The Beast to Die 1980 Blu-ray Radiance Yusaku Matsuda Toru Murakawa

An unsettling dark thriller from Toru Murakawa! 

Introducing Radiance Film's Limited Edition Blu-ray for 1980's The Beast to Die (aka Blood of the Beast). 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.

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).

Limited Edition Features: 

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Tatsuya Masuto and Tom Mes
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Features: 

• 4K Restoration by Kadokawa Uncompressed stereo PCM audio
• Newly filmed interview with director Toru Murakawa (2025, 20 mins)
• Newly filmed interview with screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama (2025, 23 mins)
• Critical appreciation from novelist and screenwriter Jordan Harper (2025, 12 mins)
• Newly improved English subtitle translation

Technical Specs:

• Year: 1980
• Region Code: AB
• Audio: Mono
• Picture: 1.85:1
• Runtime: 119
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English