BEYOND OUTRAGE on Australian DVD in March 2014

Yakuza boss Otomo (Takeshi Kitano) is back in BEYOND OUTRAGE, the sequel to the 2010 film OUTRAGE. Photo courtesy of Madman Entertainment. ? 2012 Office Kitano. ? 2012

Source: Madman Entertainment Official Site: warnerbros.co.jp/outrage2 (Japan), magnetreleasing.com/beyondoutrage (US) Special Thanks to Ben Pollock

Cover art for the Australian DVD of BEYOND OUTRAGE. Image courtesy of Madman Entertainment. ? 2012 Office Kitano. ? 2012

He`s part of a dying breed and they don`t go out quietly... On March 19th, the Australian label Madman Entertainment will release BEYOND OUTRAGE (?????? ????, Autoreiji Biyondo, 2012) on Region 4 DVD. Writer/director Takeshi Kitano has long been the master of Japanese gangster films with works like VIOLENT COP (????????? Sono Otoko, Kyooboo ni Tsuki, 1989) and HANA-BI (???, 1997). Now first-ever sequel tells the continuing story from OUTRAGE (?????? Autoreiji, 2010) but can be watched as a standalone movie. A manipulative police crackdown on organized crime ignites a tricky power struggle involving the two biggest yakuza families. The new young executives of the Sanno family are boiling the blood of the old yakuza gangs. The police prepare for a full-scale crackdown with cop Kataoka (Fumiyo Kohinata) wanting to incite a war between the families. His trump card is Otomo (Kitano), the rumoured-dead boss of a defunct family that was destroyed by the Sanno, who has just been released from prison. Otomo wants to retire from a life of crime, but finds himself drawn back in through Kataoka`s manipulations as the Sanno and Hanabishi clans teeter on the brink of an all-out war. BEYOND OUTRAGE was an official selection of the 2013 Sydney Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival and Brisbane Film Festival. Format: DVD (Region 4, PAL) Release Date: March 19, 2014 SRP: $29.95 AUD Catalog: EYE414 Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Widescreen Language: Japanese Dolby 5.1 Subtitles: English Running Time: 112 minutes Special Features: Theatrical Trailer

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For more information on the OUTRAGE films please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: