V-cinema essentials : bullets & betrayal.

Nine explosive and memorable crime films from Toei's direct-to-video "V-cinema" line of the late '80s and '90s have been collected in this five-disc set.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Abe, Jōji, Natori, Yūko, 1957- (Actor), Shimizu, Kentaro, 1952- (Actor), Naito, Takeshi (Actor), Takenaka, Naoto (Actor), Goichi, Yamada (Actor), Katagiri, Ryuji (Actor), Kiuchi, Kazumasa, Imai, Kenji (Actor), Naitō, Takashi, 1955- (Actor), Saijo, Hideki (Actor), Natsumi, Nanase (Actor), Ozawa, Mikiko (Actor), Aikawa, Shō, 1961- (Actor), Shishido, Jō, 1933-2020 (Actor), Okada, Nana (Actor), Kuno, Makiko (Actor), Okura, Johnny (Actor), Kazama, Maiko (Actor)
Format:	Video Blu-ray Disc
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese; English subtitles.
Published:	[England?] : Arrow Video, [2025]
Edition:	Special edition.
Subjects:	Criminals > Drama. Ex-convicts > Drama. Thieves > Drama. Revenge > Drama. Police > Drama. Yakuza > Drama. Attempted murder > Drama. Fugitives from justice > Drama. Murder for hire > Drama. Assassins > Drama. Japan > Drama. Crime films. Thrillers (Motion pictures) Action and adventure films. Feature films. Fiction films.

Description
Summary:	Nine explosive and memorable crime films from Toei's direct-to-video "V-cinema" line of the late '80s and '90s have been collected in this five-disc set.
Item Description:	Title from box. Accompanying booklet includes essays by Earl Jackson, Hayley Scanlon, Daisuke Miyao. Special features: newly filmed introductions, video essays, interviews, original trailers.
Physical Description:	5 videodiscs (795 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (58 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Crime hunter, bullets of rage: editor, Fumio Soda ; cinematography, Yosuke Mamia ; music, Seiichi Kyoda Neo chinpira, zoom goes the bullet: director of photography, Kazuhiro Miyoshi ; songs performed by Show Aikawa. Stranger: director of photography, Norimichi Kasamatsu ; music, Yuji Ono. Carlos: director of photography, Seizo Sengen ; music, Kazuo Odani. Burning dog: director of photography Akira Arimitsu ; music, Sachi Hayasaka. Female prisoner scorpion, death threat: director of photography, Shohei Ando ; music, Kimio Nomura. Danger point, the road to hell: director of photography, Tatsumi Takahashi ; music, Masahiko Sato. Hitman, blood smells like roses: music, Kazuo Otani. XX, beautiful hunter: director of photography, Seizo Sengen ; music, Satoru Nagauchi.