{"product_id":"the-shape-of-night","title":"The Shape of Night","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Shape of Night\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eA young woman from the countryside (Miyuki Kuwano of Oshima’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eCruel Story of Youth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e) falls in love with a handsome hoodlum (Mikijiro Hira, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSword of the Beast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e), who pushes her into a life of prostitution. When his sleazy superiors catch sight of her, she finds herself trapped inside the gaudy maze of city nightlife. Directed by Noburo Nakamura, a veteran of the Shochiku studio’s signature Golden Age family dramas, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe Shape of Night\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ewas made as a reaction to the radical film styles of the Japanese New Wave. With its lush cinematography full of saturated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ecolours\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e, a lyrical tone and its story of love leading to inescapable tragedy, it has been compared to the films of Douglas Sirk, while also acting as a precursor to the work of Wong Kar-wai.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eLIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHigh-Definition digital transfer\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUncompressed mono PCM audio\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew interview with Yoshio Nakamura, son of director Noboru Nakamura (2024, 16 mins)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMajor Changes - a visual essay on the artistic upheavals at Shochiku studios during the 1960s by Tom Mes (2024, 13 mins)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEaster Egg (2024, 5 mins)\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eNew and improved English subtitle translation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSleeve featuring \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003enewly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYear: 1964\u003cbr\u003eCert: 18\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Blu-ray\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRegion: AB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRAD052BD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEAN: 5060974680993\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date: 24\/03\/25\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePress:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e★★★★★ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e”a lyrical, nearly Wong Kar-wai-like counterpart to ardent work by Oshima or Imamura” – \u003cem\u003eFilm Comment\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e“kept me continually gripped and often surprised” – David Bordwell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe camera angles and movements, the colour scheme and editing all work brilliantly to illustrate her constant sacrifice and lead us to emotionally internalise the gaudy city as a dazzling parade that always leads her back to her situation. Stylistically the film anticipates the Wong Kar-wai of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the Mood for Love \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eand echoes Douglas Sirk at his most stirring. – Nick James, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSight and Sound\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Radiance Films","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46583861805230,"sku":"RAD052BD","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0583\/4614\/3918\/files\/THE_SHAPE_OF_NIGHT_STD_2D_FRONT.jpg?v=1749828282","url":"https:\/\/limelightcollection.co.uk\/en-us\/products\/the-shape-of-night","provider":"Limelight Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}