Product Details

• Actors: Yoshio Harada, Katsuo Nakamura, Ryunosuke Minegishi, Etsuko Ichihara, Ryoko Nakano
• Directors: Kazuo Ikehiro
• Writers: Kazuo Ikehiro, Yoshihiro Ishimatsu
• Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese (Unknown)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Animeigo
• DVD Release Date: October 3, 2006
• Run Time: 88 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GNOH6E
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,076 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Trail of Blood" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Rival gangs are at war with one another, ravaging the countryside and slaughtering anyone who defies them. Unfortunately for them, they messed with the wrong guy.

When Jokichi, a famed wandering Yakuza soldier, tries to go straight, he quickly learns that you only leave the Underworld by getting sent to Hell!

After his fellow mobsters murder his entire family, he’s got only one reason to keep on living... to ensure they keep on dying!

And the Kanto Plains are full of rats that need killin’!
In fact, there’s three movies full of them!

DVD Features:
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Presented in Anamorphic Widescreen
English and Japanese with English Subtitles

Bonus Material Includes:
Image Galleries
Interactive Program Notes
Trailers

Run Time: 88 Minutes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Trail of Blood, November 29, 2006

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amsterdamaged - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trail of Blood (DVD)

Animeigo stikes gold yet again. The company that gave us "Lone Wolf and Cub", "Lady Snowblood", and "Shadow Hunters", releases another winner with the unbelievably entertaining "Trail of Blood", the first installent in the Mikogami trilogy.

In medieval Japan, a member of the Yakuza (Japanese Mafia) decides to go straight. He marries a woman of ill repute and attempts to put his past behind him. I don't like to spoil the plot for anyone, so lets just say that his attempt at a domestic existence comes to a screeching halt. He embarks on a path of revenge which takes three films to complete.

Now, I haven't seen parts 2 and 3 yet, but if they're consistent with the quality of the 1st installment, then they're going to be great. Like the previously mentioned releases by Animeigo, this film features great acting and stunning cinematography. The story isn't terribly original (Kill Bill and A History of Violence are recent films with similar themes), but it works, and works beautifully. This film could easily be remade into an American gangster film with very little changes in the actual plot.

If you're a fan of bloody as hell Samurai action (you know who you are), or if you just like good movies that are different from the mainstream, then you're going to love this movie. Highly recommended!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Oh, heck yes!, March 4, 2008

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Joseph L. Brady (Lancaster, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trail of Blood (DVD)

This one was a guilty pleasure. Better than I had expected. Sorry this review won't be more detailed, but I just reviewed "Elizabeth the Golden Age" and am a little worn out after stomping all over it! If you like samurai, if you like slice and dice and a decent effort overall, buy this one.