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Crazy Thunder Road
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Hailed both as Japan's Mad Max, Sogo Ishii's high-octane, loud-and-proud breakthrough hit was one of that country's great success stories, a graduation project from a film school punk rocker bought by Toei Studios and released nationwide. The plot involves Ken, a gang leader dreaming of a quiet life with his girlfriend Noriko, and Jin, Ken's maverick successor, who isn't about to let yakuza kingpins or right-wing nutjobs tell him what to do or whom to kill. Jin's violent individualism in a world where even outlaws follow the bosses' orders references the doomed anti-establishment heroes of Kinji Fukasaku, but Crazy Thunder Road points toward a new style of genre filmmaking-fast-paced, quick-witted and brilliantly stylized.
- New master approved by the director
- New interview with Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii
- Audio commentary by Tom Mes
- Video Essay: Jasper Sharp on Jishu Eiga
- Third Window
- 97 mins approx
- Sogo Ishii
- 15
- Yamada Tatuso
- Ebisudani Hiroshi
- Ooike Masamitsu
- English
- 1980
- Japanese
- 1
- B
- Third Window
Crazy Thunder Road
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Blu-ray
RRP: A$35.99
A$28.99
Save: A$7.00
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Hailed both as Japan's Mad Max, Sogo Ishii's high-octane, loud-and-proud breakthrough hit was one of that country's great success stories, a graduation project from a film school punk rocker bought by Toei Studios and released nationwide. The plot involves Ken, a gang leader dreaming of a quiet life with his girlfriend Noriko, and Jin, Ken's maverick successor, who isn't about to let yakuza kingpins or right-wing nutjobs tell him what to do or whom to kill. Jin's violent individualism in a world where even outlaws follow the bosses' orders references the doomed anti-establishment heroes of Kinji Fukasaku, but Crazy Thunder Road points toward a new style of genre filmmaking-fast-paced, quick-witted and brilliantly stylized.
- New master approved by the director
- New interview with Gakuryu (Sogo) Ishii
- Audio commentary by Tom Mes
- Video Essay: Jasper Sharp on Jishu Eiga
- Third Window
- 97 mins approx
- Sogo Ishii
- 15
- Yamada Tatuso
- Ebisudani Hiroshi
- Ooike Masamitsu
- English
- 1980
- Japanese
- 1
- B
- Third Window
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