Nikkatsu diamond guys
Contributors: Masuda, Toshio, 1927- film director; Saitō, Buichi, 1925- film director; Iwai, Kaneo, film producer; Mizunoe, Takiko, 1915-2009, film producer; Koi, Eisei, 1908-1992, film producer; Saji, Susumu, 1929-2001, screenwriter; Ikeda, Ichirō, 1923-1989, screenwriter; Akimoto, Ryûta, screenwriter; Masuda, Toshio, 1927- screenwriter; Hara, Kenzaburô, screenwriter; Nitani, Hideaki, actor; Yamazaki, Gan, screenwriter; Minamida, Yōko, 1933-2009, actor; Ishihara, Yūjirō, 1934-1987, actor; Kitahara, Mie, 1933- actor; Kobayashi, Akira, 1938- actor; Asaoka, Ruriko, 1940- actor; Matsumoto, Seichō, 1909-1992; Arrow Video (Firm)
Edition: Special edition.
Published: 2016
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording]
Number of pages: 269
Subjects: Drama; Murder; Investigation; Journalists; Mafia; Assassins; Street musicians
Other titles: Container of (work): Voice without a shadow (Motion picture); Container of (work): Red pier (Motion picture); Container of (work): Rambling guitarist (Motion picture)
Description: Voice without a shadow: when former telephone operator Asako's husband invites his boss Hamazaki over for dinner, she realizes his voice is suspiciously like that of a killer she heard years ago. Before she can investigate further, Hamazaki is found dead and her husband becomes the prime suspect.

Red pier: Jiro is a killer with a natural talent. Shortly after arriving in Kove, he witnesses a man die in a crane accident which turns out to be a cover-up for a murder. Jiro soon finds himself on the run, tailed by a determined cop.

The rambling guitarist: a wandering street musician Shinji falls in with mob boss Akitsu after saving one of his henchmen in a bar fight. Akitsu is sent to evict an offshore fishery and finds himself in the middle of a domestic dispute.
Notes: Title from container.

Voice with a shadow is based on the story "Voice" by Seichô Matsumoto.

Full HD 1080.Wide screen (2.35:1).

Special features: specially recorded video discussions with Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp on Diam guys Hideaki Nitani and Yujiro Ishihara; original trailers for all three films and trailer preview for Diamond Guys vol. 2; extensive promotional image galleries for all three films; booklet featuring new essays on all three films and director profiles by Stuart Galbraith IV, Tom Mes and Mark Schilling.

The rambling guitarist: music, Taichirô Kosugi ; director of photography, Kuratarô Takamura ; editor, Mitsuo Kondô.

Red Pier: music, Hajime Kaburagi ; director of photography, Shinsaku Himeda ; editor, Tsuji Masanori.

Voice with a shadow: music, Hikaru Hayashi ; director of photography, Kazue Nagatsuka ; editor, Akira Suzuki.

Yujiro Ishihara, Hideaki Nitani, Akira Kobayashi.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player.

Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Table of contents: title: Voice without a shadow (1959) / director, Seijun Suzuki ; producer, Kaneo Iwai ; written by Ryûta Akimoto and Susumu Saji ; cast: Hideaki Nitani, Yôko Minamida, Nobuo Kaneko (92 min.); title: Red pier (1958) / directed by Toshio Masuda ; produced by Takiko Mizunoe ; written by Ichirô Ikeda and Toshio Masuda ; cast: Yujirô Ishihara, Mie Kitahara, Yukiko Todoroki (99 min.); title: The rambling guitarist (1959) / director, Buichi Saitô ; produced by Eisei Koi ; written by Gan Yamazaki and Kenzaburô Hara cast: Akira Kobayashi, Ruriko Asaoka, Nobuo Kaneko (78 min).