Tattooed Life Blu-ray

'Tattooed Life' Director: Seijun Suzuki (1965) Radiance Limited Edition Blu-ray | Region Free | Japanese w/ English subtitles

A low-level yakuza is double-crossed by his boss and attacked. His younger brother, an aspiring artist with no connections to crime, comes to his aid and kills his assailant. Fearing repercussions from the yakuza they flee to Manchuria where they risk coming under suspicion of rival gangs.

Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill) remains loyal to the conventions of the yakuza film, but Tattooed Life contains flashes of his later creative genius, including a final act of explosive visual excess that has become one of the director’s all-time classic scenes.

Limited Edition contents include:
- Audio commentary by William Carroll, author of Seijun Suzuki and Postwar Cinema (2024)
- Archival interviews with director Seijun Suzuki and art director Takeo Kimura
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Tom Vick and a newly translated archival review of the film
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings