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

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.