THE BEAST TO DIE (1980)
label: Radiance Films
Region Code: A,B
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 118 Minutes 41 Minutes
Audio: Japanese PCM 2.0 Stereo with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.85:1)
Director: Toru Murakawa
Cast: Yusaku Matsuda, Mako Midori, Akemi Mari, Toshio Kurosawa, Hôsei Komatsu, Kunio Murai, Kazuo Katô, Asami Kobayashi, Yoshirô Aoki, Kai Atô, Eimei Esumi, Hirokazu Inoue, Kôichi Iwaki, Shigeru Izumiya, Toby Kadoguchi, Haruki Kadokawa, Takeshi Kaga
Deeply scarred by what he witnessed on battlefields across Asia, a young war photographer (Yusaku Matsuda, Yokohama BJ Blues) returns to the bustling streets of Tokyo, plotting a series of brutal murders and robberies that are mere warmups for an unprecedented bank heist. Searching for an accomplice, he finds the short-fused and equally disenfranchised Tetsuo (Takeshi Kaga, Death Note).
Directed by Toru Murakawa (The Game Trilogy) from a venomous script by Shoichi Maruyama (Yokohama BJ Blues), this unsettling dark thriller was Yusaku Matsuda's farewell to his 1970s action hero persona.
Audio/Video: REVIEW COMING SOON!
Special Features:
- 4K Restoration by Kadokawa
- Original uncompressed PCM mono audio
- Interview with Toru Murakawa (2025)
- Interview with Shoichi Maruyama (2025)
- Critical appreciation from novelist and screenwriter Jordan Harper (2025)
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited Edition 28-Page Booklet featuring new writing by Tatsuya Masuto
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
Sales Points
First time on Blu-ray, 4K restored, loaded with extras
Winner of Best Screenplay at the Yokohama Film Festival
TAXI DRIVER meets MIAMI BLUES in this intense thriller from the director of THE GAME TRILOGY
Screenshots from the Radiance Films Blu-ray:
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