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(aka "Bakuchiuci: Sôchô Tobaku" or "Big Time Gambling Boss" or "The Great Casino")
Directed by Kôsaku Yamashita
Japan 1968
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Tokyo, 1934. Gang boss Arakawa is too ill and a successor must be named. The choice falls on Nakai, but being an outsider he refuses and suggests senior clansman Matsuda instead. But Matsuda is in jail and the elders won’t wait for his release, so they appoint the younger and more malleable Ishido to take the reins. Clan honour and loyalties are severely tested when Matsuda is released, resulting in an increasingly violent internal strife. An atmospheric tale of gangland intrigue written by Kazuo Kasahara (Battles Without Honour and Humanity) and starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, (Lone Wolf and Cub, The Bounty Hunter Trilogy) and genre legend Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss is one of the all-time classics of the yakuza genre. Paul Schrader called it the richest and most complex film of its type, while novelist Yukio Mishima hailed it as a masterpiece. Radiance Films is proud to present this crucial re-discovery for the first time ever on Blu-ray. *** Tokyo, 1934. The boss of the clan that controls gambling agonizes and some of his followers propose to Nakai to take his place, but he refuses the offer and suggests they choose Matsuda, who is in prison. |
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Theatrical Release: 1968
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Review: Radiance Films - Region FREE - Blu-ray
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| Runtime | 1:34:39.298 | |
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2.35 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 36,472,311,634 bytesFeature: 27,635,309,952 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.85 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video |
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LPCM Audio Japanese 1152 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 1152 kbps / 24-bit |
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Release Information: Studio: Radiance Films
2.35 :1 1080P Dual-layered Blu-rayDisc Size: 36,472,311,634 bytesFeature: 27,635,309,952 bytes Video Bitrate: 34.85 MbpsCodec: MPEG-4 AVC Video
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• Visual essay by genre expert Chris D on the film and its place within
the period and genre (2022) (25:24)
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On their
Blu-ray,
Radiance Films use a linear PCM mono track (24-bit) in the
original Japanese language. Big Time Gambling Boss
has a handful of aggressive sequences that come through authentically
flat with surprising bass. The score was by Toshiaki Tsushima (Street
Mobster,
The
Green Slime,
The War in Space,
Three
Outlaw Samurai,
Sword of the Beast,
Battles Without Honor and Humanity) heightening tension
appropriately. Radiance Films offer optional English
subtitles on their Region FREE
Blu-ray.
The Radiance Films
Blu-ray
includes a new 25-minute visual essay by genre expert Chris D on the
film and its place within the period and genre plus there is Ninkyo
101, a masterclass with Mark Schilling, author of
The Yakuza Movie Book,
running 1/4 hour. The disc also has a gallery and a trailer for Big
Time Gambling Boss plus the package has a reversible sleeve
featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by maarko phntm, a
limited edition booklet featuring new writing on the film by author
Stuart Galbraith IV, and critic Hayley Scanlon and is described as a
limited edition of 2000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo
packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of
certificates and markings.
Kôsaku Yamashita's Big Time Gambling Boss
is one of the best of its genre from 60's Japanese cinema. It's a
Godfather-esque look, with modest, if often fatal, violence, focusing on the inner
workings and codes of Yakuza clans, advancement, power struggles,
respect and traitorous, usurping, maneuvers. It's quite fascinating and
never ventures to the nuts and bolts of how they make money. I am very
happy with the Radiance Films Blu-ray
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