Shake Hands with the Devil DVD Japanese three related shorts from BFI

three related shorts from BFI archive and more

noir largely shot on location in Little Tokyo

Born from a painstaking process of rehearsal and improvisation with a powerhouse ensemble cast including Marianne Jean-Baptiste

Extras include Jack Bond’s long-unseen South Bank Show episode on Herzog from 1982 and Les Blank’s Burden of Dreams

Shake Hands with the Devil DVD Japanese three related shorts from BFI'Shake Hands with the Devil' Director: Michael Anderson (1959) In 1920s Ireland, when a secret IRA member is murdered, a young medical student is thrown into a world of chaos. Soon he becomes embroiled in a series of plots to overthrow the hated Black & Tans, but as the possibility of peace mounts, so do the group's desperate, bloodthirsty measures.. Starring James Cagney and Don Murray.