The Rapacious Jailbreaker Blu-ray

Radiance has provided an exclusive trailer for its upcoming Blu-ray release of Sadao Nakajima's The Rapacious Jailbreaker (1974), starring Hiroki Matsukata, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Naoko Ôtani, Tsunehiko Watase, and Tatsuo Umemiya. The release is scheduled to arrive on the market on May 20.

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.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• 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
• REGION-A/B "LOCKED"

U.S. STREET DATE: MAY 20.
UK STREET DATE: MAY 19.