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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

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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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