The Box Man
In UK cinemas from September 13
THE BOX MAN – directed by Gakuryu Ishii (Electric Dragon 80000v / Crazy Family),
adapted from the Kobo Abe (Women in the Dunes) book, will play in select UK
Odeon Cinemas from September 13th in London, Manchester and Edinburgh!
Book Tickets:
https://www.odeon.co.uk/films/the-box-man/HO00006179/
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
Typhoon Club
Standard Edition out October 7
For those of you who missed out on the Directors Company edition of Shinji Somai's 1985 cult classic, the standard edition bluray will be out October 7th
- New 4K digital remaster from the original negatives
- Feature audio commentary by Tom Mes
- Video Essay by Josh Slater-Williams
- Assistant Director Koji Enokido Talk Event
- Introduction by Ryusuke Hamaguchi at the Berlin Film Festival
- Trailer
Both Guard from Underground and DOOR Directors Company editions are running low too, so if you want them, better pick them up asap!
All the Directors Company blurays can be bought at Terracotta
https://shop.terracottadistribution.com/collections/directors-company
YOUR LOVELY SMILE
Now Out
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.
Only physical release in the world!
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
Now Out
Watch the Trailer
Buy the bluray here
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
TOMIE
Tomie is a creepy supernatural chiller directed by Ataru Oikawa (screenwriter of the pioneering Japanese horror Door) and featuring a chilling turn by the sensational Miho Kanno (Eko Eko Azarak: Wizard of Darkness, Dolls). Arrow Video is proud to present this key title from the J-Horror boom of the late 1990s, which spawned a string of sequels, for the first time on Blu-ray outside of Japan, with a host of newly produced extras.
Out November 18th
Pre-order at Arrow Films
https://www.arrowfilms.com/blu-ray/tomie-limited-edition-blu-ray/15603502.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/
