The Rapacious Jailbreaker Blu-ray 1974 Radiance Hiroki Matsukata Sadao Nakajima

A prison flick from the master of the genre Sadao Nakajima!

Introducing Radiance Film's Limited Edition Blu-ray for 1974's The Rapacious Jailbreaker. Directed by master of the genre, Sadao Nakajima (Okinawa Yakuza War), and based on the real exploits of a seven-time prison escapee, this ranks as one of the rawest entries in the 1970s cycle of Japanese true-account crime films.

In the free-for-all chaos after World War II, black marketeer Ueda (Hiroki Matsukata, Cops vs Thugs) is robbed of a pound of morphine. He takes his brutal revenge, but is arrested for murder and sentenced to 20 years. He escapes and is caught, but no matter where they send him, Ueda won’t let prison walls stop him.

Limited Edition Features: 

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson and an archival review of the film 
• 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 PCM mono audio Audio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2025)
• Visual essay on Sadao Nakajima by Tom Mes (2025)
• New English subtitle translation

Technical Specs:

• Year: 1974
• Region Code: AB
• Audio: Mono
• Picture: 2.39:1
• Runtime: 97
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English