Photo courtesy of the Criterion Collection. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD. Source: The Criterion Collection press release Special Thanks to Courtney Ott Photo courtesy of the Criterion Collection. TM & ©TOHO CO., LTD. The Criterion Collection has announced that Akira Kurosawa's HIGH AND LOW will be released September 9, 2025 in a 4K UHD + Blu-ray set. A Blu-ray edition is also available for purchase. Toshiro Mifune is unforgettable as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy industrialist whose family becomes the target of a cold-blooded kidnapper in HIGH AND LOW, the highly influential domestic drama and police procedural from director Akira Kurosawa. Adapting Ed McBain’s detective novel King’s Ransom, Kurosawa moves effortlessly from compelling race-against-time thriller to exacting social commentary, creating a diabolical treatise on class and contemporary Japanese society.   HIGH AND LOW 1963 • 143 minutes • Black & White/Color • 4.0

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©KADOKAWA 1966 Source: Radiance Films, MVD Entertainment Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Photo courtesy of Radiance Films and MVD Entertainment. ©KADOKAWA 1966 Daiei's THE BETRAYAL (大殺陣 雄呂血, Ōtate Orochi, 1966) will be released for the first time on Blu-ray in a special edition from Radiance Films, 4K restored and loaded with extras.  To protect his clan, an honorable samurai (Raizo Ichikawa, SHINOBI) takes the blame for a murder committed by one of his fellows. He is promised a safe return after one year in exile, but this vow is broken and he becomes a fugitive chased by his own clansmen. Disillusioned by the bushido code of honor, he realises there are only two ways out: vengeance or death. From director Tokuzo Tanaka (THE SNOW WOMAN), a former assistant to Akira Kurosawa, this cruel jidaigeki stands alongside such notable works of the genre as HARAKIRI

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Source: MVD Entertainment, 88 Films Special Thanks to Derek Stubinski Photo courtesy of 88 Films and MVD Entertainment. ©Toei 88 Films and MVD Enertainment have posted an English subtitled, R-rated trailer for the 1975 Toei film DETONATION! VIOLENT RIDERS (爆発! 暴走族, Bakuhatsu! Bōzōzoku, 1975) which will be released in the US and UK on a limited edition Blu-ray in July. Leather up and get ready for the ride of your lives, in this high-octane biker movie by cult director Teruo Ishii (HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN) with a cast headed by Sonny Chiba (STREET FIGHTER, KILL BILL VOL.1)! Iwaki (Koichi Iwaki, THE MOLE SONG) is a motorbike mechanic with big dreams of racing professionally. Then temptation arrives in the shapely form of Mayumi (Junko Matsudaira, THE BULLET TRAIN), the wild and free lover of Mitsuda (Yusuke Natsu, SPACE IRONMEN KYODYNE), the leader of the

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Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. Source: Well Go USA, LBHpr  Special Thanks to Leif Helland Photo courtesy of Well Go USA. DARK NUNS (검은 수녀들, Geomeun Soonyeodeul, 2025), the terrifying sequel to the exorcism thriller THE PRIESTS (검은 사제들, Geomeun Sajedeul, 2015), debuts on Digital July 15 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Director by Hyeok-jae Kwon (COUNT) and starring SONG Hye-kyo (THE GRANDMASTER), JEON Yeo-been (Harbin, Alienoid), and LEE Jin-wook (SQUID GAME), the film follows two nuns who take on the dangerous, forbidden exorcism ritual to save a young boy possessed by a powerful evil spirit, in direct violation of the Church’s sacred order—putting both their lives and their immortal souls in grave danger. DARK NUNS also hits Blu-ray and DVD exclusively through Amazon on July 15.  In addition, DARK NUNS' origin film -- THE PRIESTS -- will also debut for the first

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