Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir DVD USED Error 4444 Films and it transforms the conventions

and it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something altogether more troubling and profound

an archival interview with critic Stefano Della Casa

Orphaned 14 year-old Cody (Henry Thomas

Directed by notorious exploitation auteur Tom DeSimone (Hell Night

thrilling ride that "plays like an anthology of human phobias" (Roger Ebert)

Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir DVD USED Error 4444 Films and it transforms the conventionsFrom the mid 1950s to the early 1970s, wild, idiosyncratic crime movies were the brutal and boisterous business of Nikkatsu, the oldest film studion in Japan. In an effort to attract youthful audiences growing increasingly accustomed to American and French big screen imports, Nikkatsu began producing action potboilers (mukokuseki akushun, or borderless action) modeled on the western, comedy, gangster, and teen rebel genres. This bruised and bloody