Eighteen Years In Prison Blu-ray presents Tai Kato’s gritty and emotionally charged prison drama, a powerful exploration of post-war trauma and betrayal in Japan’s criminal underworld.

Eighteen Years In Prison Blu-ray follows Kawada, a desperate survivor navigating the ruins of post-war Japan, whose life is shattered after a failed theft lands him behind bars. While he endures the brutality of prison life under a sadistic warden, his former partner rises through the ranks of the yakuza using the very crime that condemned him. As years pass, Kawada’s struggle becomes one of survival, revenge and redemption, building toward an inevitable confrontation with the man who left him behind. Kato’s direction blends stark realism with stylised intensity, capturing both the physical and psychological toll of incarceration.

Driven by a commanding performance from former yakuza Noboru Ando, Eighteen Years In Prison stands as a landmark of Japanese crime cinema, foreshadowing the raw, uncompromising style later seen in Kinji Fukasaku’s Battles Without Honour and Humanity.

directed by: Tai Kato
starring: Noboru Ando, Tomisaburo Wakayama, Asao Koike
1967 / 91 min / Japanese

Eighteen Years In Prison Limited Edition [Blu-ray]

Name: Eighteen Years In Prison Limited Edition [Blu-ray]
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• High-definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Appreciation by Tony Rayns (2024)
• Visual essay on Japanese prison films by Tom Mes (2024)
• Original trailer
• Newly translated English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
• Limited edition booklet with new writing and archival interview
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