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THE KATSUHITO ISHII COLLECTION: Third Window Touts Limited Edition 6-Film Blu Pack Debuting In July!

2023 aims to be a great year for Katsuhito Ishii fans. The Japanese auteur’s work is soon to be subject of a few film events taking place this summer for NIFFF, as well as in the UK in July at the Prince Charles Cinema (TBA) and at Derby’s QUAD Cinema (also TBA). By then, fans will be able to snag their copy of a sextet of films dubbed The Katsuhito Ishii Collection, a mixed collection of six films at short and feature-length on limited edition 3 disc digipack Blu-ray.

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TOP KNOT DETECTIVE: Bring Home The Legendary Untold Non-Story Home On Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray/DVD March 18

Australian duo Dominic Pearce and Aaron McCann have spent the last several years stirring a ruckus with the gonzo comedic mockumentary, Top Knot Detective. Originally an episodic then edited swiftly in feature film fashion to present to audiences, the film has earned countless praise from festivals and niche sites around and thus, the good folks over at Third Window Films are ready to oblige with a Region Free Collector’s Edition Blu-Ray and DVD on March 18.

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Arrow Films Acquires UK-Based Asian Cult Cinema Distributor, Third Window Films

It’s been quite a rollercoaster in the last several years for UK-based Third Window Films. After launching in 2005 with an interest in tapping into Asian cult cinema for better profusion overseas, the company found itself wrestling with theatrical distribution in 2012 and resorted to scaling down to release to DVD and Blu-Ray rollout efforts with the help of Fusion Media Group until parent company Curzon folded it into its Artificial Eye shingle.

That pretty much left Third Window Films blowing in the wind back in January which further left things uncertain along with other distributors of the same size. On Thursday, the humble niche distributor of Japanese titles like Love Exposure, Tetsuo 1 and 2, Tokyo Fist and recently listed hopefuls such as Uchida Eiji’s Love And Other Cults, Sono Sion’s Antiporno, limited edition two-disc animated titles – Osamu Tezuka’s 1001 Nights and Cleopatra, SABU’s 1996 crime comedy, Dagan Runner and Tsukamoto Shinya’s Fires On The Plain have finally found their savior in Arrow Films.

The deal is also a great sweetner for Third Window’s longtime partners at Terracotta Distribution whose banner currently hosues its own variety of titles including Chang’s Death Bell, Johnnie To’s Sparrow, and kung fu classics like The Nine Demons, The Dragon’s Snake Fist and The Shanghai 13.

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FIRES ON THE PLAIN Rages On UK DVD And Blu-Ray This Fall

Expect to catch actor Tsukamoto Shinya in a remastered performance in the gruesome subliminal 2001 crime manga adaptation, Ichi The Killer. While you’re at it if in the U.K., feast your eyes on the upcoming release of Tsukamoto’s most recent outing, Fires On The Plain, remade from Ichikawa Kon’s own 1959 adaptation of Shohei Ooka’s 1951 anti-war novel.

In the final stages of WWII, the occupying Japanese army in the Philippines is rapidly losing ground, facing local resistance combined with an American offensive. The final few Japanese survivors, having almost been wiped out, have crossed the threshold into a realm where there are no friends, no enemies and no God.

The imagery alone dictates this isn’t for the faint of heart. Tsukamoto also wrote screenplay and is joined on screen by Nakamura Tatsuya, Lily Franky and Nakamura Yûko for its September 11 release on DVD and Blu-Ray from Third Window Films; The limited edition will be available with a slip-cover in the first 1,000 copies, and contain features including a one-hour long extensive Making Of and an audio commentary by Tom Mes, author of “Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto”.

Check out a trailer and stay tuned for updates!

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