The start of an ongoing series, this first volume of radical japan explores the films of new wave icon nagisa oshima cruel story of youth, merry christmas, mr'. '.strtoupper('l')awrence'. '.strtoupper('o')ne of the most vital, challenging and admired bodies of work in cinema history, this boxset presents blu ray premieres of oshima’s finest features across seven discs.in the catch 1961, a village in world war ii is shaken by the capture of a pilot in death by hanging 1968, a failed execution throws the justice system into disarray diary of a shinjuku thief 1969 strikingly captures tokyo’s 1960s counter culture boy 1969 is a vivid portrait of a family surviving through scams the man who left his will on film 1970, oshima’s reaction to the protest movement the ceremony 1971, a meditation on how traditions oppress the young and dear summer sister 1972, which questions japan’s colonial relation to okinawa.blu ray limited edition box set special features4k restorations of death by hanging, diary of a shinjuku thief, boy, the man who left his will on film and the ceremonyhigh definition digital transfers of the catch and dear summer sister exclusive to this editionuncompressed mono pcm audio for each filmaudio commentaries by samm deighan on death by hanging, tony rayns on diary of a shinjuku thief, and jasper sharp on the ceremonyintroductions and appreciations of the films by film historians and scholars luk van haute, jennifer coates, rie tsukinaga, and filmmaker yang yong hiarchival interviews with oshima 1986 1995interviews with actors tadanori yokoo and kazuo goto 2025interview with critic and author junichi konuma on composer toru takemitsu 2025extensive interview with critic tony rayns on oshima’s life and career 2025yunbogi’s diary oshima’s short film about street children in seoul 1965, 25 mins100 years of japanese cinema oshima's documentary celebrating the centenary of cinema 1995japanese cinema new territories a documentary by hubert niogret on the japanese cinema of rebellion and renewal, charting the emergence of independent filmmakers of the 1960s to the 1990s featuring interviews with oshima, kiju yoshida, shohei imamura and others 2011newly improved english subtitle translation for each filmreversible sleeves featuring original and new artwork based on designs by distributor atg’s magazineslimited edition 160 page book featuring new writing by rea amit, espen bale, archival articles by donald richie and alexander jacoby, plus writing by and interviews with oshimalimited edition of 5000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full height scanavo cases and removable obi strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings