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The Rapacious Jailbreaker

In the free-for-all chaos after World War II, black marketeer Ueda (Hiroki Matsukata, Cops vs Thugs) is robbed of a pound of morphine. He takes his brutal revenge, but is arrested for murder and sentenced to 20 years. He escapes and is caught, but no matter where they send him, Ueda won’t let prison walls stop him. Directed by a master of the genre and based on the real exploits of a seven-time prison escapee, this ranks as one of the rawest entries in the 1970s cycle of Japanese true-account crime films.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES

• High-Definition digital transfer

• Original uncompressed PCM mono audio

• Audio commentary by yakuza film expert Nathan Stuart (2025)

• Visual essay on Sadao Nakajima by Tom Mes (2025)

• New English subtitle translation

• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork

• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Earl Jackson and an archival review of the film

• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

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Year: 1974
Country: Japan
Cert: TBC
Format: Blu-ray
Region: AB
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EAN: 5060974682195
Release date: 19/05/25

“Brutal... funny... and never boring, thanks to a solid turn from the always-reliable Hiroki Matsukata. Quite simply, one of Nakajima’s most fun films.” - Asian Movie Pulse