The Game Trilogy: The Most Dangerous Game, The Kil
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Made at the end of the 1970s, Toru Murakawa’s Game Trilogy launched actor Yusaku Matsuda as the Toei tough guy for a new generation. Matsuda was the definitive screen icon of 1980s until his career was tragically cut short by cancer at the age of 40, following his Hollywood debut in Ridley Scott’s Black Rain.
In this career-defining triptych, Matsuda is Shohei Narumi, an ice cool hitman of few words, a steely trigger finger, and a heart of stone, hired in The Most Dangerous Game by a company bidding for a lucrative government air defense contract to take out the competition. In The Killing Game, Narumi finds himself caught in the midst of violent yakuza gang warfare, while his own brutal past catches up with him in the form of two beautiful women still bearing the emotional scars of his past assignments. In The Execution Game, Narumi falls for a mysterious saloon bar chanteuse who may or may not be part of the same, shadowy underworld organization as the rival hitmen he is employed to rub out.
Released for the very first time outside Japan, with their cool blue cinematography by Nagisa Oshima collaborator Seizo Sengen and a sultry score by jazz legend Yuji Ohno, Murakawa’s masterful set of films raised the bar for the Japanese action movie to new heights.
LIMITED EDITION CONTENTS
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all films
- Original lossless mono Japanese soundtracks
- Optional newly translated English subtitles
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella
- Illustrated collector’s booklet featuring new writing on the films by Hayley Scanlon and Dimitri Ianni
DISC 1: THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME
- Brand new audio commentary by Chris Poggiali and Marc Walkow
- The Action Man, a 30-minute interview with director Toru Murakawa
- Original Japanese theatrical trailer
- Image gallery
DISC 2: THE KILLING GAME & THE EXECUTION GAME
- Brand new audio commentary on The Killing Game by Earl Jackson and Jasper Sharp
- Brand new audio commentary on The Execution Game by Tom Mes
- Remembering Yusaku Matsuda, an interview with Yutaka Oki, film critic and personal friend of Yusaku Matsuda
- Game Changer, an interview with The Execution Game screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama
- Original Japanese theatrical trailers for both films
- Image galleries for both films
Package Dimensions : 6.81 x 5.39 x 0.83 inches; 5.92 ounces
Director : Toru Murakawa
Media Format : NTSC, Widescreen, Anamorphic
Run time : 4 hours and 41 minutes
Release date : June 20, 2023
Actors : Yusaku Matsuda, Keiko Tasaka, Kei Sato, Kojiro Kusanagi
Subtitles: : English
Studio : Arrow Video
ASIN : B0BZX39VNH
Country of Origin : USA
Number of discs : 2
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A.M. –
Arrived On Time And As Described
Great Highly Recommended!
Michael A. Nelson –
good trilogy
3 films from Japan in the late 70s. A hitman/assassin/troubleshooter type guy who lives alone and has little social skills gets hired and kills lots of people. The plots don’t always make sense but these are really fun action films. Exploitation for sure, bloody violence and nudity. Has that 70s trope of women being abused but still loving the guy who does it so be aware.
Zack Michelson –
(3.5 stars) Great Restorations, Maybe Not For Everybody
I had never heard of these films or this director prior to Arrow announcing this release. The restorations look great and really highlight the fantastic cinematography. Unfortunately, the movies themselves aren’t all that good. They’re cool in that they reminded me of 70s Blaxploitation and Giallo movies in their style and tone, with awesome music and raw atmospheres. But the writing is extremely thin, the pacing can be very slow, and the stories are convoluted. The main character is also very hard to get behind, acting like a misogynist almost the entire time. The third film, The Execution Game, is by far the best of the trilogy, with the strongest and most engaging writing, and it’s much more mature and entertaining. I really wanted to like these movies, and I’m sure there’s an audience for them. But I won’t be returning to these films.