Kaizo Hayashi's Maiku Hama Trilogy Blu-ray

British label Third Window Films will release on Blu-ray Kaizo Hayashi's Maiku Hama Trilogy (1993-1996). The three-disc box set is scheduled to arrive on the market on October 27.

Label description: A trilogy of films about Yokohama private eye Maiku Hama (played by Masatoshi Nagase) directed by Kaizo Hayashi. In THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE he gets embroiled in the disappearance of a Taiwanese immigrant's brother, getting caught in the crosshairs of a gang war. In the 2nd film THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST he goes after a "Man in White" reigning over the embattled riverfront of Yokohama. The ominous final chapter THE TRAP straddles the line of psychological horror as a series of drug-fueled murders instill fear in Yokohama.

Special Features and Technical Specs:

DISC ONE - THE MOST TERRIBLE TIME IN MY LIFE (1994)

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
• NEW Interview with director Kaizo Hayashi
• NEW Interview with producer Shunsuke Koga
• NEW Feature audio commentary by Jasper Sharp
• Trailer
• In Japanese, with English subtitles

DISC TWO - THE STAIRWAY TO THE DISTANT PAST (1995)

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
• NEW Selected audio commentary by Edmund Yeo
• NEW Matthew Carter Video Essay
• Trailer
• In Japanese, with English subtitles

DISC THREE - THE TRAP (1996)

• NEW 4K RESTORATION OF THE FILM
• NEW Feature audio Commentary by Samm Deighan
• James Balmont video essay
• Trailer
• In Japanese, with English subtitles