The Fukasaku Collection - 3-DVD Box Set ( Kyokatsu koso Waga Jinsei / Kuro bara no yakata / Kimi ga wakamono nara ) ( Blackmail Is My Life / Black Rose Mansion / If You Were Young: Rage )

The Fukasaku Collection - 3-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Kyokatsu koso Waga Jinsei / Kuro bara no yakata / Kimi ga wakamono nara
Alternate Title: Blackmail Is My Life / Black Rose Mansion / If You Were Young: Rage
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital Stereo )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
270 min

Aspect Ratio:
Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
3-DVD Set
Anamorphic Widescreen
Box Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1968 - 1970 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Kinji Fukasaku

Written By:
Shinji Fujiwara
Kinji Fukasaku
Hirô Matsuda
Ai Kennedy

Actors:
Hiroki Matsukata ..... Muraki
Tomomi Sato ..... Otoki
Yôko Mihara ..... Zero
Tetsurô Tanba ..... Seki
Bin Amatsu
Shigeru Amachi
Akira Jo
Hideo Murota
Eriko Sono
Ryohei Uchida
Akihiro Miwa ..... Ryuko (as Akihiro Maruyama)
Eitarô Ozawa ..... Kyohei
Masakazu Tamura ..... Wataru
Ayako Hosho ..... Kyohei's Wife
Kô Nishimura ..... Mulatto companion of Ryuko
Kikko Matsuoka ..... Kyohei's son - Wataru's brother
Tetsuo Ishidate ..... Kikuo
Gin Maeda ..... Asao
Choichiro Kawarazaki
Hideki Hayashi

Synopsis:

Blackmail Is My Life (1968): Tautly paced and fueled by a trendy soundtrack synthesis of whistled themes and electric rock, Blackmail Is My Life centers on a quartet of young daredevil hipsters who discover blackmail as a means to enjoy the booming economy from which they've been excluded. These rebellious youths tread a deadly line by blackmailing both sides of society- namely the Yakuza kingpins and top government officials. Blackmail Is My Life is a bloody wake-up call to Japanese culture and budding criminals and a perfect example of the director working in his prime.

Black Rose Mansion (1969): A feverishly perverse 1969 film noir oddity starring female impersonator Akihiro Maruyama. When wealthy Kyohei hires singer "Black Rose" to perform in his exclusive men's club, he gets more than he bargains for when she attracts scores of homicidal past lovers. The film takes a bizarre twist when Kyohei's son falls victim to the femme fatale's unique charm.

If You Were Young (1970): If You Were Young highlights the other side of post-war Japanese prosperity, focusing on the throngs of young people who missed out on the boom. We follow a group of young men that can't seem to get ahead, despite their willingness to try. Then one hits upon a plan - to work together to save for a dump truck and thus become independent contractors and be their own bosses at last. Ultimately life presents obstacles: jail for one, violence at the hands of the police for another and a girlfriend and subsequent children for the third. An early Kinji Fukasaku gem that imports the freewheeling style of the French New Wave and the hip detachment of American noir.

A young swinger finds that his criminal habits have gotten him in over his head in this rare 1960s yakuza film from legendary Japanese director Kinji Fukasaku. Though he has come from a rough background on the streets, Muraki (Horoki Matsukata) quickly rises through the ranks by means of his well-honed blackmailing instincts. Desperate to keep rolling with his freewheeling lifestyle, Muraki sees his luck begin to crumble when he sets his sights on the business partners of a powerful gang boss.

Young blackmailers take on a big job.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 March, 2010.