Tezuka's Barbara (dual format blu ray and DVD)

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One of Osamu Tezuka’s (Astroboy) most adult and sexually-charged works, Barbara (1973-74) was originally serialized as a follow-up to Ayako (1972-73) in Big Comic from July 1973 to May 1974.

Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka’s reimagining of “The Tales of Hoffmann”. Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named “Barbara”.

The controversial story, dealing with various taboos such as forbidden love, mystery, art, Eros, scandal and occultism, was said to have been impossible to be cinematized at the time of its original publication, but was made into a live-action film for the 90th Anniversary of Osamu Tezuka’s birth by his son Macoto Tezuka (The Legend of the Stardust Brothers).

Director: Macoto Tezuka

Cast: Fumi Nikaido, Goro Inagaki, Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Genre: Erotic Fantasy

Language: Japanese (with English subtitles)

Country: Japan

Year: 2020

Runtime: 100 minutes

Region: All

Special Features

• Behind the Scenes (30 mins)
• Interview with director Macoto Tezuka (30 mins)
• Interview with cinematographer Christopher Doyle (12 mins)
• Interview with actor Goro Inagaki (15 mins)
• Interview with actress Fumi Nikaido (7 mins)
• Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending (6 mins)