After watching his partner Ahiru  (Riki Takeuchi) get gunned down, police officer Joe “Joker” Kawamura (Masanori Sera) quits the force to go after his killer, Bruce Sawamura (Seiji Matano). A nun named Lily (Minako Tanaka)  — a nun with a gun! — is also after him, as he stole $5 million from her church.

Directed by Toshimichi Okawa (this was his only film; he also wrote the 2008 Golgo 13 TV series), this was Toei’s first direct-to-video movie. It’s less than an hour long, and it’s big on action and short on boredom. Guns, style, tough good guys, degenerate villains, leather jackets, jazz, fast cars and death—what else do you need?

V-Cinema starts here, transgressive movies that didn’t need the theater and instead, turned Japanese VCRs into windows into dark, sexy and even depraved worlds. After this quick burst, the rest of the Arrow set awaits!

Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage is just one of the movies in the Arrow Video V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal set. The set includes a newly filmed introduction by Japanese film critic Masak Tanioka, an interview with director Shudo Okawa, Crime Hunter and the Dawn of V-Cinema, a brand new video essay on Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage by Japanese cinema expert Tom Mes, and a trailer. You can get this from MVD.