' Yakuza Wives' (1986) - Blu-ray pre-order available from Amazon UK - UK$17.00
Release date: April 21 "Hideo Gosha (Samurai Wolf 1 & 2, Violent Streets) breathes new life into the yakuza genre in this epic tale of mob rivalry based on a serialized account of the lives of real-life wives of Japanese gangsters, released on home video by 88 Films for the very first time outside of Japan.
Shima Iwashita puts in a commanding performance as Tamaki, who takes over the reins of the Domoto clan while her husband is doing time in jail. Family relations are strained past breaking point when her younger sister Makoto embarks on a relationship with a member of a rival gang."
Special Features: - HIGH-DEFINITION BLU-RAY PRESENTATION IN 1.85:1 ASPECT RATIO
- ORIGINAL STEREO AUDIO WITH NEW ENGLISH SUBTITLES
- BRAND NEW FILMED INTRODUCTION BY MARK SCHILLING
- EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH TOEI TATTOO ARTIST SEIJI MOURI
- STILLS GALLERY
- BOOKLET ESSAY BY NATHAN STUART
- ORIGINAL AND NEWLY COMMISSIONED ARTWORK BY SEAN LONGMORE
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