Eureka Entertainment has announced
Profound Desires of the Gods on Blu-ray for June 21, as part of the studio's Masters of Cinema series, in an exclusive digital restoration. The culmination of Shôhei Imamura's extraordinary examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s,
Profound Desires of the Gods was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature to become one of the most legendary - albeit least seen - Japanese films of recent decades.
Special features include:
- New video introduction by film scholar Tony Rayns
- Original theatrical trailer (in 1080p)
- Extensive booklet with a new essay by Rayns (to accompany his introduction), rare stills, reprinted statements by Imamura, a lengthy 1994 career interview and a transcript of Imamura's introduction and Q&A session at the 1994 Edinburgh International Film Festival's screening of the film