Product Details

• Actors: Shô Aikawa, Xianmei Chen, Ming-Jun Gao, Jianqin He, Sau Leung 'Blacky' Ko
• Directors: Takashi Miike
• Writers: Ichiro Ryu, Ichirô Fujita, Seigo Inoue
• Producers: Ken Takeuchi, Tetsuya Ikeda, Toshiki Kimura, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa
• Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Limited Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Japanese (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: ArtsmagicDVD
• DVD Release Date: January 31, 2006
• Run Time: 302 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000CCD23S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #266,304 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Black Society Trilogy (Shinjuku Triad Society/ Rainy Dog/ Ley Lines)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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“MANIC PACING, SPLINTERED CUTTING & SITUATIONS WHERE KINKY SEX IS UPSTAGED BY KINKIER POLITICS”

Product Description

From the maniac mind of Japanese sensation, Takashi Miike, the director of ‘FULL METAL YAKUZA’ and ‘YOUNG THUGS’ comes his gangster opus, THE BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY.

SHINJUKU TRIAD SOCIETY

In a twilight world, where gangster and law enforcer attract and repel each other in waves of violence, Tatsuhito, a dirty cop pursues the gay Chinese warlord, Wang, from the night world of Shinjuku to Taiwan.

RAINY DOG

An outcast yakuza Yuji, lives as a hitman on the fringes of the Taiwanese criminal world. But when he’s unexpectedly saddled with what may be his real son, his lethal skills are deployed to win a haven for his new family.

LEY LINES

Three boys of mixed race seek to escape from Japan, but their search brings them up against dangerous gang boss Wong, who holds the key to their departure.

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Customer Reviews

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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars miike's more straight forward work, January 28, 2005

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M. James (balwinsville,NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Society Trilogy (DVD)

The first film in this collection does follow in the vein of dead or alive and ichi the killer in its subversive, twisting craziness. However, rainy dog, is much more conventional character study, and far less extreme than the majority of Miike's work. This film is beautiful and leisurely paced, using the literary device of pathetic falicy, where the external rain of the environment parallels the emotional states of its central characters. Ley lines is harder hitting with its look at racial bigotry, through its use of sex and violence. All three films are of his best caliber work and solidify the character's feelings of alienation by their own systems (governmental,yakuza/organized crime,family,racial circles).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Black Society Trilogy, April 4, 2011

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D. Aiken "social observer" (Eastern Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black Society Trilogy (DVD)

To be brief,if you find yourself in need to fill a craving for raw and grit,you can either watch this series or have your backside wire brushed. There is nothing warm and fuzzy in any of these stories,none of them being related to each other except each having,in part,the theme of "half-breed", Taiwanese/Japanese kids and adults trying to survive in brutal societies,both in Taiwan and Japan. Murder,rape,homsexuality, gangs, treachery,drugs,poverty,more muder,etc. All the "good" stuff. Worth a least one viewing but I may opt for the wire brushing before I do it twice. These are brutal.