{"title":"Radiance Films","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoutique Blu-ray editions from Radiance Films, unearthing buried treasures of world cinema. Relative new-comer Radiance Films have already made a huge impact as a boutique blu-ray label with their already distinctive well designed OBI strip blu-ray releases with Scanavo packaging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out the list of Radiance Film releases here on the Terracotta store ranging from yakuza noir to gothic macabre.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"big-time-gambling-boss-blu-ray-standard-edition","title":"Big Time Gambling Boss (blu ray) standard edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eBig Time Gambling Boss (1968) directed by Kosaku Yamashita world wide blu ray debut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003en atmospheric tale of gangland intrigue written by Kazuo Kasahara (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBattles Without Honour and Humanity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e) and starring Tomisaburo Wakayama, (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLone Wolf and Cub, The Bounty Hunter \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTrilogy) and genre legend Koji Tsuruta, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig Time Gambling Boss\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is one of the all-time classics of the yakuza genre. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTokyo, 1934. Gang boss Arakawa is too ill and a successor must be named. The choice falls on Nakai, but being an outsider he refuses and suggests senior clansman Matsuda instead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBut Matsuda is in jail and the elders won’t wait for his release, so they appoint the younger and more malleable Ishido to take the reins. Clan honour and loyalties are severely tested when Matsuda is released, resulting in an increasingly violent internal strife. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaul Schrader called it the richest and most complex film of its type, while novelist Yukio Mishima hailed it as a masterpiece. Radiance Films is proud to present this crucial re-discovery for the first time ever on Blu-ray.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirector\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/search?q=Kosaku+Yamashita\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Kosaku Yamashita films on the Terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eKosaku Yamashita\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCast\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/search?q=Tomisaburo+Wakayama\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"List of Tomisaburo Wakayama films on the Terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eTomisaburo Wakayama\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/search?q=Koji+Tsuruta\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"List of Koji Tsuruta films on the Terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eKoji Tsuruta\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/search?q=Sumiko+Fuji\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"List of Sumiko Fuji films on the terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eSumiko Fuji\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/collections\/action\/yakuza\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"best Yakuza Action films on the terracotta distribution store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eYakuza action\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Japanese (with English subtitles)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/collections\/japanese-films\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Best Japanese films on the Terracotta store\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eJapan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e: 1968\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuntime\u003c\/strong\u003e: 95minutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSerial Gambling\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA video essay by Chris D., author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGun and Sword: An Encyclopedia of Japanese Gangster Films 1955-1980\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e, on \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBig Time Gambling Boss\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e's origins in the Toei studio's serialized yakuza movie production and what sets the film apart\u003c\/span\u003e (2022)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNinkyo 101\u003c\/em\u003e: In this video essay, Mark Schilling, author of \u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Yakuza Movie Book\u003c\/em\u003e, delves into the history and impact of the classical style of yakuza film, the ninkyo eiga or \"chivalry films\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e(2022)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: 400;\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGallery of original promotional stills\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli 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Realising his errors, he tries all he can to save her from literally losing her mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKohei Oguri’s haunting adaptation of the novel by Toshio Shimao is shot in a hyperreal style that is equal parts painterly and unflinching. Featuring striking set design, powerful lead performances and a vivid evocation of small-town life in postwar Japan, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Sting of Death\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival while stars Ittoku Kishibe and Keiko Matsuzaka won numerous awards for their performances. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRadiance Films is proud to present this remarkable film on Blu-ray for the first time in the world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion: \u003c\/strong\u003eAB\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSPECIAL FEATURES:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHigh-Definition digital transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUncompressed mono PCM audio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDocumentary on the Japanese film renaissance of the 1990s featuring interviews with Kohei Oguri, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kaneto Shindo and others (Hubert Niogret, 2011, 52 mins)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eInterview with film scholar Hideki Maeda (2023)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNewly translated English subtitles \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eReversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited edition booklet featuring a newly translated interview with director Kohei Oguri\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLimited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Radiance Films","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40140203524190,"sku":"RAD037BDLE","price":17.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3926\/1492\/files\/thestingofdeathblurayradiancefilms.webp?v=1705181809"},{"product_id":"a-story-written-with-water-bluray-limited-edition","title":"A Story Written with Water (bluray) Limited Edition","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ssOKuF8jY8?si=LEj6KoKB8sDXxCbs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Story Written with Water (1965)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eDirected by Kiju Yoshida (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEros + Massacre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), one of the leading lights of the Japanese New Wave, broke with studio filmmaking for A STORY WRITTEN WITH WATER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, his first independent production and the start of his signature style.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTelling the story of a man torn between his fiancee and the familial bond of his mother, Yoshida creates a dazzling narrative that uses flashbacks to tell its story of obsession and desire. With the luminous Mariko Okada as the mother, the celebrated star of such masterpieces as \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFloating Clouds \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eand \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLate Autumn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she would become Yoshida’s muse across a series of the director’s ‘anti-melodramas’. Yoshida's singular visual flair and revolutionary exploration of film codes place him as one of the finest Japanese filmmakers of the postwar period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e B\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpecial Features:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHigh-Definition digital transfer\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUncompressed mono PCM audio\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eArchival interview with director Kiju Yoshida\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(2008\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eNew interview with star Mariko Okada (2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eInterview 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markings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Radiance Films","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40269071876190,"sku":"RAD045BDLE","price":17.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3926\/1492\/files\/astorywrittenwithwater.webp?v=1705181196"},{"product_id":"eighteen-years-in-prison-blu-ray-limited-edition","title":"Eighteen Years in Prison (blu ray) Limited Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs an examination of the deep scars of wartime, this genre classic is also a clear precursor to Kinji Fukasaku’s epoch-making\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/products\/battles-without-honour-and-humanity-blu-ray-complete-collection-boxset\" title=\"BATTLES WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY bluray boxset\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eBattles Without Honour and Humanity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" class=\"p1\"\u003eKawada (Noboru Ando,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/products\/by-a-mans-face-shall-you-know-him-blu-ray-limited-edition\" title=\"by a mans face you shall know him blu ray\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy a Man’s Face Shall You Know Him\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) and Tsukada (Asao Koike,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/products\/sympathy-for-the-underdog-blu-ray-limited-edition-version\" title=\"sympathy for the underdog blu ray\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSympathy for the Underdog\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e) run afoul of the military police after stealing valuable copper wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp 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