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The Beast to Die

Deeply scarred by what he witnessed on battlefields across Asia, a young war photographer (Yusaku Matsuda, Yokohama BJ Blues) returns to the bustling streets of Tokyo, plotting a series of brutal murders and robberies that are mere warmups for an unprecedented bank heist. Searching for an accomplice, he finds the short-fused and equally disenfranchised Tetsuo (Takeshi Kaga, Death Note). Directed by Toru Murakawa (The Game Trilogy) from a venomous script by Shoichi Maruyama (Yokohama BJ Blues), this unsettling dark thriller was Yusaku Matsuda’s farewell to his 1970s action hero persona.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES

• 4K Restoration by Kadokawa

• Original uncompressed PCM mono audio

• Interview with Toru Murakawa (2025)

• Interview with Shoichi Maruyama (2025)

• Critical appreciation from novelist and screenwriter Jordan Harper (2025)

• Newly improved English subtitle translation

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
  

• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Tatsuya Masuto

• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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Year: 1980
Country: Japan
Cert: TBC
Format: Blu-ray
Region: AB
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EAN: 5060974682294
Release date: 21/07/25