Bronson Lee Za Karate Collection (Blu-ray) ***Preorder*** 5/26

THE LEGENDARY TRILOGY ON TWO DISCS PLUS THE RE-CUT U.S. VERSION: BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION

Following their international success with Sonny Chiba's THE STREET FIGHTER series, Toei Company signed Japanese American 8th-degree black belt karate and kobudo (weapons) champion Tadashi Yamashita for a new action trilogy in which Yamashita's rugged looks and ferocious skills are pitted against a murderer's row of actual competition fighters: In ZA KARATE - also included here in the recut/dubbed U.S. Version released as BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION - Ohio farm boy Yamashita is targeted by mobsters when he dares to compete in Kyoto's World Championship. In ZA KARATE 2, the world's deadliest martial artists are sent to kill Tadashi before he can avenge the theft of a priceless sword. In ZA KARATE 3, Yamashita must learn new fighting styles to defeat a global squad of kung fu assassins. Asian cinema icons including Bolo Yeung (ENTER THE DRAGON), Shingo Yamashiro (13 ASSASSINS) and Shunji Sasaki (SAMURAI WOLF) co-star in these "batsh*t fun" (Trashmen Media) films directed by Yukio Noda (Toei's DELINQUENT BOSS series), now scanned in 4K from their original camera negatives for the first time ever, with over 6 hours of all-new Special Features starring Grandmaster Yamashita himself.

Special Features

• ZA KARATE Commentary With Star Tadashi Yamashita, Actor/Director/Bruceploitation Expert Michael Worth And August Ragone, Author Of Eiji Tsuburaya: Master Of Monsters
• BRONSON LEE, CHAMPION Partial Commentary With Cult Cinema Critic Lovely Jon
• Interview With Tadashi Yamashita
• ZA KARATE 2 Commentary With Tadashi Yamashita, Michael Worth And Boxer/Fighter A.J. 'The Rabbit' Richardi
• ZA KARATE 3 Commentary With Tadashi Yamashita, Michael Worth And Fight Choreographer John Kreng
• Interview With Co-Star Donnie Williams
• Scene Specific Commentary With Donnie Williams
• And More!