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The Shape of Night Blu-ray brings Noburo Nakamura’s haunting melodrama to high-definition, following a young rural woman whose infatuation with a charming hoodlum pulls her into Tokyo’s neon underworld. Pushed into prostitution and passed from one exploiter to the next, she becomes lost in the city’s seductive but suffocating nightlife. Shot with lush, saturated colours and a lyrical sensibility, the film bridges classic Shochiku drama with emerging New Wave influences, evoking the emotional sweep of Douglas Sirk and foreshadowing the atmospheric style later embraced by Wong Kar-wai.

 

directed by: Noburo Nakamura
starring: Miyuki Kuwano, Mikijiro Hira
1964 / 110 min / 2.35:1 / mono

The Shape Of Night [Blu-ray]

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  • BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES


    • High-definition digital transfer
    • Uncompressed mono PCM audio
    • Visual essay on Shochiku’s 1960s artistic upheaval by Tom Mes
    • Trailer
    • New and improved English subtitle translation
    • Reversible sleeve with original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
    • Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Chuck Stephens
    • Limited edition of 3000 copies in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip
    • More to be confirmed

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