{"product_id":"graveyards-of-honor-arrow-video","title":"Graveyards Of Honor (Arrow Video)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo peerless masters of Japanese cinema – Kinji Fukasaku (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattles without Honor and Humanity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattle Royale\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) and Takashi Miike (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eDead or Alive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAudition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) – present their own distinctive adaptations of yakuza expert Goro Fujita’s gangster novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGraveyard of Honor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, each tapping into the zeitgeist of a distinct period of Japanese history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet during the turbulent post-war years, Fukasaku’s original 1975 film charts the rise and fall of real-life gangster Rikio Ishikawa (Tetsuya Watari, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOutlaw Gangster VIP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e). Shot through with the same stark realism and quasi-documentarian approach as Fukasaku’s earlier \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBattles Without Honor and Humanity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Fukasaku nonetheless breaks new ground through his portrayal of a gangster utterly without honor or ethics, surviving by any means necessary in a world of brutal criminality.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMeanwhile, Miike’s 2002 retelling transplants the story to Tokyo at the turn of the millennium. Less a direct remake of Fukasaku’s film than a radical reimagining of the same overarching premise, Miike’s film captures both the hedonism and nihilism of the modern Japanese crime scene in deliriously stylish fashion, resulting in a fascinating companion piece to the original that nonetheless stands as its own entity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArrow Video is proud to present these two intertwined but unique crime thrillers from two celebrated filmmakers at the peak of their creative powers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUPC \u0026gt; 760137520085\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormat \u0026gt; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLabel \u0026gt; \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShop online at \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.darksiderecords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eDarkside Records\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow us on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/darksiderecordspk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eInstagram\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MVD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392892780765,"sku":"760137520085","price":275.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/81lI6jhcGZL._SL1500.jpg?v=1770927197","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/products\/graveyards-of-honor-arrow-video","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}