UK import. Blu-ray disc is region A and B compatible and will play on most North American and region-free Blu-ray players.

The Sting of Death Blu-ray presents Kohei Oguri’s haunting, hyperreal adaptation of Toshio Shimao’s novel, released for the first time on Blu-ray worldwide. Set in postwar Japan, the film follows a writer whose infidelity drives his wife into spiralling paranoia and psychological collapse. As guilt and devotion collide, he struggles to save her from the brink of madness.

Shot in a painterly yet unflinching style, The Sting of Death captures the quiet devastation of fractured love against the backdrop of small-town life. Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, with award-winning performances from Ittoku Kishibe and Keiko Matsuzaka, this is a landmark of modern Japanese cinema.

director: Kohei Oguri
starring: Ittoku Kishibe, Keiko Matsuzaka
1990 / Japanese mono PCM

The Sting of Death [Limited Edition UK Import] [Blu-ray] w/o slip

$39.99

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LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES

• High-definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Documentary on the Japanese film renaissance of the 1990s featuring Kohei Oguri, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kaneto Shindo and others (Hubert Niogret, 2011, 52 mins)
• Interview with film scholar Hideki Maeda (2023)
• Newly translated English subtitles
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
• Limited edition booklet featuring a newly translated interview with director Kohei Oguri
• Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Additional details
Label: Radiance
Year: 1990
Certification: 12
Region: AB
Catalogue number: RAD037BDLE
EAN: 5060974680689
Release date: 29/01/24
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