The Boxer Blu-ray 1977 Radiance Bunta Sugawara Kentaro Shimizu Shuji Terayama

This is a pre-sale item scheduled for release on July 20, 2026. 

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The Japanese Rocky? Perhaps. But it's every bit its equal!

Introducing Radiance Film's Limited Edition Blu-ray for 1977's The Boxer. Legendary director and playwright Shuji Terayama (Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets) made The Boxer for major studio Toei, at the request of lead actor Sugawara.

While the story has the studio's trademark gritty 1970s setting, Terayama imbues the film with his characteristic carnivalesque atmosphere and his unparalleled passion for sports, resulting in a boxing movie like no other and a unique entry in his own filmography.

A former boxing champ on the skids (Bunta Sugawara, Japanese Godfather) finds an opportunity for redemption by training a young fighter everyone judges beyond hope (Kentaro Shimizu, Mermaid Legend). 

Limited Edition Features: 

• Reversible sleeve featuring artwork based on original posters
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Maria Roberta Novielli
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Features: 

• High definition digital transfer
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Interview with composer J.A. Seazer (2026, 19 mins)
• New visual essay on Toei studio in the year 1977 by Tom Mes (2026, 12 mins)
• New and improved English subtitle translation

Technical Specs:

• Year: 1977
• Region Code: AB
• Audio: NA
• Picture: NA
• Runtime: NA
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English