Rent The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses / Danger Point: The Road to Hell (1991)
2.7 of 5 from 45 ratings
3h 4min
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- Synopsis:
Legendary director Teruo Ishii, famed for his exploitation films such as 'Horrors of Malformed Men' and Inferno of Torture, returns to the hard-boiled crime genre that made his name with 'The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Boses'. Former Self Defense Force officer Takanashi is on a quest for vengeance, hunting down the men responsible for his fiancee's death, killed in the crossfire of a yakuza turf war. A chance encounter with a young con artist named Rumi gives him an additional entry point into the yakuza underworld, but with gangsters and the police hot on his tail, Takanashi must shed his last traces of humanity to satisfy his violent retribution. After both appearing in 'Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet', Show Aikawa and Joe Shishido would be reunited as a pair of contract killers in 'Danger Point: The Hoad to Hell', a twisted combination of buddy movie and hard-boiled crime thriller. A seemingly easy assignment takes an unexpected turn when the hitmen find the photograph of a young nurse clutched in their target's hands. Convinced there's more to the story, the pair decide to investigate the nurse's identity and find themselves in a convoluted and deadly web of betrayal revolving around a stolen bounty of 20 million dollars. These two tales of hitmen pushed to breaking point perfectly capture the figure of the wayward antihero with an unmatched style and aplomb! - Actors:
- Hideki Saijô, Kiyoshi Nakajoe, Natsumi Nanase, Minako Fujimoto, Yuki Semba, Kimiko Yo, Ryûji Katagiri, Denden, Shinzô Hotta, Seigo Inoue, Yôzaburô Itô, Gorô Mutsumi, Daisuke Nagakura, Kazuyoshi Ozawa, Mikiko Ozawa, Kenji Shiiya, Kantarô Suga, Gôzô Sôma, Tetsurô Tanba, Etsushi Toyokawa
- Directors:
- Teruo Ishii, Yasuharu Hasebe
- Producers:
- Kanji Amao, Tsutomu Yamamoto
- Writers:
- Yasuharu Hasebe, Ryûzô Nakanishi
- Aka:
- Za Hittoman chihabaranonioi / Danger Point: Jigokuhenomichi
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Countries:
- Japan
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- Release Date:
- 28/04/2025
- Run Time:
- 186 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Newly filmed introductions to both films by Japanese film critic Masaki Tanioka
- The Versatility of Teruo Ishii, a brand new video essay on 'The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Boses' and its director Teruo Ishii by Japanese cinema expert Frankie Balboa
- The Boad to V-Cinema, a brand new video essay on 'Danger Point: The Boad to Hell' by critic and Japanese cinema expert James Balmont
- Original Trailer for 'The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Boses'
