Lethal Chiba: 3 Movie Set - BCI Eclipse

Includes the following three classic Sonny Chiba movies on 3 discs: “Killing Machine”, “The Executioner”, and “Karate Inferno: The Executioner 2”. Region 1, NTSC, anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1. Japanese audio with English subtitles.

In Killing Machine (Shorinji Kenpo, 1975), a former Japanese soldier and Shaolin martial arts master returns home to Osaka after the war to find that gangsters are in control of the town. When he opposes them, corrupt law officials send him to a remote village where he decides to keep to himself and establish a martial arts school. However, when criminals show up there, he makes a stand. [Watch trailer]

In The Executioner (Chokugeki! Jigoku-ken, 1974), three street thugs are hired to take down a Tokyo drug dealer by any means necessary.

In Karate Inferno: The Executioner 2 (Chokugeki jigoku-ken: Dai-gyakuten, 1974), three mercenaries team up to rescue a kidnapped heiress and recover her stolen diamond, only to eventually lose both. [Watch trailer]

Available at the following retailer(s) on February 20, 2007:

• Amazon.com
• Amazon.ca
• YesAsia
• HKFlix