Radiance: First Look at New 4K Restoration of The Beast to Die

Radiance has provided a promotional trailer for the recent 4K restoration of Toru Murakawa's The Beast to Die (1980), starring Yusaku Matsuda, Toshie Negishi, Hideo Murota, Mako Midori, and Toshio Kurosawa. The Best to Die will be released on Blu-ray on July 22.

Deeply scarred by what he witnessed on battlefields across Asia, a young war photographer (Yusaku Matsuda, Yokohama BJ Blues) returns to the bustling streets of Tokyo, plotting a series of brutal murders and robberies that are mere warmups for an unprecedented bank heist. Searching for an accomplice, he finds the short-fused and equally disenfranchised Tetsuo (Takeshi Kaga, Death Note). Directed by Toru Murakawa (The Game Trilogy) from a venomous script by Shoichi Maruyama (Yokohama BJ Blues), this unsettling dark thriller was Yusaku Matsuda's farewell to his 1970s action hero persona.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

• NEW 4K RESTORATION BY THE KUDOKAWA STUDIO
• Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
• Interview with Toru Murakawa (2025)
• Interview with Shoichi Maruyama (2025)
• Critical appreciation from novelist and screenwriter Jordan Harper (2025)
• Newly improved English subtitle translation
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Tatsuya Masuto
• 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. AND CANADA STREET DATE: JULY 22.
UK STREET DATE: JULY 21.