Blu-ray release: ‘Game Trilogy’
By Phil Mills | May 29, 2023
Arrow Video are bringing Toru Murakawa’s ‘Game Trilogy’ to UK Blu-ray on June 19, 2023.
In this career-defining triptych, Yusaku Matsuda is Shohei Narumi, an ice cool hitman of few words, a steely trigger finger, and a heart of stone, hired in ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ (最も危険な遊戯) by a company bidding for a lucrative government air defence contract to take out the competition. In ‘The Killing Game’ (殺人遊戯), Narumi finds himself caught in the midst of violent yakuza gang warfare, while his own brutal past catches up with him in the form of two beautiful women still bearing the emotional scars of his past assignments. In ‘The Execution Game’ (処刑遊戯), Narumi falls for a mysterious saloon bar chanteuse who may or may not be part of the same, shadowy underworld organisation as the rival hitmen he is employed to rub out.
Features:
• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentations of all films
• Original lossless mono Japanese soundtracks
• Optional newly translated English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve with original and new artwork by Tony Stella
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and new artwork by Tony Stella
• Illustrated collector’s booklet
• Audio commentary on ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ by Chris Poggiali & Marc Walkow
• Audio commentary on ‘The Killing Game’ by Earl Jackson & Jasper Sharp
• Audio commentary on ‘The Execution Game’ by Tom Mes
• The Action & Adventure Man – 30-minute interview with Toru Murakawa
• Remembering Yusaku Matsuda – interview with Yutaka Oki
• Game Changer- interview with Shoichi Maruyama
• Original Japanese theatrical trailers
• Image galleries
‘Game Trilogy’ is available to pre-order now from Amazon.co.uk.
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