BORN UNDER CROSSED STARS is one of five films included in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo set of early works by director Seijun Suzuki. Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © 1965 Nikkatsu Corporation

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Image courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © Nikkatsu Corporation

Making their home-video debuts outside Japan, this diverse selection of Nikkatsu youth movies (seishun eiga) charts the evolving style of Seijun Suzuki, the B-movie maverick best known for the cult classics TOKYO DRIFTER (?????, Tokyo Nagaremono, 1966) and BRANDED TO KILL (?????, Koroshi no Rakuin, 1967). THE BOY WHO CAME BACK (???????, Fumihazushita Haru, 1958) marks the first appearances of "Nikkatsu Diamond Guys" and regular Suzuki collaborators Akira Kobayashi and Jo Shishido, with Kobayashi cast as the hot-headed hoodlum fresh out of reform school who struggles to make a clean break with his tearaway past. THE WIND-OF-YOUTH GROUP CROSSES THE MOUNTAIN PASS (???????, Tooge o Wataru Wakai Kaze, 1961) is a carnivalesque tale of a young student who hooks up with a down-at-heels travelling circus troupe. TEENAGE YAKUZA (?????????, Hai Tiin Yakuza, 1962) stars Tamio Kawaji as the high-school vigilante protecting his community from the extortions of mobsters from a neighboring city. THE INCORRIGIBLE (???, Akutaroo, 1963) and BORN UNDER CROSSED STARS (????????????, Akutaroo Den: Warui Hoshi no Shita Demo, 1965), both based on Toko Kon`s novels about young love, represent Suzuki`s first films set in the 1920s era later celebrated in his critically-regarded Taisho Trilogy. Product Details Format: Blu-ray + DVD SKU: AV118 UPC: 760137066385 Street Date: 02/13/18 Label: Arrow Video Genre: Cult Production Year: 1958-1965 Run Time: 450 Minutes Number of Discs: 4 Audio: STEREO Territory: US Language: Japanese Subtitles: English Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 SRP: $69.95 Features • Limited Edition Dual Format Collection [3000 copies] • High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation and Standard Definition DVD presentation • New introduction to the films by critic Tony Rayns • 60-page illustrated collector`s book featuring new writing by critics and author Jasper Sharp

THE BOY WHO CAME BACK. Photo courtesy of MVD Entertainment. © 1958 Nikkatsu Corporation

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