Mermaid Legend Blu-ray Third Window Films Japanese Toshiharu Ikeda

Another crazy one from the cult director of Evil Dead Trap!

Introducing Third Window Films' Blu-ray release for Toshiharu Ikeda's 1984 revenge-thriller, Mermaid Legend. When a fisherman is killed by greedy land developers for standing in the way of their expansion plans, his pearl-diver wife Migiwa moves into unforgiving and vindictive payback on those yakuza responsible. Framed for her husband’s murder and forced to shelter in a brothel, hell hath no fury as the bloody battles begin.

Part of the ‘Directors Company Collection’ – a series of films from the legendary 1980s Japanese production company, all presented with brand new digital restorations and in collector packaging each with inserts on the company by historian Jasper Sharp.

Limited Edition Features:

• Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
• ‘Directors Company’ edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp – limited to 2000 copies

Features:

• Interview with writer Takuya Nishioka
• Feature length audio commentary by Jasper Sharp and Tom Mes
• Video Essay on Toshiyuki Honda by James Balmont
• Trailer

Technical Specs:

• Region Code: ABC
• Aspect Ratio: Widescreen
• Audio Format: 2.0 Mono
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Duration: 110