Crazy Thunder Road

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New master approved by the director
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 97 mins
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 2022
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Hailed both as Japan's Mad Max, Sogo Ishii's high-octane, loud-and-proud breakthrough hit was one of that country's great success stories, a graduation project from a film school punk rocker bought by Toei Studios and released nationwide. The plot involves Ken, a gang leader dreaming of a quiet life with his girlfriend Noriko, and Jin, Ken's maverick successor, who isn't about to let yakuza kingpins or right-wing nutjobs tell him what to do or whom to kill. Jin's violent individualism in a world where even outlaws follow the bosses' orders references the doomed anti-establishment heroes of Kinji Fukasaku, but Crazy Thunder Road points toward a new style of genre filmmaking-fast-paced, quick-witted and brilliantly stylized.

Special Features:
New interview with Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii
Audio commentary by Tom Mes
Video Essay: Jasper Sharp on Jishu Eiga

Video Tracks:
1.78:1 widescreen 1080p

Audio Tracks:
DTS-HD MA 2.0 Japanese

Subtitle Tracks:
English
German

Directed By:
Gakuryû Ishii

Written By:
Gakuryû Ishii

Starring:
Tatsuo Yamada
Masamitsu Ohike
Kôji Nanjô
Nenji Kobayashi
Genki Yoshimura

Music From:
Shigeru Izumiya

Director of Photography:
Norimichi Kasamatsu

Editor:
Yoshihiko Matsui

Producer:
Hiroshi Kobayashi

Distributor:
Third Window Films