YOUR LOVELY SMILE
Out Aug 12th
A bittersweet, hilarious, enlightening and inspirational road trip through Japanese arthouse cinemas with independent filmmaker Hirobumi Watanabe, who also struggles to release his own movies in real life.
World physical media debut!
Bonus Features
• Interview with director Lim Kah Wai (29 minutes)
• Interview with film festival programmer Yoshi Yatabe (20 minutes)
• Deleted and Extended Scenes (24 minutes)
• Trailer
REGION FREE
On bluray August 12th
Watch the Trailer
Buy the bluray here
Shinya Tsukamoto x 2
Two films from legendary Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man) make their way onto bluray & digital from Third Window Films!
SHADOW OF FIRE
Tsukamoto's latest film and winner of the NETPAC Award a the 80th Venice Film Festival
Bonus Features
• Tom Mes feature audio commentary
• “The Reality Of Violence” Video Essay by Robert Edwards
• Shinya Tsukamoto and author Kota Ishii talk event
• Director and cast cinema stage greetings
• Trailer
• Slipcase with artwork from Ian MacEwan (limited to 2000 copies)
• Region B
VITAL
Celebrating its 20th anniversary!
Bonus Features
• Making of Vital
• Archival Interview with Shinya Tsukamoto
• Jasper Sharp Video Essay – "An Assault On The Senses"
• Tom Mes Audio Commentary
• Music Clips
• World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival
• Special Effects Featurette
• Trailer
• Slipcase with artwork from Ian MacEwan (limited to 2000 copies)
• Region B
Both out on bluray & digital
September 30
Part of the Third Window Films Tsukamoto collection,
available to buy at Terracotta Distribution
https://shop.terracottadistribution.com/collections/shinya-tsukamoto
Arrow Films
J Horror Rising
Vengeful ghosts returning from beyond the grave, young women with supernatural abilities, investigative narratives, a terror of technology, and an ominous aura of urban alienation and isolation mark the wave of horror and mystery films that emerged in Japan at the turn of the millennium, collectively labeled as "J-Horror". Remastered from the best available elements and packed with a host of new and archival extras, J-Horror Rising presents seven of the genre's most distinctive titles.
Out October 28th
Pre-order at Arrow Films
https://www.arrowfilms.com/blu-ray/j-horror-rising-limited-edition-blu-ray/15463690.html
Japan Film Festival Online
JFF Theatre
5 films to screen for free!
Part of their ongoing selections of free to stream worldwide titles from Japan, the Japan Foundation have a new selection of titles to watch.
More info at: https://en.jff.jpf.go.jp/
