Third Window Films Announces The Director's Company Collection
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Posted August 4, 2023 07:22 PM by Webmaster
British label Third Window Films has announced the first of a series of films from the legendary 1980s Japanese production company, all presented with brand new digital restorations.
The Guard from Underground
Description: Before becoming one of Japan's most well-known horror directors through films like Cure, Pulse and Creepy, Kiyoshi Kurosawa started off his career in horror with 1992's The Guard from Underground, the final film of the 'Director's Company'. Kiyoshi Kurosawa here fashions a dark tale that is both a sharp satire of corporate life and a B-movie thriller. A former sumo wrestler now working as a security guard goes on a murderous rampage in the company that's employed him.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Door
DOOR
The first Japanese 'Giallo' slasher film! Yasuko lives in a high-rise apartment in the city with her husband and her son. Being nervous about prank calls and salesmen's solicitations, she slams the door on a salesman's finger when he tried to forcibly insert a pamphlet through her door chain. This leads him to start harassing her, starting off with obscene letters written on her door then steadily escalating to full on stalking, building up to an unbelievable last 20 minutes of chaos!
DOOR 2
Ai is a call girl whose job involved a lot of risk. Every time she goes through a door, she has no idea what type of man is on the other side. Some are sweet, some are violent and some are just full-on crazy! One day she meets Mr.Mamiya, a strange and captivating artist who gradually will initiate her into SM pleasures.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
Typhoon Club
Description: Shinji Somai's beloved cult film Typhoon Club is widely heralded as the director's seminal feature and considered to be one of the greatest Japanese films ever made. Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, Typhoon Club features a lively cast of young talent including idol Youki Kudoh (The Crazy Family, Mystery Train) facing existential intrigues, budding sexuality, and rising social tensions in the days leading up to a typhoon's arrival. Stranded in their schoolhouse as the storm settles in, the group undergoes an awakening as they dispel all insecurities, fear and desire under the swell of the tempest.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
The Guard from Underground
Description: Before becoming one of Japan's most well-known horror directors through films like Cure, Pulse and Creepy, Kiyoshi Kurosawa started off his career in horror with 1992's The Guard from Underground, the final film of the 'Director's Company'. Kiyoshi Kurosawa here fashions a dark tale that is both a sharp satire of corporate life and a B-movie thriller. A former sumo wrestler now working as a security guard goes on a murderous rampage in the company that's employed him.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
- NEW audio commentary by Tom Mes
- Interview with producer Takashi Ikoma
- Kiyoshi Kurosawa talk at the premiere of the new master
- Trailer
- Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
- 'Director's Company' edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp – limited to 2000 copies
- REGION-B "LOCKED"
Door
DOOR
The first Japanese 'Giallo' slasher film! Yasuko lives in a high-rise apartment in the city with her husband and her son. Being nervous about prank calls and salesmen's solicitations, she slams the door on a salesman's finger when he tried to forcibly insert a pamphlet through her door chain. This leads him to start harassing her, starting off with obscene letters written on her door then steadily escalating to full on stalking, building up to an unbelievable last 20 minutes of chaos!
DOOR 2
Ai is a call girl whose job involved a lot of risk. Every time she goes through a door, she has no idea what type of man is on the other side. Some are sweet, some are violent and some are just full-on crazy! One day she meets Mr.Mamiya, a strange and captivating artist who gradually will initiate her into SM pleasures.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW RESTORATIONS FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVES
- DOOR 1 audio commentary by Jasper Sharp
- Interview with director Banmei Takahashi
- Trailers for both features
- Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
- Reversible sleeve featuring both DOOR 1 and 2 artworks
- 'Director's Company' edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp – limited to 2000 copies
- Bonus feature: Door 2: Tokyo Diary
- REGION-FREE
Typhoon Club
Description: Shinji Somai's beloved cult film Typhoon Club is widely heralded as the director's seminal feature and considered to be one of the greatest Japanese films ever made. Offering a caustic immersion into the lives of disaffected junior high students on the cusp of adulthood, Typhoon Club features a lively cast of young talent including idol Youki Kudoh (The Crazy Family, Mystery Train) facing existential intrigues, budding sexuality, and rising social tensions in the days leading up to a typhoon's arrival. Stranded in their schoolhouse as the storm settles in, the group undergoes an awakening as they dispel all insecurities, fear and desire under the swell of the tempest.
Special Features and Technical Specs:
- NEW DIGITAL RESTORATION FROM THE ORIGINAL NEGATIVE
- Feature audio commentary by Tom Mes
- Selected audio commentary by Josh Slater-Williams
- Assistant Director Koji Enokido Talk Event
- Introduction by Ryusuke Hamaguchi at the Berlin Film Festival
- Trailer
- Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
- 'Director's Company' edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp – limited to 2000 copies
- REGION-FREE
