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IL MERCENARIO (A PROFESSIONAL GUN/THE MERCENARY)

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Release Date July 14, 2021
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Catalog No.KIXF-1004
JAN/ISBN 4988003868772
Product Type Blu-ray
TV Standard NTSC
Number of Discs 1
Label/DistributorKing Records
Color Color
Running Time 135minutes
Original Release Year 1968
Layers single-sided/dual-layered
Aspect Ratio(s) Scope
Region A
Subtitles Japanese
Audio Track English DTS HD Master Audio 2.0ch Monaural
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0ch Monaural
Italian DTS HD Master Audio 2.0ch Monaural

Description

[Machine Translation] Sergio Corbucci, director of the blockbuster hit "Sequel to The Wilderness Sidekick" ('66), and Franco Nero, the lead actor, teamed up again to make this macaroni action epic. Franco Nero plays Kowalski, a professional war hero. He is a selfish and unfriendly man who uses Paco, the leader of the despicable revolutionary army, as his plaything, but his manly spirit at the critical moment and his strange friendship with Paco make him a fascinating character different from Django in "The Wilderness Bouncer. The film also features Hollywood villain Jack Palance, who was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in "Shane" ('53), as the ruthless assassin Curly, a role he plays with great success. Two years later, Corbucci returned to the role of these two men for the even larger scale Revolutionary Western masterpiece "The Gunmen's League" ('70). Almost 50 years later, Quentin Tarantino, who praised Corbucci as "the world's second greatest macaroni director" in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood ( 19 ), ranked this film fourth on his all-time list of the "Top 20 Spaghetti Westerns". In the scene in "One Flew Over Paris" where Sharon Tate, played by Margot Robbie, goes to see "Silencer" ('68) in a private screening, Tarantino put a poster of the film in the lobby of the theater as the next screening to show his love for "The Leopard/Jaguar". The film was shown in the lobby of the theater. --Mexico is shaken by a revolutionary upheaval. Kowalski is a mercenary, and he is asked by the wealthy Garcia to escort a shipment of silver from Mexico. However, the mine has already been taken over by the Mexican Revolutionary Army led by Paco. When his rival, the ruthless and merciless hitman Curly, is hired by Garcia, Kowalski is no longer needed, and he joins Paco's side and the revolutionaries. Paco and Kowalski, who had been in conflict with Carly, who was relentlessly trying to kill them, continued to fight in various places, but as it turned out, they were able to defeat the government forces. However, they end up making enemies of the government forces as well, and after a fierce battle, they are finally destroyed. Six months later, Carly and Kowalski appear before Paco, who has transformed himself into a clown.
Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage

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Description in Japanese

豹/ジャガー / 洋画

大ヒットした『続・荒野の用心棒』(66)のセルジオ・コルブッチ監督と主演のフランコ・ネロが再び組んだマカロニアクション超大作。戦争のプロである主人公のコワルスキーを演じたフランコ・ネロ。野卑な革命軍のリーダー・パコを手玉に取る、利己主義で全く気のおけない男だが、ここぞという時にみせる男気やパコとの奇妙な友情など、『続・荒野の用心棒』のジャンゴとはまた一味違った魅力的な役柄を演じている。また『シェーン』(53)でアカデミー賞助演男優賞にノミネートされたハリウッドの悪役スター、ジャック・パランスを冷酷な殺し屋・カーリー役に抜擢し功奏している。本作はコルブッチ監督の"メキシコ革命三部作"の第一作であり、本作の2年後にはこの二人を再び起用し、さらにスケールアップさせた革命ウェスタンの傑作『ガンマン大連合』(70)を撮り上げている。それから約50年後、『ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・ハリウッド』(19)で、"世界で二番目に偉大なマカロニ監督"としてコルブッチを賞賛したクエンティン・タランティーノは、自身のオールタイム映画ランキングの中で、"スパゲッティ・ウェスタントップ20"の第4位に本作を上げているばかりか、『ワン・ハリ』の劇中でもマーゴッド・ロビー演じるシャロン・テートが主演作『サイレンサー/破壊部隊』(68)をお忍びで劇場に観に行くシーンで、劇場ロビーに次回上映作として本作のポスターを掲載し、改めて『豹/ジャガー』愛をアピールした。 ――激動の革命に揺れるメキシコ。コワルスキーは傭兵としての腕を見込まれ、富豪のガルシアからメキシコから移送する銀の護衛を任される。しかし鉱山はすでにパコ率いるメキシコ革命軍が占拠していた。ライバルの冷酷無比な殺し屋・カーリーがガルシアに雇われたため、用済みとなったコワルスキーはパコに取り入り革命軍側につくことに。執拗に彼らの命を狙うカーリーを煙に巻き、衝突を繰り返しながらも各地で転戦を続けるパコとコワルスキーたち。だが結果的に政府軍をも敵に回してしまった彼らは激しい戦闘の末、遂に壊滅する。半年後、ピエロに身をやつしたパコの前に、カーリー、そしてコワルスキーが現れて──。
映像・音声特典: 日本語吹替完全版 (1974年放送「土曜映画劇場」版/ネロ=石田太郎・ムサンテ=高山栄・パランス=小林清志)、劇場予告編集

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