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A Japanese box-office sensation directed by the revered Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale), Legend of the Eight Samuraibrings together an impressive ensemble cast, including Hiroko Yakushimaru (Sailor Suit and Machine Gun), Hiroyuki Sanada (Ring), Sonny Chiba (Message from Space) and Etsuko Shihomi (The Street Fighter), in a sweeping epic that blends fantasy with historical drama. Following […]
A highlight of last year’s big fall box set lineup was that of Shout! Studios The Sonny Chiba Collection. Not having a “Volume” number attached to it made you wonder if that would be it as no promises of it being a series were in the naming convention. Luckily, another November rolls around a year […]
From the legendary Japanese martial artist comes The Sonny Chiba Collection, Volume 2, a collection of seven spectacular classic films starring the lethal fighter himself, Sonny Chiba. Shout! Studios brings the martial arts action films to a Blu-Ray box set this November 14, 2023. Fans ordering the 4-disc set from ShoutFactory.com will receive an exclusive 18”x24” rolled poster […]
Ken Takakura stars as a mad bomber who plants a device on a high-speed Japanese train, programmed to detonate if the train’s speed drops below 80 kilometers per hour. The trains conductor (Sonny Chiba) must keep the train moving whilst the police track the madman down. Most well-known for inspiring the 1994 Hollywood blockbuster Speed, The Bullet […]
Legendary Japanese martial artist and actor Sonny Chiba remains a formidable force and an iconic star in film history. Get ready for some of the wildest action films from the impressive legacy of Chiba when THE SONNY CHIBA COLLECTION 4-Disc Blu-ray set hits North American home entertainment shelves on November 15, 2022 from Shout! Select in collaboration with Toei […]
March 2019 has proven a bit of spoils to grindhouse martial arts fans, as the long awaited Street Fighter films have all finally hit Blu-ray. Earlier in the month, Arrow Video released the spin-off Sister Street Fighter set and now the big boss of them all, The Street Fighter trilogy that launched Sonny Chiba into […]
Shout Select will release The Street Fighter Collection on Blu-ray for the first time on March 26th, 2019. This set comes jam-packed, containing all three Street Fighter films with uncut versions, new 2K scans of the original film elements, and bonus features including new interviews with star Sonny Chiba and Filmmaker Jack Sholder. Fans can preorder the trilogy […]
For a couple weeks in Los Angeles, a particular screening has been taking place, which has been feeding the desires of all film geeks who have attended. I am speaking of the original, full cut of Quentin Tarantino’s fourth feature film – Kill Bill. Billed on the marquee as Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, […]
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