Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: AV031
- Format: BLU-RAY DISC
- UPC: 760137806196
- Street Date: 08/09/16
- PreBook Date: 07/05/16
- Label: Arrow Video »
- Genre: Action/Adventure
- Run Time: 100 mins
- Number of Discs: 2
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1973
- Region Code: 1
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: US
- Language: Japanese
Cast & Crew
- Actors:
- Bunta Sugawara
- Shin'ichi Chiba
- Meiko Kaji
- Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Product Assets
Battles Without Honor And Humanity: Hiroshima Death Match
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The celebrated Battles Without Honor and Humanity series continues with its second episode, Hiroshima Death Match, setting aside part one protagonist Shozo Hirono (Bunta Sugawara) to follow a side story showcasing genre icons Sonny Chiba (The Street Fighter) and Meiko Kaji (Female Convict 701: Scorpion). Hiroshima, 1950. Demobilized kamikaze pilot Shoji Yamanaka (Kinya Kitaoji) is released from prison and finds himself hungry and broke. Following a bust up with a local gang, he earns the psychotic wrath of local underboss Otomo (Chiba), but Yamanaka's suicidal impulses are soon put to good use as a hitman for another gang, befriending series hero Shozo Hirono in the process. Despite a budding but forbidden romance with the boss's niece (Kaji), Yamanaka's instability and recklessness soon begin to make him a dangerous liability. Taking an even more fatalistic turn than the series' original entry, Hiroshima Death Match tells the story of the ultimate loser, based on a true story uncovered by screenwriter Kazuo Kasahara while interviewing real-life Hiroshima yakuza for part one. A prosperous era may be dawning for the protagonists, but one with new characters and new grudges to draw them more deeply into its world of blood and betrayal.
Bonus Materials
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation
- Original Mono audio (uncompressed PCM on the Blu-ray)
- Optional English subtitles
- All the Bad Guys - a new, comprehensive video guide to the actors in the films
- Man of Action - a new interview with series fight choreographer Ryuzo Ueno
- Original trailer
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Reinhard Kleist
Sales Points
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) and Standard Definition DVD presentation
- The celebrated Battles Without Honor and Humanity series continues with its second episode, Hiroshima Death Match