Yakuza Graveyard
1976
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Violent Streets centres on Egawa, a nightclub owner with a suspicious scar across his face and a correspondingly shady past. Issues arise when his old yakuza clan, the Togiku, begin paying him some unwelcome visits, demanding he hand over the lease for his bar—itself a gift for services rendered in his old life as a criminal.
Jan 24, 2023 · The classical, yet bold visual style, quirky touches and expertly directed ultra-violence were more than enough to satisfy. Film: Violent Streets is out on 20th February on Blu-Ray in the UK, released by Eureka as part of their Masters of Cinema series. The film looks great, with wonderfully handled colours and grain.
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Japanese genre auteur Hideo Gosha first rose to prominence in the ‘60s masterfully directing samurai flicks such as the classic Samurai Wolf and Three Outlaw Samurai. Gosha took the skills honed on them in a small handful of tasty yakuza movies as they suddenly became more popular genre fare during the ‘70s. The explosive Violent Streets is a genre...
Presented here fully uncut, Film Movement gives Violent Streetsa 2K remastered presentation from solid film elements. The 2.39:1 video reflects softer cinematography and a somewhat tepid contrast, though grain reproduction is excellent. The 1974 movie has likely never looked better with convincing definition and tight clarity. The main feature runs...
Satisfactory 2.0 PCM Japanese audio reproduces the monaural theatrical soundtrack. Some minor hiss is evident with a hint of boxiness all around. Violent Streetshas a mildly dated soundtrack in terms of soundstage and depth. The catchy score comes off best, offering modest dynamics in full fidelity. Dialogue is clean and intelligible. Action scenes...
Film Movement issues Violent Streetson Blu-ray in North America for the first time, including exclusive special features and a well-done booklet in their usual style. There’s a competing region B edition put out by Masters of Cinema, the key difference there being cuts imposed by the British film censorship board. Only Film Movement’s disc has the ...
A nightclub owner with a criminal past finds himself pulled into a gangland turf war in Gosha Hideo’s engrossing 1974 yakuza thriller, VIOLENT STREETS [BŌRYOKU GAI].A week before he heads back to a law-abiding Japan for his first visit in four years, Slarek immerses himself in the Tōkyō underworld on Eureka’s typically strong Masters of Cinema Blu-ray.
Apr 13, 2023 · The poliziottesco film’s obsession with criminal brutality and rapidly escalating violence is most fully embodied in Lenzi and Milian’s first and best collaboration, 1974’s Almost Human, in which the latter’s character, Giulio Sacchi, is so chained to his animalistic impulses that he kills even when it clearly goes against his own self ...
