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Here;s your chance to get Neptun Media`s new THE LAST SAMURAI DVD for free! Photo courtesy of Neptune Media. © 1974 Shochiku Co., Ltd.A SCIFI JAPAN EXCLUSIVE
Thank you to everyone who entered Neptune Media and SciFi Japan`s Kenji Misumi’s THE LAST SAMURAI DVD contest. The randomly drawn winners are: Damon Brittingham Jonathan Crimmins Jesse Davenport Ben Duffy Congratulations to the winners! Each of you will receive one (1) THE LAST SAMURAI DVD from Neptune Media. Your prizes will ship soon so keep an eye on your mailboxes. The 67th and final film by the director of ZATOICHI THE BLIND SWORDSMAN, RETURN OF DAIMAJIN and LONE WOLF AND CUB, THE LAST SAMURAI (???????, Okami yo Rakujitsu o Kire, 1974) boasts dazzling sword fights, elaborate battle sequences and a stirring score from internationally renowned composer Akira Ifukube (Godzilla series, CHUSHINGURA). Neptune Media`s DVD release features a new 16:9 high definition digital transfer of the film in its original 2.35:1 theatrical aspect ratio plus the trailer, a photo gallery, an essay, actor biographies and more. THE LAST SAMURAI DVD is now on sale and has a SRP of $29.95.
About Neptune Media
Neptune Media, Inc. was formed in the Summer of 1997. Their first release was a collaborative effort, releasing GIANT MONSTER GAMERA and the US version GAMMERA THE INVINCIBLE on VHS while with Synapse Films released a special limited edition Laserdisc of GIANT MONSTER GAMERA. Over the next several years, Neptune Media released English subtitled and English dubbed VHS editions of GAMERA VS GUILLON and GAMERA VS ZIGRA. Additionally, Neptune Media was involved in the television distribution of several films in the Gamera series. Aside from the occasional corporate work, Neptune Media has lain largely dormant for several years. In 2012, the company returned to production with their first DVD, Kenji Misumi’s THE LAST SAMURAI.
For more information on THE LAST SAMURAI please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: