The Running Man [Reissued Blu-ray / Limited Release]

[Machine Translation] In addition to the previously released DVD soft version, this near-future sci-fi action film starring Schwarzenegger is now being vividly restored on Blu-ray for the first time as a complete version that includes the Fuji TV broadcast version (1989), TV Asahi broadcast version (1990), VOD version and all four versions dubbed in Japanese! In addition to the fan-favorite Tetsusho Genda, the Fuji TV version also features the rare Akio Otsuka's Schwarzenegger! Based on the novel by Stephen King under the name of Richard Bachman. --In the near future, the world is ruled by a police state in the year 2019 AD. The world economy has collapsed, and people have become addicted to a cruel TV show called "Running Man," which is getting the highest ratings. The government plans to escalate the high-tech murder game to divert the public's attention away from freedom. The next ( runner up ) the TV people turned to was an ex-cop who had escaped from a penal labor camp. He has to fight against armed hunters as a ( runner ) of a program that no one has been able to survive so far.... Schwarzenegger's fierce fight against the hunters with chainsaws, dischargeable battle suits, and even napalm guns, using only his strong body, is a highlight of the film, which also depicts a problem that is relevant today: the fear of being controlled by the media. The film comes in an originally designed Japanese outer case based on the movie pamphlet from the theatrical release. Original booklet (8 pages) containing a condensed version of the article published in Kindai Eiga-sha's "Screen" at the time of the film's theatrical release (outer case size).

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シュワルツェネッガー主演の近未来SFアクションが既発売のDVDソフト版に加え、今回新たにフジテレビ放送版(1989年)、テレビ朝日放送版(1990年)、VOD版と全4バージョンの日本語吹替を収録した完全版として、初ブルーレイで鮮やかに甦る!! ファンにはおなじみの玄田哲章はもちろん、めずらしい大塚明夫のシュワルツェネッガーもフジテレビ版では楽しめる! 原作はリチャード・バックマン名義のスティーブン・キング。――警察国家が世の中を支配する近未来、西暦2019年。世界経済は崩壊し、人々は「ランニングマン」という残酷なテレビ番組に熱中し最高の視聴率を獲得していた。政府は大衆の目を〈自由〉からそらすため、そのハイテク殺人ゲームをさらにエスカレートさせようと企んでいた。そこで、次の〈ランナー〉としてテレビ局の人間が目をつけたのが懲役労働キャンプを脱走した元警官。彼はこれまで誰も生き残れることが出来なかった番組の〈ランナー〉として武装ハンターたちと闘わなければいけない・・・。チェーンソーや放電式の戦闘服、さらにはナパーム砲などを持ったハンターたちに、その強靭な肉体だけで立ち向かうシュワルツェネッガーの激闘ぶりが圧巻で、またメディアに支配される恐怖という現代にも通じる問題も同時に描いている。劇場公開時の映画パンフレットを使用した日本オリジナルデザインアウターケース仕様。近代映画社刊「スクリーン」の劇場公開時掲載記事等を凝縮したオリジナルブックレット(8P)封入(アウターケースサイズ)。