Profound Desires of the Gods: The Masters of Cinema Series
Certificate: 15
Running Time: 173
Retail Price: £19.99
Release Date: 21/06/2010
Content Type: Movie
Synopsis:
The culmination of Shôhei Imamura's extraordinary examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, Profound Desires of the Gods [Kamigami no fukaki yokubô] was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature to become one of the most legendary albeit least seen Japanese films of recent decades.
Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the Tokyo engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well an encounter which leads to both conflict and complicity in strange and powerful ways.
A tragic view of a passing epoch that teeters on the edge of grotesque farce, Imamura's merciless gaze combines with spectacular colour 'Scope photography to create a mythic saga convulsing with earthly impulses. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present this unforgettable work in an exclusively restored high-definition 1080p transfer on Blu-ray only.
Special Features:
• Spectacular new 1080p HD encode in the film's original aspect ratio
• New and improved optional English subtitle translation
• New video introduction by film scholar Tony Rayns
• Original Japanese theatrical trailer (in 1080p)
• 44-page booklet with a new essay by Tony Rayns (to accompany his introduction); rare production stills; two statements from Imamura; and a transcript of Imamura's introduction and Q&A session at the 1994 Edinburgh International Film Festival's screening of the film
Video Tracks:
1080p Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio Tracks:
DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono Japanese
Subtitle Tracks:
English
Directed By:
Shôhei Imamura
Written By:
Shôhei Imamura
Keiji Hasebe
Starring:
Rentarô Mikuni
Choichiro Kawarazaki
Kazuo Kitamura
Hideko Okiyama
Yoshi Katô
Yasuko Matsui
Soundtrack By:
Toshirô Mayuzumi
Director of Photography:
Masao Tochizawa
Editor:
Matsuo Tanji
Production Designer:
Takeshi Omura
Producer:
Masanori Yamanoi
Distributor:
Eureka Entertainment
The Masters of Cinema Series
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