Big Time Gambling Boss Blu-ray Radiance Yakuza Tomisaburo Wakayama Koji Tsuruta

Regarded by many as the ultimate masterpiece of the Yakuza genre!

Introducing Radiance Film's Blu-ray for 1968's Big Time Gambling Boss. An atmospheric tale of gangland intrigue written by Kazuo Kasahara (Battles Without Honour and Humanity) and starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, (Lone Wolf and Cub, The Bounty Hunter Trilogy) and genre legend Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss is one of the all-time classics of the yakuza genre. Paul Schrader called it the richest and most complex film of its type, while novelist Yukio Mishima hailed it as a masterpiece. Radiance Films is proud to present this crucial re-discovery for the first time ever on Blu-ray.

Features: 

• High Definition digital transfer of the film
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Serial Gambling: A video essay by Chris D., author of Gun and Sword: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Gangster Films 1955-1980, on Big Time Gambling Boss's origins in the Toei studio's serialized yakuza movie production and what sets the film apart (2022)
• Ninkyo 101: In this video essay, Mark Schilling, author of The Yakuza Movie Book, delves into the history and impact of the classical style of yakuza film, the ninkyo eiga or "chivalry films" (2022)
• Gallery of original promotional stills
• Trailer 

• Year: 1968
• Region Code: AB
• Audio: Mono
• Picture: 2.35:1
• Runtime: 95
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English