Courtesans & Criminals: The Underworld of Hideo Gosha (Blu-ray)

Onimasa: Matsue is the adoptive daughter of the Kiryuin House, a small yakuza clan in Shikoku. Onimasa, their leader, is the last heir to a family of samurai. He is hard in business but respected by the poor because of his fairness. Matsue lives in the middle of this society, between gang wars and rivalries among the chief's mistresses. But when Onimasa takes a chivalrous attitude and finds himself on the side of train workers on strike, it annoys the Great Godfather of the island. The story starts in 1918, ending with the nearing of the Second World War.

Japan's Official Submission to the 1982 Academy Awards. Presented in a new 4K restoration.

Tokyo Bordello: A ruined businessman was forced to sell his daughter, Hisano, to a brothel in Yoshiwara, the largest red-light district in Tokyo. After several months of training, she tries to flee Yoshiwara when the time has come for her to take her first customer. Onimasa: Commentary by Japanese cinema scholar Jasper Sharp
Video essay by TokyoScope author Patrick Macias
Tokyo Bordello: Commentary by Japanese cinema scholar Jasper Sharp
Video essay by TokyoScope author Patrick Macias