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I had completely missed this release. Came out in January, from Kadokawa.
The Moon Mask Rider (Gekko kamen) (1982)
Director: Yukihiro Sawada
Cast: Daisuke Kuwahara, Etsuko Shihomi, Takeo Chii
I haven't seen the film yet, nor the original Gekko kamen films from the 1950s, which Toei has released (all?) on DVD.
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Toei will release 4 Tai Kato films on DVD 2016/10/05
真田風雲録 (1963)
Cast: Kinnosuke Yorozuya, Mickey Curtis, Jerry Fujio
骨ã¾ã§ã—ゃã¶ã‚‹ (1966)
Cast: Hiroko Sakuramachi, Nahoko Kubo, Isao Natsuyagi
懲役åå…«å¹´ (Eighteen Year Jail Term) (1967)
Cast: Noboru Ando, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Hiroko Sakuramachi, Asao Koike
æ˜å’ŒãŠã‚“ãªåšå¾’ (Showa Woman Gambler) (1972)
Cast: Kyoko Enami, Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Endo, Kanjuro Arashi, Fumio Watanabe
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Another set of Takakura films from Toei on 2016/11/09
æµæ˜Ÿç©ºæ‰‹æ‰“ã¡ (Ryí»sei karate uchi ) (1956) + 電光空手打㡠(Denkí´ karate uchi ) (1956)
Dir: Fujio Tsuda
Cast: Ken Takakura, Takashi Kanda, Susumi Namishima
[two films on 1 dvd... both are just 58/59 min]
[these were Takakura's first film roles]
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_d...num_sid=989462
é»’ã„指ã®ç”· (Kuroi yubi no otoko) (1959)
Dir: Masuichi Iizuka
Cast: Ken Takakura, Yayoi Furusato
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_d...num_sid=989465
åšå¾’一家 (Bakuto ikka) (1970)
Dir: Shigero Ozawa
Cast: Ken Takakura, Minoru Ooki, Tomisaburo Wakayama
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_d...num_sid=989464
望郷å守唄 (Bokyo Komori-uta) (1972)
Dir: Shigero Ozawa
Cast: Ken Takakura, Ryo Ikebe, Yuriko Hoshi
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_d...num_sid=989463
Denkí´ karate uchi
Bokyo Komori-uta
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Originally posted by Randy G View PostFires on the Plains is based on a Japanese novel that is a classic and not too hard to find.
"Written with precise skill and beautifully controlled power. The translation by Ivan Morris is outstanding." —The New York Times
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Originally posted by Takuma View PostAnother set of Takakura films from Toei on 2016/11/09
æµæ˜Ÿç©ºæ‰‹æ‰“ã¡ (Ryí»sei karate uchi ) (1956) + 電光空手打㡠(Denkí´ karate uchi ) (1956)
Dir: Fujio Tsuda
Cast: Ken Takakura, Takashi Kanda, Susumi Namishima
[two films on 1 dvd... both are just 58/59 min]
[these were Takakura's first film roles]
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_d...num_sid=989462
é»’ã„指ã®ç”· (Kuroi yubi no otoko) (1959)
Dir: Masuichi Iizuka
Cast: Ken Takakura, Yayoi Furusato
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_d...num_sid=989465
åšå¾’一家 (Bakuto ikka) (1970)
Dir: Shigero Ozawa
Cast: Ken Takakura, Minoru Ooki, Tomisaburo Wakayama
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_d...num_sid=989464
望郷å守唄 (Bokyo Komori-uta) (1972)
Dir: Shigero Ozawa
Cast: Ken Takakura, Ryo Ikebe, Yuriko Hoshi
- http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_d...num_sid=989463
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Crazy Thunder Road BD coming 2016/11/04
- https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B01KLQ8J..._-pYTxb50VNZHV
This is a new scan / remaster done from a recently discovered negatove via crowd funding.
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More Tai Kato coming, this time from Shochiku, on BD
on 2016/12/07
宮本æ¦è”µã€€ç¬¬ä¸€éƒ¨ é–¢ãƒ¶åŽŸã‚ˆã‚Šä¸€ä¹—å¯ºä¸‹ã‚Šæ¾ + 第二部 柳生ã®é‡Œã‚ˆã‚Šå·Œæµå³¶ (Miyamoto Musashi ) (1973)
江戸å·ä¹±æ©ã® é™°ç£ (Beast in the Shadows) (Edogawa Rampo no injí») (1977)
on 2017/01/06
ç”·ã®é¡”ã¯å±¥æ´æ›¸ (Otoko no kao wa rirekisho) (By a Man's Face Shall You Know Him) (1966)
阿片å°åœ°ã€€åœ°ç„部隊çªæ’ƒã›ã‚ˆ (Ahendaichi jigokubutai totsugekiseyo) (1966)
These two star Noboru Ando.
on 2017/02/08
ã–・鬼太鼓座(1981)
This seems to be a music documentary film. Made in 1981, it had theatrical release in 1994.
