RADICAL JAPAN - SURVIVAL AND DESIRE [LIMITED EDITION] (RADIANCE) (4K UHD+BLU-RAY REGION B) (UK IMPORT)

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Release date: 11/16/2026

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This includes a 4K UHD disc and a Blu-ray disc. The 4K UHD disc is Region Free and will play on all 4K UHD players. The included Blu-ray disc is Region B and requires a Region B or Region Free Blu-ray player.

The second instalment in our series exploring Japan’s most groundbreaking films and filmmakers focuses on the country’s premier iconoclast, two-time Palme d’or winner Shohei Imamura.

This collection presents three classics in 4K: Pigs and Battleships vividly portrays life around a U.S. naval base; The Insect Woman establishes the characteristically resilient Imamura heroine, which broke every rule for portraying women in Japanese film; and Intentions of Murder continues and perfects this portrayal in epic form. Also included are Imamura’s rarely-seen first three features: Stolen Desire follows the travails of a vivacious theatre troupe; Nishi Ginza Station is a tale of infidelity executed as a musical; and Endless Desire sees ex-soldiers digging for wartime loot.

4K UHD & BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION BOX SET SPECIAL FEATURES

4K restorations of Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman and Intentions of Murder

High-Definition digital transfers of Stolen Desire, Nishi Ginza Station and Endless Desire

4K UHD and Blu-ray presentation of the features Pigs and Battleships, The Insect Woman and Intentions of Murder

Blu-ray presentation of all features and extras

Introduction to Pigs and Battleships by screenwriter and Imamura’s son Daisuke Tengan

Visual essay by author Jasper Sharp on class in Imamura’s films

Introduction to The Insect Woman by scholar Dolores Martinez

Conversation between Shohei Imamura and Tadao Sato about The Insect Woman

Introduction to Intentions of Murder by programmer and Imamura biographer Bastian Meiresonne

Conversation between Shohei Imamura and Tadao Sato about Intentions of Murder

Visual essay by Samm Deighan on desire in Imamura’s films

Interview with scholar Jennifer Coates on Stolen Desire and Nishi Ginza Station

Introduction to Endless Desire by filmmaker and stage director Kenta Fukasaku

Optional English subtitles for each film

Reversible sleeves featuring original and new artwork

120-page book featuring archival writing by and interviews with Shohei Imamura, as well by Ian Buruma, Richard Phillips, Nelson Kim, Hiroshi Kitamura, Michael Raine, Adam Bingham and more

Limited Edition of 5000 copies, presented with in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings