A TALE OF SORROW AND SADNESS (RADIANCE FILMS) (BLU-RAY)

**THIS ITEM IS A PREORDER**

Release date: 7/21/2026

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The editor of a sports magazine grooms fashion model Reiko (Yoko Shiraki) to become a pro golfer, while retaining exclusive rights to her likeness. Reiko's popularity soars after she wins her first tournament and she becomes a media sensation, but when she and her manager (Yoshio Harada, Zatoichi: The Blind Swordsman) cause a hit-and-run accident, the victim begins to blackmail Reiko, intruding further and further into her personal life.

This was Seijun Suzuki's comeback film after being blacklisted by the film industry for ten years. Though adapted from a popular manga, the bold visuals and absurdist plot twists are vintage Suzuki.

Bonus Materials

• High-Definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Audio commentary by critic and author Samm Deighan (2025)
• New interview with editor Kunihiko Ukai (2025)
• Trailer
• Newly improved English subtitle translation

Sales Points

• For fans of BURN AFTER READING, GIANTS AND TOYS, I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER,
• Tradewide version of the previously sold-out Limited Edition with all the bonus video features
• Lower SRP in simplified packaging