Region 0 (ALL REGION PLAY / NO REGION CODE) - NTSC Format *CUSTOM BDR-25*REMASTERED VERSIONYear: 1982Running Time: 90 mins. approx.CAST:TAKAHASHI HidekiISHIBASHI RenjiARAKI YumikoAYUKAWA IzumiNAKAJO KiyoshiENDO TatsuoAOKI YoshiroOriginal Story by:SUSUKITA Rokuhei
Directed by:KUDO EiichiOne honest man performs hara-kiri at a politician’s gate, protesting collusion between powerful officials, a greedy merchant, and a corrupt member of the imperial court, who starve common folk and struggling samurai alike. Who will avenge this suicide? Will the Purple Hood, the masked champion, fight to free Japan from their stranglehold? Officers pursue him from Osaka to Kyoto, sworn to unmask and destroy this meddler. The incorrigible villains will never reform. They will soon face the naked blade of the masked avenger, who will cut down scores of desperate villains!
VIDEO: Color / AVC h.264 / 1080p / 4:3 / Academy StandardAUDIO: Japanese: AC-3 MonoSUBTITLES: Removable English Subtitles
