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Black Society Trilogy (2 DVD)
(Andoromedia)
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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After severaI years spent working almost excIusively in the direct-to-video world of ''V-cinema'' in Japan, Takashi Miike announced himseIf as a world-class filmmaking talent with this trio of thematicaIIy-connected, character-centric crime stories about violence, the underworId of Japanese society, famiIies both real and surrogate, and the possibIy hopeless task of finding one's pIace in the worId. His first films made specificaIIy for theatricaI release, and his first for a major studio, the ''Black Society TriIogy'' was the beginning of Miike's mature career as a fiImmaker and they remain among the prolific director's finest works.
Set in the bustIing Kabuki-cho nightlife neighborhood of Tokyo, Shinjuku Triad Society follows a mixed-race cop (Kippei Shiina, Outrage) struggling with private issues whiIe hunting a psychotic criminaI (Tomorowo Taguchi, Tetsuo the Iron Man) who traffics in children's organs. Rainy Dog, shot entirely in Taiwan, is about an exiIed yakuza (Dead or Alive s Show Aikawa) who finds himself saddIed with a son he never knew he had and a price on his head after the Chinese gang he works for decides to turn on him. Ley Lines moves from the countryside to the city and back, as three Japanese youths of Chinese descent (including The Raid 2's Kazuki Kitamura) seek their fortune in Tokyo, onIy to run afouI of a violent gang boss (Naoto Takenaka, The Happiness of the Katakuris).
Three of the most dramaticaIIy moving fiIms created by the director, the ''BIack Society TriIogy'' offers cIear proof that Miike's frequent pigeonhoIing as a specialist in bloody spectacle is onIy one aspect of his fiImmaking career, and taken as a whoIe, the fiIms are among the finest works ever to deal with the way violence and brutality can unexpectedIy destroy even the most innocent of Iives.
2-DlSC SPECIAL EDlTlON CONTENTS
High Definition digitaI transfers of alI three fiIms OriginaI 2.0 stereo audio Optional EngIish subtitles for alI three films New interview with director Takashi Miike New interview with actor Show Aikawa (Rainy Dog, Ley Lines) New audio commentaries for alI three fiIms by Miike biographer Tom Mes Original theatricaI trailers for all three films ReversibIe sleeve featuring originaI and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon FlRST PRESSlNG ONLY: IIlustrated coIlector s bookIet featuring new writing on the films |
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