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A scorching tale of toxic love in a toxic world, Nagisa Oshima’s second feature film marked the artistic breakthrough of one of the most radical voices in the history of Japanese cinema. Caught in the dog-eat-dog crucible of postwar Tokyo, teenage lovers Makoto (Miyuki Kuwano) and Kiyoshi (Yusuke Kawazu) turn to a life of crime, entrapping lecherous middle-aged men in order to extort their money. But how long can the wayward youths outrun their fate? Bursting with vivid color, this visually scintillating, furiously nihilistic film howls with rage at a society in which everything—love, sex, and youthful idealism—has been corrupted. FILM INFO Japan 1960 97 minutes Color 2.39:1 Japanese Spine #1321 4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES 4K digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features A Town of Love and Hope (1959), director Nagisa Oshima’s first feature film Tomorrow’s Sun (1959), a short film by Oshima Interview with film scholar Tony Rayns Trailer PLUS: An essay by critic Chris Fujiwara New cover by Mariam El-Reweny
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