Blu-ray release: ‘A Fugitive From The Past’
By Phil Mills | Sep 1, 2022
Arrow Video are bringing the 1965 Japanese crime drama ‘A Fugitive From The Past’ (飢餓海峡) to US and UK Blu-ray on September 27, 2022.
Directed by Tomu Uchida, the film revolves around a successful businessman whose murderous past comes back to haunt him when a prostitute recognises him as a killer. The cast includes Rentaro Mikuni, Sachiko Hidari, Ken Takakura, Junzaburo Ban, and Koji Mitsui.
Synopsis: In 1947, a freak typhoon sends a passenger ferry running between Hokkaido and mainland Japan plunging to the ocean depths, with hundreds of lives lost. During the chaos, three men are witnessed fleeing a burning pawnshop in the Hokkaido port town of Iwanai. The police suspect theft and arson, and when Detective Yumisaka (Junzaburo Ban) discovers the burned remains of a boat and the corpses of two men, he sets about tracking the shadowy third figure. Meanwhile, the mysterious Takichi Inukai (Rentaro Mikuni) takes shelter with a prostitute, Yae (Sachiko Hidari), a brief encounter that will come to define both of their lives. A decade later, long after the trail has gone cold, Yumisaka is called back by his successor Detective Ajimura (Ken Takakura) as two new dead bodies are found.
Features:
• HD (1080p) presentation of the restored 183 minute cut
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Introduction by Jasper Sharp
• Scene-specific commentaries from Japanese film scholars
• Original theatrical trailer
• Image gallery
• Tomu Uchida filmography
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and new art by Tony Stella
• Collector’s booklet [First press only]
‘A Fugitive From The Past’ is available to pre-order now from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.
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