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Radical Japan: Cinema and State

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Number of Discs
7

Release Date
17/11/2025

Studio
Radiance Films

format
Blu-ray / Box Set with Book (Limited Edition)

Duration
821

Certificate UK
18

Description

The start of an ongoing series, this first volume of Radical Japan explores the films of new wave icon Nagisa Oshima (Cruel Story of Youth, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence). One of the most vital, challenging and admired bodies of work in cinema history, this boxset presents Blu-ray premieres of Oshima's finest features across seven discs. In The Catch (1961), a village in World War II is shaken by the capture of a pilot; in Death by Hanging (1968), a failed execution throws the justice system into disarray; Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) strikingly captures Tokyo's 1960s counter-culture; Boy (1969) is a vivid portrait of a family surviving through scams; The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970), Oshima's reaction to the protest movement; The Ceremony (1971), a meditation on how traditions oppress the young; and Dear Summer Sister (1972), which questions Japan's colonial relation to Okinawa.

Music: Hikaru Hayashi
Actor: Taiji Tonoyama
Actor: Rie Yokoyama
Actor: Fumio Watanabe
Actor: Yôko Mihara
Actor: Rokkô Toura
Producer: Masayuki Nakajima
Director: Nagisa Oshima
Producer: Nagisa Oshima
Writer: Nagisa Oshima
Writer: Masao Adachi
Actor: Atsuo Nakamura
Producer: Kinshirô Kuzui
Cinematographer: Seizô Sengen
Cinematographer: Tôichirô Narushima
Cinematographer: Yoshitsugu Tonegawa
Producer: Saburo Tajima
Cinematographer: Yasuhiro Yoshioka
Producer: Takuji Yamaguchi
Writer: Michinori Fukao
Writer: Mamoru Sasaki
Actor: Yoon Yung-Do
Writer: Tsutomu Tamura
Actor: Tadanori Yokoo
Actor: Tetsuo Abe
Actor: Tsuyoshi Kinoshita
Writer: Masataka Hara
Actor: Kazuo Goto
Actor: Sukio Fukuoka
Actor: Kenichi Fukuda
Actor: Hiroshi Isogai
Actor: Kenzô Kawarasaki
Actor: Atsuko Kaku
Actor: Hiromi Kurita
Actor: Shôji Ishibashi
Music: Tôru Takemitsu
Actor: Hugh Hurd
Actor: Kei Satô
Actor: Rentarô Mikuni
Actor: Akiko Koyama
Producer: Eiko Oshima
Music: Riichirô Manabe

Main Format
Blu-ray

Keyword Index
Radical Japan: Cinema and State|Rentarô Mikuni

Region
Region A,B,C

Subtitles
Subtitled

Extras 1
High Definition extras tbc

Extras 2
Language(s):Japanese, Subtitles:English, InteractiveMenu, PCMMono

Extras 3
Commentary:'DeathbyHanging':SammDeighan;'DiaryofaShinjukuThief':TonyRayns;TheCeremony':JasperSharp., Documentaries:'100YearsofJapaneseCinema';'JapaneseCinema:NewTerritories'., Interviews:NagisaOshima(director);TadanoriYokoo(actor);KazuoGoto(actor);JunichiKonuma(critic/author);TonyRayns(critic)., ersiblesleevesfeaturingoriginalandnewartworkbasedondesignsbydistributorATG'smagazines;IntroductionsandappreciationsofthefilmsbyLukVanHaute,JenniferCoates,RieTsukinaga(filmhistorians/scholars)andYangYong-hi(film-maker);ShortfilmbyNagisaOshima:'Yunbogi'sDiary'(1965).

Catalogue Number
RAD144BDLE

Colour
Col & B/W

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