Of Flesh and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda (blu ray) standard edition
Of Flesh and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda (blu ray) standard edition
Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Cast: various
Region: B
Label: BFI
Four-disc, four-film blu ray boxset featuring career-defining titles by Japanese auteur director Hirokazu Koreeda.
This boxset features his austerely beautiful debut MABOROSI and lyrical fantasy AFTER LIFE, alongside NOBODY KNOWS and STILL WALKING, films that cemented Koreeda's reputation as an heir to Ozu and a chronicler of the modern Japanese family.
These films from this Palme d'Or winning director are essential viewing for fans of contemporary world cinema.
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Special Features
Birthplace (2003, 29 mins): actress Makiko Esumi takes the viewer on a tour of the films
locations, featuring behind-the scenes stills and on-set footage
• Newly recorded audio commentary on Maborosi by filmmaker and writer Jasper Sharp
• Hirokazu Koreeda Screentalk (2013, 45 mins): the director in conversation with Jasper Sharp at
the 2013 London Film Festival
• Interview with Arata (2003, 15 mins): an interview with the actor and star of After Life, Arata
Iura
• Deleted scenes (1998, 17 mins): a selection of deleted scenes from After Life
• Newly recorded audio commentary on After Life by writer and curator Tara Judah
• Behind the scenes on Nobody Knows (2004, 7 mins): Behind-the-scenes footage of Koreeda at
work with his cast and crew
• Newly recorded audio commentary on Nobody Knows by Japanese-Australian filmmaker, writer
and academic Kenta McGrath
• Making Still Walking (2008, 29 mins): a featurette showing the cast and crew at work behind the
scenes
• Still Walking Q&A (2019, 33 mins): Hirokazu Koreeda in conversation with Michael Leader at BFI
Southbank
• Newly recorded audio commentary on Still Walking by Alexander Jacoby
• Still Walking gallery
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Technical Specifications
Runtime: 483 mins