Radical Japan: Cinema and State

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.

Special Features

Commentary: 'Death by Hanging': Samm Deighan; 'Diary of a Shinjuku Thief': Tony Rayns; The Ceremony': Jasper Sharp., Documentaries: '100 Years of Japanese Cinema'; 'Japanese Cinema: New Territories'., Interviews: Nagisa Oshima (director); Tadanori Yokoo (actor); Kazuo Goto (actor); Junichi Konuma (critic/author); Tony Rayns (critic)., ersible sleeves featuring original and new artwork based on designs by distributor ATG's magazines; Introductions and appreciations of the films by Luk Van Haute, Jennifer Coates, Rie Tsukinaga (film historians/scholars) and Yang Yong-hi (film-maker); Short film by Nagisa Oshima: 'Yunbogi's Diary' (1965).

Actors: Rentarô Mikuni, Kazuo Goto, Rokkô Toura, Tsuyoshi Kinoshita, Kenichi Fukuda, Fumio Watanabe, Hugh Hurd, Tetsuo Abe, Rie Yokoyama, Hiroshi Isogai, Hiromi Kurita, Yôko Mihara, Shôji Ishibashi, Tadanori Yokoo, Kei Satô, Yoon Yung-Do, Akiko Koyama, Atsuko Kaku, Kenzô Kawarasaki, Atsuo Nakamura, Sukio Fukuoka, Taiji Tonoyama

Audio Languages: Japanese

Duration: 821 minutes

Number of Discs: 7

Subtitle Languages: English

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