Kinji Fukasaku Collection (blu ray) Collector Edition boxset

Kinji Fukasaku, THE director for Japanese crime and yazkuza films (and of course, BATTLE ROYALE), gets a 3-film blu ray boxset release from Arrow Video:

• Street Mobster
• Cops Vs Thugs
• Doberman Cop

Throughout his prolific career the director brought his signature energetic style to the screen with a series of gangster and crooked cop films, each one more violent than the next, many of which are now considered unmissable classics of Japanese cinema. 

Special Features:

• High-Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of three films by Kinji Fukasaku: Street Mobster, Cops Vs Thugs and Doberman Cop. Original uncompressed mono audio on all films
• Optional English subtitles
• Special Edition packaging featuring new artwork by Ian McEwan
• Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Chris Malbon and Ian McEwan

Disc One - Street Mobster

• Audio commentary by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
• Theatrical trailer
• Still Gallery

Disc Two - Cops vs Thugs

• Beyond the Film: Cops vs Thugs, a video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane
• A visual essay on cops & criminals in Fukasaku’s works by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes
• Original theatrical trailer

Disc Three - Doberman Cop

• Beyond the Film: Doberman Cop, a video appreciation by Fukasaku biographer Sadao Yamane
• A video interview with actor Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba
• A video interview with screenwriter Koji Takada
• Original theatrical trailer