Blu-ray release: ‘Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl’

By   |  Apr 17, 2025

Third Window Films are bringing the 1999 Japanese crime comedy ‘Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl’ (鮫肌男と桃尻女) to UK Blu-ray on April 14, 2025.

Directed by Katsuhito Ishii, the film revolves around a petty thug on the run who meets a hotel worker fleeing from her own demons. The cast includes Tadanobu Asano, Shie Kohinata, Ittoku Kishibe, Susumu Terajima, and Kimie Shingyoji.

Synopsis: In the mountainous countryside of Japan, petty thug Samehada (Tadanobu Asano) is on the run alongside an attractive hotel worker named Toshiko (Shie Kohinata). He’s being pursued by a band of hapless gangsters; she’s fleeing her perverted uncle. As a cat-and-mouse chase ensues, a mono-browed hit-man soon raises the stakes, and a deadly confrontation awaits at the end of a trail of bloody noses, soiled public toilets and stolen 1981 Corvette Stingrays.

Features:
• New digital remaster from the original negatives
• Promise of August – Katsuhito Ishii’s debut film (50 mins)
• Interview with director Katsuhito Ishii
• Director Katsuhito Ishii audio commentary
• Robert Edwards video essay
• Region: B

‘Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl’ is available to order now from Amazon.co.uk.

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