Australian import. Blu-ray disc is region free and will play on all compatible Blu-ray players worldwide.

Shadow Wars: The Elusive Kinji Fukasaku Collection delivers a raw, unfiltered look at postwar Japan through the lens of master filmmaker Kinji Fukasaku. Expanding on his groundbreaking “jitsuroku” style, these films strip away the myth of honour among criminals and expose a chaotic world where cops, gangsters, and politicians are bound by corruption, survival, and shifting loyalties.

Brutal, fast-paced, and grounded in realism, this collection captures Fukasaku at his most uncompromising, blending handheld camerawork, frenetic editing, and overlapping dialogue into a relentless cinematic assault. Featuring Cops vs Thugs, Cross the Rubicon!, and Hokuriku Proxy War, this set stands as an essential document of 1970s Japanese crime cinema at its most volatile and influential.

directed by kinji fukasaku
starring bunta sugawara, hiroki matsukata, kinya kitaoji, tatsuo umemiya, yumiko nogawa

Shadow Wars: The Elusive Kinji Fukasaku Collection (Standard Edition) [Blu-ray]

$125.99

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BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:

COPS VS THUGS
NEW Audio Commentary with Critic & Author Jasper Sharp
NEW Cops, Thugs and Proxy Wars: James Balmont on the Revolutionary Yakuza Cinema of Kinji Fukasaku
Archival Behind the Scenes Footage
Beyond the Film: Cops vs. Thugs – Video Appreciation by Sadao Yamane
Theatrical Trailer

CROSS THE RUBICON!
NEW Audio Commentary with Writer and Critic Tom Mes
NEW Funny Money: Screenwriter Koji Takada Discusses Cross the Rubicon!
NEW Shadows of War: Kenta Fukasaku on His Father’s Yakuza Films

HOKURIKU PROXY WAR
NEW Audio Commentary with Japanese Cinema Expert Frankie Balboa
NEW Loyalty for Sale: Matthew Carter on Power, Masculinity and Corruption
NEW Deadly Coincidence: Screenwriter Koji Takada Discusses Hokuriku Proxy War
Theatrical Trailer
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