I, the Executioner Blu-ray

'I, the Executioner' Director: Tai Katō (1968) | Radiance Blu-ray | HD transfer | Japanese w/ English subtitles

Police investigate the link between a serial killer’s machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide.

Pitch black neo-noir directed by the former apprentice of Akira Kurosawa, better known for his yakuza films. Evokes both Hitchcock's Psycho and the films of Nagisa Ōshima, while prefiguring the Italian Giallo.

Special features include:
- Visual essay on Japanese serial killer films by Jim Harper and Tom Mes
- Appreciation by filmmaker Kenta Fukasaku