Of and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda (blu-ray boxset)

Product Description ------------------- Of and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda (Blu-ray) Directed by Hirokazu Koreeda This new Blu-ray collection combines four career-defining titles by Palme d'Or winning director Hirokazu Koreeda one of Japanese cinema's most celebrated auteurs. The set features his austerely beautiful debut Maborosi and lyrical fantasy After Life, alongside Nobody Knows and Still Walking, films that cemented Koreeda's reputation as an heir to Ozu and a chronicler of the modern Japanese family. Available on Blu-ray for the very first time in the UK, the four films included in Of and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Koreeda celebrate the richness, diversity, beauty and humanity of the director's work and essential viewing for fans of contemporary world cinema. Special features * Limited Edition * Birthplace (2003, 30 mins): actress Makiko Esumi takes the viewer on a tour of the films locations, featuring behind-the-scenes stills and on-set footage * Newly recorded audio commentary on Maborosi by filmmaker and writer Jasper Sharp * Hirokazu Koreeda Screentalk (2013, 47 mins): the director in conversation with Jasper Sharp at the 2013 London Film Festival * Interview with Arata (2003, 16 mins): an interview with the actor and star of After Life, Arata Iura * Deleted scenes (1998, 17 mins): a selection of deleted scenes from After Life * Newly recorded audio commentary on After Life by writer and curator Tara Judah * Behind the Scenes on Nobody Knows (2004, 7 mins): Behind-the-scenes footage of Koreeda at work with his cast and crew * Newly recorded audio commentary on Nobody Knows by Japanese-Australian filmmaker, writer and academic Kenta McGrath * Making Still Walking (2008, 29 mins): a featurette showing the cast and crew at work behind the scenes * Still Walking Q&A (2019, 33 mins): Hirokazu Koreeda in conversation with Michael Leader at BFI Southbank * Newly recorded audio commentary on Still Walking by Alexander Jacoby * Still Walking gallery * Trailers * 72-page book including new writing by David Jenkins, Jessica Kiang, Michael Leader, Alexander Jacoby and Jasper Sharp. Also includes interviews with the director, original reviews and full film credits Review ------ 'One of Japan's greatest living filmmakers' --Financial Times 'Koreeda is a Japanese national treasure' --Paul Schrader

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