88 Films: Two Cult Japanese Crime Films From Hideo Gosha and Kinji Fukasaku Detailed for Blu-ray
Home88 Films: Two Cult Japanese Crime Films From Hideo Gosha and Kinji Fukasaku Detailed for Blu-ray
Posted March 19, 2025 09:02 PM by Webmaster
Independent British distributors 88 Films have detailed their upcoming Blu-ray releases of Hideo Gosha's Yakuza Wives (1986) and Kinji Fukasaku's Jakoman and Tetsu (1964). The two releases will be available for purchase in April.
Yakuza Wives
Description: Hideo Gosha (Samurai Wolf 1 & 2, Violent Streets) breathes new life into the yakuza genre in this epic tale of mob rivalry based on a serialised account of the lives of real-life wives of Japanese gangsters, released on home video by 88 Films for the very first time outside of Japan.
Shima Iwashita puts in a commanding performance as Tamaki, who takes over the reins of the Domoto clan while her husband is spending time in jail. Family relations are strained past breaking point when her younger sister Makoto embarks on a relationship with a member of a rival gang.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: APRIL 28.
Jakoman and Tetsu
Jakoman and Tetsu is an early action masterpiece from Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale), adapted from a script written by the legendary Akira Kurosawa. Set in 1947 in a small coastal village among the majestic snowy landscapes of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, Ken Takakura (the Abashiri Prison series, Ridley Scott's Black Rain) is Tetsu, the prodigal son who returns from the war to help out his father Kyubei with the family herring fishing business. His arrival coincides with that of a one-eyed miscreant named Jakoman, played by Tetsuro Tamba (Harakiri, You Only Live Twice), who bears a long-standing grudge against Kyubei and is intent on causing as much mayhem among the hordes of seasonal fishermen as possible.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
UK STREET DATE: APRIL 28.
Yakuza Wives
Description: Hideo Gosha (Samurai Wolf 1 & 2, Violent Streets) breathes new life into the yakuza genre in this epic tale of mob rivalry based on a serialised account of the lives of real-life wives of Japanese gangsters, released on home video by 88 Films for the very first time outside of Japan.
Shima Iwashita puts in a commanding performance as Tamaki, who takes over the reins of the Domoto clan while her husband is spending time in jail. Family relations are strained past breaking point when her younger sister Makoto embarks on a relationship with a member of a rival gang.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High-definition transfer
- NEW EXCLUSIVE Interview With Tattoo Artist Seiji Mouri
- NEW Filmed Introduction By Mark Schilling
- Stills Gallery
- Trailers
- Original And Newly Commissioned Artwork By Sean Longmore
- Original Mono Audio With Improved English Subtitles
- REGION A/B "LOCKED"
UK STREET DATE: APRIL 28.
Jakoman and Tetsu
Jakoman and Tetsu is an early action masterpiece from Kinji Fukasaku (Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Battle Royale), adapted from a script written by the legendary Akira Kurosawa. Set in 1947 in a small coastal village among the majestic snowy landscapes of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido, Ken Takakura (the Abashiri Prison series, Ridley Scott's Black Rain) is Tetsu, the prodigal son who returns from the war to help out his father Kyubei with the family herring fishing business. His arrival coincides with that of a one-eyed miscreant named Jakoman, played by Tetsuro Tamba (Harakiri, You Only Live Twice), who bears a long-standing grudge against Kyubei and is intent on causing as much mayhem among the hordes of seasonal fishermen as possible.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- High-definition transfer
- NEW Filmed Introduction By Mark Schilling
- NEW Audio Commentary By Tom Mes & Jasper Sharp
- Stills Gallery
- Original And Newly Commissioned Artwork By Sean Longmore
- Original Mono 2.0 Audio With New English Subtitles
- REGION A/B "LOCKED"
UK STREET DATE: APRIL 28.
