{"product_id":"big-time-gambling-boss-blu-ray","title":"Big Time Gambling Boss (Standard Edition) (Blu-ray)","description":"\u003ch1\u003eTokyo, 1934. Gang boss Arakawa is too ill and a successor must be named. \u003c\/h1\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRADIANCE FILMS IS PROUD TO PRESENT 'BIG TIME GAMBLING BOSS', A CRUCIAL RE-DISCOVERY NOW ON SPECIAL EDITION BLU-RAY! \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTokyo, 1934. Gang boss Arakawa is too ill and a successor must be named. The choice falls on Nakai, but being an outsider he refuses and suggests senior clansman Matsuda instead. But Matsuda is in jail and the elders won't wait for his release, so they appoint the younger and more malleable Ishido to take the reins. Clan honour and loyalties are severely tested when Matsuda is released, resulting in an increasingly violent internal strife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn atmospheric tale of gangland intrigue written by Kazuo Kasahara (Battles Without Honour and Humanity) and starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, (Lone Wolf and Cub, The Bounty Hunter Trilogy) and genre legend Koji Tsuruta, Big Time Gambling Boss is one of the all-time classics of the yakuza genre. Paul Schrader called it the richest and most complex film of its type, while novelist Yukio Mishima hailed it as a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e         \u003ch2\u003eMedia\u003c\/h2\u003e         \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/customers.mvdb2b.com\/media\/play.php?s=RAD012BDLE\u0026amp;id=14477\u0026amp;TB_iframe=true\u0026amp;height=400\u0026amp;width=690\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eWatch trailer »\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003ch2\u003eBonus Materials\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh Definition digital transfer of the film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncompressed mono PCM audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSerial Gambling: A video essay by Chris D., author of Gun and Sword: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Gangster Films 1955-1980, on Big Time Gambling Boss's origins in the Toei studio's serialized yakuza movie production and what sets the film apart (2022)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNinkyo 101: In this video essay, Mark Schilling, author of The Yakuza Movie Book, delves into the history and impact of the classical style of yakuza film, the ninkyo eiga or 'chivalry films' (2022)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGallery of original promotional stills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrailer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCast \u0026amp; Crew\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eActors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e      Koji Tsuruta\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e      Tomisaburo Wakayama\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e      Nobuo Kaneko\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirector:\u003c\/strong\u003e Kosaku Yamashita\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003ch2\u003eAdditional Details\u003c\/h2\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Radiance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Action\/Adventure\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japanese  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRun Time:\u003c\/strong\u003e 95 mins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1       \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 07\/18\/23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 760137125426\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"RADIANCE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48341802319972,"sku":"RAD012BD","price":19.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/0153\/9172\/files\/RAD012BD.jpg?v=1781123936","url":"https:\/\/www.radiancefilms.us\/products\/big-time-gambling-boss-blu-ray","provider":"Radiance Films U.S.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}