{"product_id":"tezukas-barbara-dual-format-blu-ray-and-dvd","title":"Tezuka's Barbara (dual format blu ray and DVD)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1UJ3j7QmwBc\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOne of Osamu Tezuka’s (Astroboy) most adult and sexually-charged works, Barbara (1973-74) was originally serialized as a follow-up to Ayako (1972-73) in Big Comic from July 1973 to May 1974.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka’s reimagining of “The Tales of Hoffmann”. Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named “Barbara”.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe controversial story, dealing with various taboos such as forbidden love, mystery, art, Eros, scandal and occultism, was said to have been impossible to be cinematized at the time of its original publication, but was made into a live-action film for the 90th Anniversary of Osamu Tezuka’s birth by his son Macoto Tezuka (The Legend of the Stardust Brothers).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDirector\u003c\/strong\u003e: Macoto Tezuka\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCast\u003c\/strong\u003e: Fumi Nikaido, Goro Inagaki, Kiyohiko Shibukawa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre\u003c\/strong\u003e: Erotic Fantasy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: Japanese (with English subtitles)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCountry\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/shop.terracottadistribution.com\/collections\/japanese-films\" title=\"Japanese films on DVD and blu ray\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eJapan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYear\u003c\/strong\u003e: 2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRuntime\u003c\/strong\u003e: 100 minutes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRegion\u003c\/strong\u003e: All\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Features\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e• Behind the Scenes (30 mins)\u003cbr\u003e• Interview with director Macoto Tezuka (30 mins)\u003cbr\u003e• Interview with cinematographer Christopher Doyle (12 mins)\u003cbr\u003e• Interview with actor Goro Inagaki (15 mins)\u003cbr\u003e• Interview with actress Fumi Nikaido (7 mins)\u003cbr\u003e• Deleted Scenes and Alternate Ending (6 mins)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Third Window Films","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45753629474990,"sku":"TWFBD059","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/tezukas-barbara-dual-format-blu-ray-and-dvd-third-window-films-279545.jpg?v=1726745451","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/tezukas-barbara-dual-format-blu-ray-and-dvd","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}