This November is proving to be a Marital Arts celebration with Shout! Factory’s announcement of The Sonny Chiba Collection. The Blu-ray boxset will include seven titles starring one of the great cinema tough guys. Sonny Chiba dominated the screen with The Street Fighter (currently out as a Blu-ray boxset from Shout! Factory). You might also remember Sonny Chiba from appearing in both parts of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill. Now you’ll get to feast on his Japanese action films right before Thanksgiving. The Sonny Chiba Collection includes Bodyguard Kiba, Bodyguard Kiba 2, Yakuza Wolf 1: Perform Murder, Yakuza Wolf 2: Extend My Condolences, Shogun’s Shadow, Samurai Reincarnation and Swords of Vengeance. You might want to warn the neighbors that you’ll be cranking the home audio system to hear all the bones Sonny Chiba breaks on the screen. The boxset is slated to be released on November 15. If you order early from Shout! Factory’s website, they’ll include a special poster. We’ll have an update when the bonus features are announced. Here’s the information Shout! Factory has released on their website:
Sonny Chiba Collection + Exclusive Poster
Released: November 15, 2022 • Available in US & Canada
Synopsis
THE MARTIAL ARTS ICON DELIVERS HIGH-OCTANE THRILLS
IN SEVEN OF HIS BEST FILMS!
Get ready for some of the wildest action films from the impressive legacy of Sonny Chiba! This box set comprises just a small collection from his incredibly successful career. Some of these films are making their North America Blu-ray debut. Shinichi “Sonny” Chiba will be greatly missed by his legion of fans. The “Street Fighter” will live on forever!
DISC ONE:
YAKUZA WOLF: I PERFORM MURDER (2.35:1, DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 87 min.)
In this riveting Western, a vengeful man is after the Japanese yakuza for killing his boss and selling his sister into slavery. This exciting thrill-ride is “one of Chiba’s most enjoyable films” (Chris D., Guns And Swords).
YAKUZA WOLF 2: EXTEND MY CONDOLENCES (2.35:1, DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 85 min.)
In this fantastic sequel, Chiba is sent to prison after being betrayed by a yakuza underboss. Once out, he looks to get his revenge in this exciting film directed by Buichi Saito (Lone Wolf And Cub: Baby Cart In Peril).
DISC TWO:
BODYGUARD KIBA (2.35:1, DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 87 min.)
Based on the anime by Ikki Kajiwara, Bodyguard Kiba follows a martial arts fighter (Sonny Chiba) who takes on the yakuza. This film was released in the US theatrically as The Bodyguard with the slogan “Viva Chiba!”
BODYGUARD KIBA 2 (2.35:1, DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 88 min.)
This terrific sequel opens with our hero in prison. Upon his release, he takes a bodyguard position at a nightclub … and his new employer ends up being the one who had him imprisoned!
DISC THREE:
SHOGUN’S SHADOW (1.85:1, DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo, 112 min.)
A young man on a journey to Edo to mark his passage to manhood is accompanied by seven master samurai charged with getting him there safely … against the wishes of a powerful shogunate.
SAMURAI REINCARNATION (1.85:1, DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 122 min.)
When a resurrected demon assembles a team of undead samurai warriors to overthrow the Tokugawa shogunate, only one person can defeat them: Jubei Yagyu (Sonny Chiba).
DISC FOUR:
SWORDS OF VENGEANCE (2.35:1, DTS-HD Master Audio Mono, 160 min.)
Director Kinji Fukasaku (Battle Royale, The Yakuza Papers) teams up with Sonny Chiba to present a daring and violent version of Japan’s most epic myth, “The 47 Loyal Retainers.”
Product Information
DISCS 4 | RUN-TIME 12.35 hrs | ASPECT RATIO Various | COLOR | LANGUAGE Japanese |
REGION A | RATING Not Rated | PRODUCTION DATE 1972 / 1973 / 1978 / 1981 / 1989 | CLOSED-CAPTIONED No | SUBTITLES English |
Sonny Chiba Collection + Exclusive Poster – Blu-ray :: Shout! Factory (shoutfactory.com)