, a brand new video essay on XX: Beautiful Hunter by critic and Japanese cinema expert Patrick Macias
  • Original trailer
 
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