After the success of Battles Without Honor and Humanity, Fukasaku continued to refine his “jitsuroku” (true record) approach; a semi-documentary style of yakuza film inspired by real events, police files, and newspaper reportage.
These three titles, COPS VS THUGS, CROSS THE RUBICON!, and HOKURIKU PROXY WAR, all extend that gritty realism: handheld camerawork, frenetic editing, overlapping dialogue, and moral murk. They turn away from romanticized gangsters toward a chaotic, corrupt Japan of the 1960s-70s where cops, crooks, and politicians are virtually indistinguishable.
【映像特典/仕様】
●48-page book of behind-the-scenes material & essays
●Custom illustration rigid case
●8 replica lobby cards
●X2 A3 reversible posters featuring original art
●Beyond the Film: 県警対組織暴力 - a Video Appreciation by 深作欣二 Biographer 山根貞男
●Funny Money: 高田宏治 Discusses 資金源強奪
●Shadows of War: 深作健太 on His Fathers’ Yakuza Films
●Deadly Coincidence: 高田宏治 discusses 北陸代理戦争
●Theatrical Trailer
3作ともに原語日本語音声収録、国内向け機器で視聴可。