PUNK SAMURAI SLASH DOWN (2018)
Tadanobu Asano is in Sogo Ishii's masterpiece of wonder and awe

original Japanese title :   PANKU-ZAMURAI, KIRARETE SORO  

NTSC playable on any standard US/Canada DVD machine

ATTENTION !!!! European & Australian PAL machine or PAL Blu-ray won't play this disc.

a Japanese film w/ optional English subtitles
runningtime :   130 min. (uncut / uncensored version)  

aspect :   widescreen (16:9)

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director: Sogo Ishii (Gakuryû Ishii)

starring: Gô Ayano · Keiko Kitagawa · Tadanobu Asano · Masahiro Higashide · Masatoshi Nagase · Jun Murakami

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Ko Machida’s 2004 novel Panku Zamurai Kirarete Soro was a huge Japanese bestseller. In the years that followed many cult filmmakers [including Takashi Ishii] attached themselves to the project. However, most everybody finally concluded that it would be impossible to make.  But Sogo Ishii - Japan's original punk icon (BURST CITY, ELECTRIC DRAGON 80,000 V, DEAD END RUN, et al) - would not let go.  He was like a dog with a slab of raw meat, making the 'impossible' happen.