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 SPECIAL FEATURES:

• 4K Restoration by Kadokawa

• Uncompressed stereo PCM audio

• Newly filmed interview with director Toru Murakawa (2025, 20 mins)

• Newly filmed interview with screenwriter Shoichi Maruyama (2025, 23 mins)

• Critical appreciation from novelist and screenwriter Jordan Harper (2025, 12 mins)

• 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 and Tom Mes

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

The Beast to Die is also available in USA/Canada at www.radiancefilms.us

Year: 1980
Country: Japan
Cert: 18
Format: Blu-ray
Region: AB
RAD116BDLE
EAN: 5060974682294
Release date: 21/07/25