Shôhei Imamura Masterpiece Collection (8 Films) - 5-Disc Box Set ( Nusumareta yokujô / Nishi Ginza ekimae / Buta to gunkan / Nippon konchûki / Ningen jôhatsu / Kamigami no fukaki yokubô / Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari / Narayama bushikô ) ( Stolen Desire / Nishi Ginza Station / Pigs and Battleships / The Insect Woman / A Man Vanishes / Profound Desires of the Gods / Vengeance is Mine / The Ballad of Narayama )

Shôhei Imamura Masterpiece Collection (8 Films) - 5-Disc Box Set (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Original Title: Nusumareta yokujô / Nishi Ginza ekimae / Buta to gunkan / Nippon konchûki / Ningen jôhatsu / Kamigami no fukaki yokubô / Fukushû suru wa ware ni ari / Narayama bushikô
Alternate Title: Stolen Desire / Nishi Ginza Station / Pigs and Battleships / The Insect Woman / A Man Vanishes / Profound Desires of the Gods / Vengeance is Mine / The Ballad of Narayama
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Japanese ( DTS-HD Master Audio )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
955 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Box Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White
Blu-Ray & DVD Combo

Movie filmed in 1958 - 1983 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Shôhei Imamura

Written By:
Tôkô Kon
Toshiro Suzuki
Shôhei Imamura
Kazu Ôtsuka
Hisashi Yamanouchi
Keiji Hasebe
Masaru Baba
Ryûzô Saki
Shichirô Fukazawa

