The Sonny Chiba Collection: Volume 1 - BLU-RAY

Four-disc set includes Yakuza Wolf I Perform Murder (1972)Gosuke Himuro (Sonny Chiba) came back to Japan seeking vengeance against the Yakuza that killed his father and sold his sister into prostitution-and he'd do so by provoking the mob's factions into bloody internecine combat as he saved the big boss (Kôji Nanbara) for last-and himself. Spaghetti western-redolent actioner also stars Ryoji Hayama, Tomoko Mayama. 88 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg NR Yakuza Wolf 2 Extend My Condolences (1972)This in-name-only follow-up stars Sonny Chiba as a fresh-out-of-prison thug looking for some payback from the Yakuza boss (Asao Uchida) who put him there. Unfortunately, that's going to have to involve a two-man assault on the ganglord's isolated mountaintop compound. Tatsuya Fuji, Reiko Ike, Mikio Narita also star. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg NR Bodyguard Kiba (1973)Weary of the drug trade ravaging Japan. Intelligence operative Kiba (Sonny Chiba) makes it public he'll use his lethal skills to protect anyone brave enough to testify against the Yakuza. He swiftly finds a taker in a lovely and frightened Mafia moll (Mari Atsumi) whose lover just got whacked-but does she have her own agenda as he drops all comers? Signature Chiba action opus co-stars Etsuko Shihomi, Ryohei Uchida. 87 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg R Bodyguard Kiba 2 (1973)Out of prison after his vigilante rampages, Kiba (Sonny Chiba) is reduced to gangland nightclub muscle to cover his sister's medical bills. Matters get worse when it turns out that he's working for the thug who set up his jail buddy Nanjo (Tsunehiko Watase)... and a now-free Nanjo's looking for payback. Early InchJapanese Action ClubInch triumph for Chiba co-stars Etsuko Shihomi, Masashi Ishibashi. 88 min. In Japanese with English subtitles. C/Rtg NR Swords of Vengeance (The Fall of Ako Castle) (