+ one that was only written by him and only comes out on DVD
竹久夢二物語 æ‹ã™ã‚‹(1975)
Last edited by Takuma; 09-12-2016, 01:03 AM.
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It has taken them a while, but Toei is finally releasing Yusaku Matsuda on BD. The Yugi series is coming out March 8, 2017.
- http://www.toei-video.co.jp/BD/yuugi.html#ca40th
The films are
- The Most Dangerous Game (1978)
- The Murder Game (1978)
- The Execution Game (1979)
3 Disc box set. Extras contain trailers, booklet, lobby cards and a mini size reproduction of the original pamphlet for Excecution Game.
It's a very popular series, although I personally don't rate the films that high. The first film is a relatively entertaining and amusingly sexist action flick with ridiculous action scenes where the bad guys can't hit Matsuda no matter how close they are. The same problem plagues the entire series. The second one throws in more comedy and somewhat tones down the sexism, which wasn't a good move. The third one is more of an 80s style underwhelming neo noir drama with an uninteresting storyline and characters, and not nearly as stylish as its poster would have you believe.
Matsuda is of course the best thing about the series, and I wish he had starred in better films. He's got a couple of very good action films - Classroom of Terror, Resurrection of the Golden Wolf - but he became an action star too late, just when Japanese action films started to go down the gutter and it became fashionable to make story and character driven films even if you didn't have interesting story and characters.
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Four more Sugawara DVDs 2017/05/10
- http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/sugawarabunta.html
Three Ex-con Brothers (懲役三兄弟) (1969)
dir. Kiyoshi Saeki
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Ken Takakura, Kyosuke Machida, Tomisaburo Wakayama
True Account of Hishakaku - A Wolf's Honor and Humanity (実録飛車角 狼ã©ã‚‚ã®ä»ç¾©) (1974)
Dir. Shinji Murayama
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Akira Kobayashi, Tsunehiko Watase
The Viper Brothers and the Young General (ã¾ã‚€ã—ã¨é’大将) (1975)
dir. Sadao Nakajima
Cast: Bunta Sugawara, Tamio Kawaji
Yokohama Underworld: Machine Gun Dragon (横浜暗黒街 マシンガンã®ç«œ) (1978)
Dir. Akihisa Okamoto
Cast: Bunta Sugawara. Sonny Chiba, Renji Ishibashi.
Toei will also be remembering Hiroki Matsukata (who died recently) with three DVD releases on 2017/06/14
- http://www.toei-video.co.jp/DVD/matsukatahiroki.html
Escaped Murderer from Hiroshima Prison (脱ç„広島殺人囚) (1974)
Dir. Sadao Nakajima
Cast: Hiroki Matsukata, Tatsuo Umemiya
Robbery, Arson and Killer Convicts (強盗放ç«æ®ºäººå›š) (1975)
Dir. Kosaku Yamashita
Cast: Hiroki Matsukata, Tomisaburo Wakayama
Hiroshima Hostage Rescue Tactics (広島ä»ç¾© 人質奪回作戦) (1976)
Dir. Yuuji Makiguchi
Cast:Hiroki Matsukata, Akira Kobayashi
As I've said before, it's nice to have Toei release catalogue stuff again, but it's sad that the only way to get your films released by them is to be dead...
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Yeah, the only one I caught was Machine Gun Dragon since it's been out on bootleg for ages now. It was even included in some cheap Chiba bootleg box set even though Chiba appears for like 5 minutes. I really enjoyed that one. Hopefully, some fan subs of these releases are forthcoming from the usual suspects. We definitely could use more Nakajima that's for sure.
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Originally posted by 47lab View PostYeah, the only one I caught was Machine Gun Dragon since it's been out on bootleg for ages now. It was even included in some cheap Chiba bootleg box set even though Chiba appears for like 5 minutes. I really enjoyed that one. Hopefully, some fan subs of these releases are forthcoming from the usual suspects. We definitely could use more Nakajima that's for sure.
[only beaten by Delinquent Boss: Ocho the She-Wolf, and challenged by The Storm Riders]
Robbery, Arson and Killer Convicts mainly bored me. Kosaku Yamashita was probably the best ninkyo yakuza film directors (I much prefer him to Tai Kato) but he really seemed to lose his touch in the 70s.
Hiroshima Hostage Rescue Tactics is pretty good. I saw it a loong time ago. I just recorded the new remaster from Toei Channel last month.
Arrow has some Nakajima coming. Marc interviewed him last year.
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