Radiance
Original title:男の顔は履歴書 / Otokonokao wa rirekisho
Year: 1966
Country: Japan
Region code: B
Content: Blu-Ray
EAN: 5060974680757
Image: 2.45:1 (1080p)
HDR: -
Audio:
Japanese: LPCM 2.0 Mono (48kHz, 16-bit)
Subtitles : English
Rating: 15
Genre: Drama
Cast: Noboru Ando, Bunta Sugawara, Juzo Itami
Director: Tai Kato
Synopsis:
A community struggles against immigrant gangs in the ruins of postwar Tokyo. Only doctor Amamiya (real-life ex-yakuza Noboru Ando) can save them, but he had enough fighting in the war. His pacifism is severely tested by the gangs' increasingly outrageous taunts and when his neighbors decide to take matters into their own hands, Amamiya is forced to take action. The consequences prove to be much more far-reaching than he could ever foresee. With a story spread across three time periods, Tai Kato's ambitious revision of the yakuza movie was one of the first films to address the taboo subject of Japan's Korean nationals, greatly influencing later directors such as Kinji Fukasaku and Takashi Miike.
Additional features:
High-Definition digital transfer
Uncompressed mono PCM audio
Appreciation by filmmaker Kenta Fukasaku
Visual essay on Noboru Ando by Nathan Stuart
Trailer
Newly translated English subtitles
