I The Executioner Blu-Ray

A man brutally murders a woman after forcing her to write down the names of four others. As the murders pile up, the police investigate the connections between the victims and how they may be linked to a young boy's suicide in the same building. Directed by Tai Kato (By a Man's Face You Shall Know Him), a former apprentice of Akira Kurosawa, better known for his yakuza films, I, the Executioner is a pitch-black neo-noir that makes the serial killer the main character. Kato's film is sensationally photographed with claustrophobic close-ups and is reminiscent of both Hitchcock's Psycho and Nagisa Oshima's films, while also anticipating the Italian giallo.

SPECIAL FEATURES

High-definition digital transfer

Uncompressed mono PCM audio

Visual essay on Japanese serial killer films by Jim Harper

Appreciation of filmmaker Kenta Fukasaku

Trailer

Newly translated English subtitles