Shout Factory in the USA is to release Volume 2 of the Sonny Chiba Collection a selection of martial arts legend Sonny Chiba’s successful career. Some of them are making their North American Blu-ray debut on Blu ray and the set will include the following films –
DISC ONE:
THE DEFENSIVE POWER OF AIKIDO (82 min.) Jiro Chiba tackles the role of Morihei Ueshiba, born in Wakayama to a farming family and destined for martial arts greatness as he learns from the masters (including brother Sonny Chiba) and develops his own well-polished Aikido.
13 STEPS OF MAKI ( 78 min.) Based on a comic book, 13 Steps Of Maki follows the leader of the all-female Stray Cats gang who use their fighting skills to help others. But when Maki crosses the daughter of a powerful man with connections to the yakuza, she winds up in prison on false charges.
DISC TWO:
KARATE WARRIORS ( 89 min.) A street fighter (Sonny Chiba) arrives in a town ruled by two warring gangs headed by feuding yakuza brothers. He does everything he can to keep them feuding while tracking down a lucrative stash of drugs and befriending the son of a sword-wielding samurai …
THE GREAT OKINAWA YAKUZA WAR ( 95 min.) Co-starring alongside Hiroki Matsukata, Sonny Chiba makes for a striking, animalistic gangster battling his way through the streets of Okinawa in this eye-popping martial arts powerhouse set one year before the return of power to the mainland.
DISC THREE:
KARATE FOR LIFE (90 min.) The final film in the Masutatsu Oyama trilogy, Karate For Life follows our hero through US-occupied Okinawa, where he leaves a professional wrestling job … but must return to the ring in order to help a friend in desperate need of medical supplies.
GOLGO 13: ASSIGNMENT KOWLOON ( 92 min.) International spy Duke Togo has taken on a tricky assignment from an American drug syndicate: take out a Hong Kong kingpin selling their drugs independently. Duke faces danger at every turn … and competition from a detective who wants the kingpin for himself!
DISC FOUR:
THE OKINAWA WAR OF TEN YEARS (101 min.) It’s brother against brother and friend against friend when Okinawa is returned to mainland Japan … and the local yakuza does not take kindly to being strong-armed by mainland gangs. The result is mayhem and the biggest yakuza war ever fought in Okinawa.
All films will be HD 1080P remasters and DTS original mono sound mix.