Actors:
Osamu Takizawa ..... Taminosuke Yamamura
Shin'ichi Yanagisawa ..... Ezaburo Yamamura
Hiroyuki Nagato ..... Shinichi Kunida
Kô Nishimura ..... Kanji Takada
Toshio Takahara ..... Eisuke Kato
Shôjirô Ogasawara ..... Tominachiro Kobayashi
Tomio Aoki ..... Senta
Hiroshi Chiyoda ..... Policeman
Ayako Fukuda ..... Chigusa Yamamura
Isamu Horie ..... Chidori Yamamura
Ryûsei Itô ..... Sayoko
Minako Katsuki ..... Toshiro
Nobuo Kawakami ..... Kazuko
Dokô Kihara ..... Reiko
Michie Kita ..... Osen Yamamura
Hyôsuke Kobe ..... Osan
Asao Koike ..... Midori
Gen Mihama ..... Owner of the brick shop
Yôko Minamida ..... Otome
Sanpei Mine
Hisako Miyoshi
Kyôichi Mizuki
Midori Mori
Hisao Murata
Shôsei Mutô
Noboru Nakaya
Kimiko Nanazato
Shôichi Ozawa
Kayo Saitô
Ryoko Sakai
Minoru Sato
Aomi Shiba
Kimiko Shichiri
Kin Sugai
Masuyo Suzumura
Chigusa Takayama
Toyoko Takechi
Shuntarô Tamamura
Kazuji Uehara
Masako Urushizawa
Saroko Yagi
Junichi Yamanobe
Miyoko Yokoyama
Daisuke Ômi
Frank Nagai ..... Singer
Shin'ichi Yanagisawa ..... Jûtarô Ôyama
Hisano Yamaoka ..... Riko Ôyama
Masahiko Shimazu ..... Takeshi Ôyama
Kô Nishimura ..... Yasushi Asada
Kotoe Hatsui ..... Hisa Asada
Shôichi Ozawa ..... Mantarô
Kyôko Hori ..... Sally / Yuri Igarashi
Hyôsuke Kanbe ..... Kurita
Terue Shigemori ..... Hanada's saleswoman
Ayako Kanda ..... Hanada's saleswoman
Chiwako Hiraga ..... Hanada's saleswoman
Yoshiko Morita ..... Hanada's saleswoman
Akinori Hanamura ..... Pharmacy's door-to-door salesman
Tomio Aoki ..... Pharmacy's door-to-door salesman
Hiroyuki Nagato ..... Kinta
Jitsuko Yoshimura ..... Haruko
Masao Mishima ..... Himori
Tetsurô Tanba ..... Slasher Tetsuji
Shirô Ôsaka ..... Hoshino
Takeshi Katô ..... Ohachi
Shôichi Ozawa ..... Gunji, Gangster in check shirt
Yôko Minamida ..... Katsuyo
Hideo Sato ..... Kikuo
Eijirô Tono ..... Kan'ichi
Akira Yamauchi ..... Sakiyama
Sanae Nakahara ..... Hiromi
Kin Sugai ..... Haruko's mother
Bumon Kahara ..... Harukoma
Tomio Aoki ..... Kyuro
Emiko Aizawa ..... Rui
Setsuko Amamiya ..... Kane
Tomio Aoki ..... Midori
Tomoko Aoyagi ..... Tome Matsuki
Emiko Azuma ..... Kamibayashi
Hyôe Enoki ..... Karasawa
Kazuko Fujii ..... Rin
Makiko Fujisawa ..... Madam
Makiko Fukamachi ..... Chuji
Masumi Harukawa ..... Sawakichi
Yûzô Harumi ..... Owagawa En's Lover
Sachiko Hidari ..... Matsunami
Jôji Hidehara ..... Ken
Daizaburô Hirata ..... En
Jirô Hiratsuka ..... Foreman
Kayoko Honoo ..... Honda
Akiko Hoshii ..... Nobuko
Keiko Kanô
Takeshi Katô
Michie Kawaguchi
Seizaburô Kawazu
Kyôko Kinukawa
Teruko Kishi
Tanie Kitabayashi
Keiko Kitaide
Kazuo Kitamura
Asao Koike
Tomiko Kudô
Akira Kume
Masakazu Kuwayama
Hiroshi Midorikawa
Gen Mihama
Tokuhei Miyahara
Naoko Miyazawa
Masumi Motegi
Hiroyuki Nagato
Tsugio Nakayama
Yoshiyuki Nemoto
Kunio Niitsu
Tomoko Sagawa
Yoshikazu Saitô
Kôichirô Sakai
Sumie Sasaki
Shinzô Shibata
Hitomi Shimizu
Tôru Sumikawa
Eiko Takada
Toshio Takahara
Hiroshi Takao
Harumi Tanaka
Taiji Tonoyama
Yoshio Tsuchida
Shigeru Tsuyuguchi
Masahiko Uzawa
Megumi Wakaba
Setsuko Watanabe
Toshiko Yabuki
Sakutarô Yamakawa
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Takashi Ôkawa
Setsumi Ôkura
Yoshie Hayakawa
Shôhei Imamura
Rentarô Mikuni ..... Nekichi Futori, the chained son
Chôichirô Kawarasaki ..... Kametaro Futori, the backward son
Kazuo Kitamura ..... Engineer Kariya
Hideko Okiyama ..... Toriko Futori, the retarded daughter
Yasuko Matsui ..... Uma Futori, the priestess daughter
Yoshi Katô ..... Ritsugen Ryu
Hôsei Komatsu
Chikako Hosokawa
Chikage Ôgi
Jun Hamamura
Susumu Mizushima
Yasuhiko Ishizu
Kiyoshi Tokugawa
Kazuhiko Hasegawa
Ken Ogata ..... Iwao Enokizu
Rentarô Mikuni ..... Shizuo Enokizu
Chôchô Miyako ..... Kayo Enokizu
Mitsuko Baishô ..... Kazuko Enokizu
Mayumi Ogawa ..... Haru Asano
Nijiko Kiyokawa ..... Hisano Asano
Taiji Tonoyama ..... Tanejirô Shibata
Gorô Tarumi ..... Daihachi Baba
Moeko Ezawa ..... Chiyoko Hata
Kazuko Shirakawa ..... Sachiko Yoshizato
Furankî Sakai ..... Inspector Kawai
Torahiko Hamada ..... Agent Yoshino
Yasuhisa Sonoda ..... Inspector assistant Kuwata
Akira Hamada ..... Detective Ichikawa
Kazunaga Tsuji ..... Detective Kuchiishi
Ken Ogata ..... Tatsuhei
Sumiko Sakamoto ..... Orin
Tonpei Hidari ..... Risuke
Aki Takejô ..... Tamayan
Shôichi Ozawa ..... Katsuzô
Fujio Tokita ..... Jinsaku
Sanshô Shinsui ..... Zeniya no Tadayan
Seiji Kurasaki ..... Kesakichi
Junko Takada ..... Matsuyan
Mitsuko Baishô ..... Oei
Taiji Tonoyama ..... Teruyan
Casey Takamine ..... Arayashiki
Nenji Kobayashi ..... Tsune
Nijiko Kiyokawa ..... Okane
Akio Yokoyama ..... Amaya

Synopsis:

