{"product_id":"5027035021584-seijun-suzukis-the-taisho-trilogy-blu-ray-region-2","title":"Seijun Suzuki's The Taisho Trilogy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHAUNTING, HYPNOTIC, FLAMBOYANT, EROTIC, BIZARRE SUZUKI!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter over a decade in the wilderness following his firing from Nikkatsu for Branded to Kill (1967), maverick director Seijun Suzuki returned with a vengeance with his critically-praised tryptic of cryptic supernatural dramas set during the liberal enlightenment of Japan s Taisho Era (1912-26).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the multiple Japanese Academy Award-winning Zigeunerweisen (1980), two intellectuals and former colleagues from military academy involve their wives in a series of dangerous sexual games. In Kageroza (1981), a playwright is drawn like a moth to a flame to a mysterious beauty who might be a ghost, while Yumeji (1991) imagines the real-life painter-poet Takehisa Yumeji s encounter with a beautiful widow with a dark past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRarely seen outside of Japan, the films in the Taisho Trilogy are considered Suzuki s masterpieces in his homeland. Presenting a dramatic turn from more his familiar tales of cops, gangsters and unruly youth, these surrealistic psychological puzzles drip with a lush exoticism, distinctively capturing the pandemonium of a bygone age of decadence and excess, when Western ideas, fashions, technologies and art fused into everyday aspect of Japanese life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e * High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) transfers of all three films\u003cbr\u003e * Original uncompressed stereo audio\u003cbr\u003e * Optional English subtitles\u003cbr\u003e * New introductions to each film by critic Tony Rayns\u003cbr\u003e * Making-of featurette\u003cbr\u003e * Vintage interview with Seijun Suzuki\u003cbr\u003e * Tony Rayns on the Taisho Trilogy, a new appreciation of Suzuki s trilogy\u003cbr\u003e * Trailers\u003cbr\u003e * Reversible sleeve featuring two artwork choices\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40110368981089,"sku":"5027035021584","price":21.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_8303714_1233990_jpg.jpg?v=1740504801","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/5027035021584-seijun-suzukis-the-taisho-trilogy-blu-ray-region-2","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}