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Nikkatsu diamond guys. Volume 2.
LIBRA DVD PN1997.A1 N553 2016 disc 1-2 + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Japanese
- Subjects (All):
- Tsuzuki, Michio, 1929-2003--Film adaptations.
- Tsuzuki, Michio.
- Cooks--Drama.
- Cooks.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting--Drama.
- Counterfeits and counterfeiting.
- Murder--Drama.
- Murder.
- Organized crime.
- Organized crime--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Feature films.
- Gangster films.
- Crime films.
- Comedy films.
- Film adaptations.
- Motion pictures, Japanese.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (251 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (39 pages : illustrations ; 15 cm)
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Tokyo mighty guy
- Danger pays
- Murder unincorporated
- Place of Publication:
- [United States] : Arrow Video, [2016]
- Language Note:
- in Japanese; optional subtitles in English.
- System Details:
- DVD, NTSC, Region 0; widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
- digital optical monaural Dolby Digital
- widescreen (2.35:1)
- DVD NTSC
- video file DVD video region 0
- Summary:
- (Tōkyō no abarenbō): Jiro is a chef who opens a restaurant. His good looks bring in women as well as unwanted trouble.
- (Yabai koto nara zeni ni naru): When one billion yen goes missing, 'Joe the Ace' spies an opportunity to get rich quick.
- (Dainippon koroshiya den): When 'Joe of Spades' executes a mob boss, his colleagues call on the services of an assassin to solve the problem.
- Contents:
- Tōkyō no abarenbō = Tokyo mighty guy / directed by Buichi Saitō ; produced by Kaneo Iwai ; screenplay by Tsuyoshi Ishigooka ; original story by Takeo Matsuura (1959) (79 min.)
- Yabai koto nara zeni ni naru = Danger pays / directed by Ko Nakahira ; produced by Keinosuke Kubo ; screenplay by Ichiro Ikeda adn Tadaaki Yamazaki (1962) (83 min.)
- Dainippon Koroshiya den = Murder unincorporated / directed by Hiryasu Noguchi ; produced by Jirō Tomoda ; screenplay by Kobako Hanato and Akira Saiga ; original story by Kobako Hanato (1965) (89 min.).
- Participant:
- (Tōkyō no abarenbō) Jō Shishido, Akira Kobayashi, Sanae Nakahara, Arihiro Fujimura.
- (Yabai koto nara zeni ni naro) Jō Shishido, Ruriko Asaoka, Hiroyuki Nagato, Kojiro Kusanagi.
- (Dainippon koroshiya den) Jō Shishido, Kon Omura, Hiroshi Hikikata, Toori Yuri.
- Credits:
- (Tōkyō no abarenbō) Director of photography, Kurataro Takamura; editor, Mitsuo Kondo; music, Taichiro Kosugi.
- (Yabai koto nara zeni ni naru) Director of photography, Shinsaku Himeda; music, Harumi Ibe.
- (Dainippon koroshiya den) Director of photography, kazue Nagatsuka; editor, Masanori Tsuji; music, Keiharo Miho.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Yabai koto nara zeni ni naru is based on Yabai koto nara zeni ni naru / [by] Michio Tsuzuki.
- Issued by the publisher as part of a DVD/Blu-ray combination pack.
- Special features: discussions with Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp; original trailers; extensive promotional image galleries; new writing on all the films and director profiles by Stuart Galbraith IV, Tom Mes and Mark Schilling (in booklet).
- Local Notes:
- University of Pennsylvania Libraries have cataloged the DVDs and the Blu-ray disc separately.
- Contains:
- Tōkyō no abarenbō.
- Yabai koto nara zeni ni naru.
- Dainippon koroshiya den.
- OCLC:
- 951921464
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