Australian physical-media label Umbrella Entertainment is bringing a diverse collection of cult favourites, award-winning drama, and Japanese murder mysteries to collectors in February.
Film fans have plenty to look forward to as Umbrella Entertainment reveals its upcoming February home-video lineup. The collection includes a new 4K UHD edition of the Australian thriller Road Games (1981), a Collector’s Edition of the British club-culture favourite Human Traffic (1999), the Academy Award-winning South African drama Tsotsi (2005), and a two-film collection featuring The Inugami Family (1976) and its 2006 remake, Murder of the Inugami Clan.
With new restorations, interviews, commentaries, archival material, and specially commissioned artwork, these releases offer plenty for collectors looking to revisit familiar titles or discover something new.
Tsotsi (2005) — Collector’s Edition Blu-ray
Gavin Hood’s Academy Award-winning drama Tsotsi arrives in a Collector’s Edition featuring specially commissioned packaging by acclaimed South African artist Pola Maneli.
Set on the outskirts of Johannesburg, the film follows a young gang leader whose life is shaped by violence and the daily struggle to survive. After stealing a car, Tsotsi discovers a baby in the back seat. The unexpected responsibility forces him to confront the consequences of his actions and opens the door to a possible future beyond the life he has known.
The release includes a new interview with director Gavin Hood, a Tsotsi script-to-screen featurette, and a video essay by Sally Christie exploring the film through the theme of motherhood. Additional extras include Hood’s audio commentary, deleted scenes and alternate endings with optional commentary, a making-of featurette, an introduction to the soundtrack, a featurette following Josias, and the theatrical trailer.
The Collector’s Edition offers another opportunity to revisit a powerful story of responsibility, compassion, and the possibility of redemption.
Inugami Legacy — The Inugami Family (1976) and Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006)
Japanese cinema fans can look forward to a two-film collection bringing together Kon Ichikawa’s original The Inugami Family (1976) and his later remake, Murder of the Inugami Clan (2006).
Based on the work of Seishi Yokomizo, the original film is a slow-burning murder mystery steeped in family secrets, inheritance disputes, and supernatural suspense. When wealthy patriarch Inugami Sahei dies, his fortune is left to Tamayo, an outsider, under the condition that she marry one of his grandsons: Sukekiyo, Suketake, or Suketomo.
The unusual arrangement creates bitter rivalries within the family. As relatives begin dying, detective Kosuke Kindaichi investigates the increasingly tangled case, uncovering buried secrets and a shocking family history.
Ichikawa returned to the story in 2006 with Murder of the Inugami Clan, revisiting the murder investigation and the web of greed, adultery, and deception surrounding the Inugami family.
The collection’s first disc includes a new commentary by critic and author Jasper Sharp, a feature on the 4K digital restoration, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Inugami Family, material on the origins of detective Kosuke Kindaichi, and a documentary examining Ichikawa’s visual style. A new feature on composer Yuji Ohno is also included, along with teasers and trailers.
The second disc features a new commentary by critic and writer Patrick Macias, a new discussion of the two films’ shared legacy with Rob Edwards, and promotional material. Umbrella has also indicated that additional extras for the remake disc will be announced.
Road Games (1981) — 4K UHD and Blu-ray
Richard Franklin’s Australian outback thriller Road Games is receiving a major 4K restoration sourced from the long-lost original camera negative. Overseen by cinematographer Vincent Monton, the presentation includes Dolby Vision and HDR, bringing a fresh level of detail to this cult classic.
Starring Stacy Keach as truck driver Pat Quid and Jamie Lee Curtis as hitchhiker Hitch, the film follows a long-haul journey across the desolate Nullarbor Plain. Quid passes the time by inventing games on the road, but his routine takes a sinister turn when he suspects a serial killer is targeting young female hitchhikers. His curiosity draws him into an increasingly dangerous investigation, turning an isolated stretch of highway into a deadly game of cat and mouse.
Umbrella’s two-disc edition pairs the 4K UHD feature with a Blu-ray packed with archival material and new interviews. The UHD disc includes the new restoration, Dolby Vision/HDR, a new commentary from critics and festival programmers Richard Kupiers and Bryn Tilly, an additional commentary with Franklin moderated by Perry Martin, and the restored original trailer.
The accompanying Blu-ray expands the package considerably. New additions include deleted scenes with optional commentary by editor Edward McQueen-Mason, a restoration featurette with Monton, a storyboard comparison of the chase sequence, and a look at the film’s restoration history and previous physical-media editions.
Collectors will also find fresh interviews with Monton, McQueen-Mason, production designer Jon Dowding, and Stacy Keach, alongside a wealth of older interviews, making-of material, audio recordings, music demos, and short films connected to Franklin’s career. For fans of Road Games, this is a particularly substantial archival collection.
Human Traffic (1999) — 4K UHD Collector’s Edition
The late-1990s club scene returns in a new Collector’s Edition of Human Traffic, featuring the BFI’s 4K restoration with Dolby Vision and HDR. The two-disc release includes both 4K UHD and Blu-ray versions, alongside new interviews, additional features, and custom packaging.
Directed by Justin Kerrigan, the film follows five friends in Cardiff who are looking for an escape from dull jobs, complicated relationships, and family frustrations. Their weekend unfolds through clubs, pubs, parties, and drug-fuelled adventures, with the highs and lows of the night revealing as much about their friendships as their attempts to escape everyday life.
The new edition adds interviews with actor Lorraine Pilkington, costume designer Claire Anderson, and producer Allan Niblo. These join existing material, including deleted scenes, an interview with executive producer Renata S. Aly, cast and crew interviews, a making-of featurette, the short documentary Rave (1997), promotional material, and both theatrical and restoration trailers.
For fans of British cinema and the era’s club culture, this release revisits a defining snapshot of a generation with a welcome upgrade in picture quality.
Umbrella Entertainment’s February Lineup
With a restored Australian thriller, a British club-culture favourite, an acclaimed South African drama, and two Japanese murder mysteries, Umbrella Entertainment’s February slate spans several decades and a wide range of cinematic styles.
The Road Games 4K UHD release stands out for its extensive archival collection, while Human Traffic receives a new restoration-focused Collector’s Edition. Tsotsi brings a celebrated drama back to collectors, and Inugami Legacy offers a chance to explore two versions of a classic Japanese mystery.
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