***WARNING***A Man Vanishes - DVD format only***
Vengeance is Mine (1979) Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) and his murderous rampage which sparked a 78-day nationwide manhunt.
The Ballad of Narayama (1983) A vividly realised inverse image of ''civilised'' society.
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968) The culmination of Imamura's extraordinary examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s.
The Insect Woman (1963) Comparing his heroine, Tome Matsuki to the restlessness and survival instincts of worker insects, the film is an unsparing study of working-class female life.
Pigs & Battleships (1961) Imamura finally answered his true calling as Japanese cinema's most dedicated and brilliant chronicler of society's underbelly with the astonishing Pigs and Battleships [Buta to gunkan].
A Man Vanishes (1967) Is it a documentary that turns into a fiction? A narrative film from beginning to end?
Nishi Ginza Station (1958)
While his wife and children are away on holiday, a henpecked, daydreaming pharmacist begins a flirtatious relationship with the pretty girl in the boutique opposite.
Stolen Desire (1958)
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of traveling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.

Stolen Desire (1958)
A rambunctious and ribald tale of a troupe of traveling actors who alternate highlights of kabuki theatre with strip shows.
Nishi Ginza Station (1958)
While his wife and children are away on holiday, a henpecked, daydreaming pharmacist begins a flirtatious relationship with the pretty girl in the boutique opposite. Almost a Japanese screwball comedy.
Pigs and Battleships (1961)
A young hoodlum decides to work for a criminal organization that is tearing itself apart.
The Insect Woman (1963)
Life story of a woman born in poverty trying to succeed. Through her many schemes, she faces her ups and downs in a cyclical nature, fueled mostly by self-interest.
A Man Vanishes (1967)
Plastics salesman Oshima disappeared without a word to anyone, and has been missing for two years. Shohei Imamura and his crew follow Oshima's fiancé Yoshie and actor Shigeru Tsuyuguchi as they investigate the disappearance.
Profound Desires of the Gods (1968)
An engineer from Tokyo arrives on a drought-ridden tropical island to drill a well to power a nearby sugar mill. He meets the inbred Futori family, hated by the locals for breaking religious customs.
Vengeance is Mine (1979)
Chronological exploits of Iwao Enokizu, a murderous thief on the lam.
The Ballad of Narayama (1983)
In a poor 19th century rural Japanese village, everyone who reaches the age of 70 has to climb a nearby mountain to die. An old woman is getting close to the cut-off age, and we follow her last days with her family.

Vengeance is Mine - Based on the true story of Iwao Enokizu (Ken Ogata) and his murderous rampage which sparked a 78-day nationwide manhunt, Shohei Imamura's disturbing gem Vengeance Is Mine won every major award in Japan on the year of its release. Both seducing and repelling with its unusual story and grisly humour, Imamura uncovers a seedy underbelly of civilised Japanese society. (Blu-ray & DVD)
The Ballad of Narayama - A vividly realised inverse image of ''civilised'' society, The Ballad of Narayama presents a bracingly unsentimental rumination on mortality and an engrossing study of a community's struggles against the natural elements. It is one of the legendary director's deepest, richest works (for which he won his first Palme D'or), and ranks among the finest films of its decade. (Blu-ray & DVD)
Profound Desires of the Gods - The culmination of Imamura's extraordinary examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, Profound Desires of the Gods was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature to become one of the most legendary albeit least seen Japanese films of recent decades. (Blu-ray & DVD)
The Insect Woman - Comparing his heroine, Tome Matsuki (played by Sachiko Hidari, who won the ''Best Actress'' award at the 1964 Berlin Film Festival for the role) to the restlessness and survival instincts of worker insects, the film is an unsparing study of working-class female life. Beginning with Tome's birth in 1918, it follows her through five decades of social change, several improvised careers, and male-inflicted cruelty. (Blu-ray & DVD)
Pigs & Battleships - Imamura finally answered his true calling as Japanese cinema's most dedicated and brilliant chronicler of society's underbelly with the astonishing Pigs and Battleships [Buta to gunkan]. A riotous portrait of sub-Yakuza gangsters battling for control of the local pork business in the U.S. Navy-occupied coastal town of Yokosuka, Imamura conjures a chaotic world of petty thugs, young love, tough-headed women, and underworld hypochondria, with one of the most unforgettable climaxes ever filmed. (Blu-ray & DVD)
A Man Vanishes - Is it a documentary that turns into a fiction? A narrative film from beginning to end? A record of improvisation populated with actors or non-actors (and in what proportion)? Is it the investigation into a true disappearance, or a work merely inspired by actual events? Even at the conclusion of its final movement, A Man Vanishes [Ningen jôhatsu] mirrors its subject in deflecting inquiries into the precise nature of its own being. (DVD only)

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 21 April, 2016.