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Manhunt sees the iconic Ken Takakura (A Fugitive From The Past, Black Rain, The Yakuza) reunited with Japan's top action director Junya Sato (The Bullet Train) in a high-octane crime thriller that takes him across the whole of Japan.

When Fuyuto Morioka (Takakura), a chief prosecutor for the Ministry of Justice, is arrested for a crime he didn't commit, he escapes from custody. Trailed by a detective and two shadowy figures wielding shotguns, Morioka's investigation into who might want to see him locked away sees him uncover a dark web of government and corporate corruption involving a dangerous mind-controlling drug developed by a sinister pharmaceutical company.

A star-studded blockbuster featuring some of Japan's most familiar actors, including Kunie Tanaka, Ryo Ikebe and Ko Nishimura, Manhunt proved a surprise box-office smash, inspiring a 2017 remake by John Woo, and is now presented in a brand new high-definition restoration with original lossless audio.

Manhunt is released on Blu-ray 19th October 2026 from Toy Robot Video.

Special Features

  • Audio commentary by Jasper Sharp and Amber T.
  • Man on the Run, Japanese film specialist Mark Schilling on Manhunt
  • An Unusual Director, a discussion of the film and its production by Junya Sato biographers Masaaki Nomura and Tatsuya Masuto
  • Scaling The (Great) Wall to Freedom, a text essay by James Marsh
  • Believing in Ken Takakura, a text essay by Earl Jackson
  • Stills Gallery
  • Original Theatrical Trailer