Underworld Beauty

Retrieving the diamonds he stashed before his arrest, thief Miyamoto hopes to help his old partner Mihara, crippled during the heist. Their former boss, crime lord Oyane, offers to mediate with a foreign buyer, but secretly wants the stones for himself. The deal goes awry when gunmen appear on the scene. Mihara swallows the diamonds but dies in the chase, leaving a valuable corpse in the police morgue. Miyamoto forms an uneasy alliance with Mihara's wildcat sister Akiko to keep the gems away from gangsters, cops and even Akiko's greedy boyfriend. This wildly inventive early noir sees Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill, Tattooed Life) infectiously playing with genre rules and gender stereotypes.

SPECIAL FEATURES * New 4K restoration of the film by Nikkatsu Corporation
* Uncompressed mono PCM audio
* New interview with critic Mizuki Kodama (2024, 15 mins)
* Bonus feature: Seijun Suzuki’s Love Letter (1959, 40 mins)
* Audio commentary on Love Letter by Suzuki biographer William Carroll (2024)
* Trailers
* Newly improved English subtitle translation
* Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
* Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by critic Claudia Siefen-Leitich and an archival review of the film

Actors: Mari Shiraki, Michitaro Mizushima, Shinsuke Ashida, Seijun Suzuki

Audio Languages: Japanese

Duration: 87 minutes

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitle Languages: English

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