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Radical Japan: Cinema and State - Nine Films by Nagisa Oshima (bluray) Limited Edition boxset

Radical Japan: Cinema and State - Nine Films by Nagisa Oshima (bluray) Limited Edition boxset

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Director: Nagisa Oshima

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Radical Japan: Cinema and State, a Nagisa Oshima nine film blu ray boxset, limited to 5,000 copies only, released by Radiance Films. Films include short-films directed by Nagisa Oshima:

  • The Catch (1961)
  • Death by Hanging (1968)
  • Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969)
  • Boy (1969)
  • The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970)
  • The Ceremony (1971)
  • Dear Summer Sister (1972)
  • Yunbogi’s Diary (1965) short
  • 100 Years of Japanese Cinema (1995) short

The start of an ongoing series, this first volume of Radical Japan explores the films of new wave icon Nagisa Oshima (Cruel Story of Youth, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence). One of the most vital, challenging and admired bodies of work in cinema history, this boxset presents Blu-ray premieres of Oshima’s finest features across seven discs. 

In The Catch (1961), a village in World War II is shaken by the capture of a pilot; in Death by Hanging (1968), a failed execution throws the justice system into disarray; Diary of a Shinjuku Thief (1969) strikingly captures Tokyo’s 1960s counter-culture; Boy (1969) is a vivid portrait of a family surviving through scams; The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970), Oshima’s reaction to the protest movement; The Ceremony (1971), a meditation on how traditions oppress the young; and Dear Summer Sister (1972), which questions Japan’s colonial relation to Okinawa.

Label: Radiance Films

Format: Bluray

Country: Japan

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Language: JAPANESE

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Special Features

Audio commentaries by Samm Deighan on Death by Hanging, Tony Rayns on Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, and Jasper Sharp on The Ceremony

Introductions and appreciations of the films by film historians and scholars Luk Van Haute, Jennifer Coates, Rie Tsukinaga, and filmmaker Yang Yong-hi

Archival interviews with Oshima (1986 & 1995)

Interviews with actors Tadanori Yokoo and Kazuo Goto (2025)

Interview with critic and author Junichi Konuma on composer Toru Takemitsu (2025)

Extensive interview with critic Tony Rayns on Oshima’s life and career (2025)

Yunbogi’s Diary - Oshima’s short film about street children in Seoul (1965, 25 mins)

100 Years of Japanese Cinema - Oshima's documentary celebrating the centenary of cinema (1995)

Japanese Cinema: New Territories - a documentary by Hubert Niogret on the Japanese cinema of rebellion and renewal, charting the emergence of independent filmmakers of the 1960s to the 1990s featuring interviews with Oshima, Kiju Yoshida, Shohei Imamura and others (2011)

Newly improved English subtitle translation for each film

Reversible sleeves featuring original and new artwork based on designs by distributor ATG’s magazines

Limited edition 160-page book featuring new writing by Rea Amit, Espen Bale, archival articles by Donald Richie and Alexander Jacoby, plus writing by and interviews with Oshima

Limited Edition of 5000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Technical Specifications

4K restorations of Death by Hanging, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Boy, The Man Who Left His Will on Film and The Ceremony

High-Definition digital transfers of The Catch and Dear Summer Sister (exclusive to this edition)

Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film

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