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A scorching tale of toxic love in a toxic world, Nagisa Oshima’s second feature film marked the artistic breakthrough of one of the most radical voices in the history of Japanese cinema. Caught in the dog-eat-dog crucible of postwar Tokyo, teenage lovers Makoto (Miyuki Kuwano) and Kiyoshi (Yusuke Kawazu) turn to a life of crime, entrapping lecherous middle-aged men in order to extort their money. But how long can the wayward youths outrun their fate? Bursting with vivid color, this visually scintillating, furiously nihilistic film howls with rage at a society in which everything—love, sex, and youthful idealism—has been corrupted. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack A Town of Love and Hope (1959), director Nagisa Oshima’s first feature film Tomorrow’s Sun (1959), a short film by Oshima Interview with film scholar Tony Rayns Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara Cruel Story of Youth (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Cruel Story of Youth (The Criterion Collection) [Blu-ray] Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews

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A scorching tale of toxic love in a toxic world, Nagisa Oshima’s second feature film marked the artistic breakthrough of one of the most radical voices in the history of Japanese cinema. Caught in the dog-eat-dog crucible of postwar Tokyo, teenage lovers Makoto (Miyuki Kuwano) and Kiyoshi (Yusuke Kawazu) turn to a life of crime, entrapping lecherous middle-aged men in order to extort their money. But how long can the wayward youths outrun their fate? Bursting with vivid color, this visually scintillating, furiously nihilistic film howls with rage at a society in which everything—love, sex, and youthful idealism—has been corrupted. 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features A Town of Love and Hope (1959), director Nagisa Oshima’s first feature film Tomorrow’s Sun (1959), a short film by Oshima Interview with film scholar Tony Rayns Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara Cruel Story of Youth (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD] Cruel Story of Youth (The Criterion Collection) [4K UHD] Similar From the Brand Questions Reviews

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Genius provocateur Nagisa Oshima (In the Realm of the Senses), an influential figure in the Japanese New Wave of the 1960s, made one of his most startling political statements with the compelling pitch-black satire Death by Hanging. In this macabre farce, a Korean man is sentenced to death in Japan but survives his execution, sending the authorities into a panic about what to do next. At once disturbing and oddly amusing, Oshima s constantly surprising film is a subversive and surreal indictment of both capital punishment and the treatment of Korean immigrants in his country. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES - New, restored 4K digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack - New interview with critic Tony Rayns - New high-definition digital transfer of director Nagisa Oshima s 1965 experimental short documentary Diary of Yunbogi - Trailer - New English subtitle translation - PLUS: An essay by critic Howard Hampton