Radiance Releasing The Rapacious Jailbreaker

[Ian Jane Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close Ian Jane]

Coming 5/19/25 in the UK and North America via Radiance.

In the free-for-all chaos after World War II, black marketeer Ueda (Hiroki Matsukata, Cops vs Thugs) is robbed of a pound of morphine. He takes his brutal revenge, but is arrested for murder and sentenced to 20 years. He escapes and is caught, but no matter where they send him, Ueda won’t let prison walls stop him. Directed by a master of the genre and based on the real exploits of a seven-time prison escapee, this ranks as one of the rawest entries in the 1970s cycle of Japanese true-account crime films.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

High-Definition digital transfer
Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
Audio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2025)
Visual essay on Sadao Nakajima by Tom Mes (2025)
New English subtitle translation
Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson and an archival review of the film
Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

[BW Haggar Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BW Haggar]

I'd just like to note that I enjoy the use of the word RAPACIOUS in the translated title here.

Oh what a rapacious fellow, that Hiroki Matsukata, etc.