Bounty Hunter Trilogy Blu-ray Radiance Killer’s Mission Fort of Death

Blood-spattering samurai action crossed with Spaghetti Westerns and 007!

Introducing Radiance Film's Limited Edition 2-Disc Blu-ray collection for The Bounty Hunter Trilogy, which includes 1969’s Killer’s Mission and The Fort of Death, as well as 1972’s Eight Men to Kill. Before he made his name in Lone Wolf and Cub, Tomisaburo Wakayama starred in this triptych of violent samurai spectacles that draw on James Bond and Spaghetti Westerns for inspiration yet feature the familiar style and blood-spattering action of the period.

Wakayama stars as Doctor and spy-for-hire Shikoro Ichibei who in Shigehiro Ozawa’s (The Streetfighter) Killer’s Mission is hired to prevent the sale of firearms to a hostile Shogun. In Eiichi Kudo’s (13 Assassins) follow-up, The Fort of Death, Ichibei is hired on a Seven Samurai-style mission to protect a village of farmers from a ruthless Lord. The final film sees Ozawa return for Eight Men to Kill, in which Ichibei is hired to recover a cache of stolen gold from the government’s mine.

Featuring an array of weapons and gadgets that would make Q proud with Ichibei supported by a band of helpers including fellow spies, ronin and female ninjas, the Bounty Hunter films deliver action thrills galore and deserve to sit alongside the celebrated action epics that followed.

*This title officially releases on March 26, 2024. If you order now, we'll be sure to this to you by this release date.

Limited Edition Features:

• Six postcards of artwork from the films
• Reversible sleeves featuring artwork based on original posters
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by samurai film expert Alain Silver, an obituary of Eiichi Kudo by Kinji Fukasaku and an interview piece on Shigehiro Ozawa after his retirement from filmmaking
• Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings