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The Abashiri Prison trilogy is coming home this May

Posted March 6, 2024March 6, 2024by Over Lord in Films

Eureka Entertainment is to release PRISON WALLS: ABASHIRI PRISON I-III, the first three entries in the landmark series, directed by Teruo Ishii and starring Ken Takakura. Presented for the first time ever on Blu-ray from brand new restorations. Available from…

Who is Golgo 13 & who is his mission?

Posted May 9, 2023by Over Lord in Films

Eureka Entertainment is to release GOLGO 13, the 1973 action classic directed by Junya Satō (The Bullet Train) starring Ken Takakura as Takao Saito’s deadly assassin. Presented as part of the Eureka Classics range in its UK debut from a…

Can you stop The Bullet Train?

Posted January 30, 2023by Over Lord in Films

Eureka Entertainment is to release THE BULLET TRAIN, Junya Satō’s edge-of-your-seat thriller, starring the legendary Sonny Chiba and Ken Takakura. Presented as part of the Eureka Classics range in its UK debut on Blu-ray presented from a 2K restoration. Available…

Ken Takakura stars as a mad bomber who plants a device on a high-speed Japanese train, programmed to detonate if the train's speed drops below 80 kilometres per hour. The…

The first film adaptation of the long-running manga series by Takao Saito, director Junya Satō cast Ken Takakura (who was the original inspiration for the character) as the mysterious and…

Kinji Fukasaku’s blood-soaked yakuza masterpiece Wolves Pigs & Men is coming home

Posted June 11, 2024by Over Lord in Films

Eureka Entertainment to release WOLVES, PIGS AND MEN; Kinji Fukasaku’s blood-soaked yakuza masterpiece. Presented on UK Blu-ray from a new 2K restoration. Available from 19 August 2024 as part of The Masters of Cinema Series, the first print run of…

Kuroki, Jirô and Sabu are three brothers born into poverty. Kuroki, the eldest, finds an escape from his squalid beginnings by turning to organised crime – and soon both Jirô…

Shinichi returns home to visit his mother's grave. Upon returning he finds the mess that his previous reckless behavior left behind. His old boss, Asahi, was attacked after Shin'Ichi left…

Tachibana has completed his three years in prison and returns to the streets. He and his old cell mate wants a new life as ex-prisoners, but by chance they come…

In Abashiri Prison, Shinichi Tachibana, a model prisoner with six months remaining in his sentence is handcuffed to Gonda, a hardened criminal. When Gonda and other inmates escape from the…