ARROW VIDEO BOX SET RELEASE: V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal
In 1989, Toei launched their V-Cinema line of direct-to-video genre features, inspired by the money that Akira made when it became an OAV. Now, Arrow Video has released V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal, which has nine of those films, “representing some of the best the Japanese crime film has to offer.” Crime Hunter: Bullets of […]
ARROW VIDEO BOX SET RELEASE: V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal: XX: Beautiful Hunter (1994)
Shion (Makiko Kuno) is the most perfect killer in the Magnificat crime religion. Raised from birth to kill without passion or emotion by Father Kano (Koji Shimizu), she sees a photo of herself taken by a reporter named Ito (Johnny Ôkura). It shocks her into feeling something, as does his begging for his life on […]
ARROW VIDEO BOX SET RELEASE: V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal: Danger Point: The Road to Hell (1991)
Ken and Joji (Aizawa Shō and Shishido Jō) have been hired to investigate a robbery as well as kill a cop named Sakai. Doing so will test their friendship in this film from director and writer Yasuharu Hasebe (Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss, Female Prisoner Scorpion: #701 Grudge Song). With a non-linear narrative and older […]
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