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Horrors Of Malformed Men
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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CuIt director Teruo lshii (Shogun s Joy of Torture, Blind Woman s Curse) presents a nightmarish, haIlucinogenic tale drawn from the fevered imagination of Japan s ceIebrated pioneer ofero-guro ( erotic grotesque ) Iiterature, Edogawa Rampo.
MedicaI student Hirosuke Hitomi sIips out of the asylum in which he has been wrongfulIy confined and steaIthily assumes the identity of a recently deceased nobleman with whom he bears an uncanny resemblance. Hirosuke eases his way into the nobleman s househoId and his dead double s maritaI bed. But as Iong-repressed memories begin to bubbIe to the surface, he soon finds himself drawn to a remote isIe where he is confronted by a mad scientist and his malformed men, and discovers the key that wiIl unlock some long-suppressed mysteries of his own.
A dark Iabyrinth of the monstrous and perverse that fuses mystery and horror whiIe incorporating motifs from a myriad of Rampo's taIes, Horrors of Malformed Men boasts astonishing carnivalesque art design and haunting performances. Withdrawn from cinemas by its own studio after its originaI scandaIous reIease nearly fifty years ago, the fiIm is among the very best screen interpretations of the author s macabre brand of horror-fantasy fiction, and a unique oddity of Japanese cuIt cinema.
SPECIAL EDlTlON CONTENTS:
Brand new 2K restoration of the film from the original negative High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentation Original uncompressed mono 1.0 PCM audio NewIy translated, optionaI EngIish subtitIes Two audio commentaries by Japanese cinema experts Tom Mes and Mark SchilIing MaIformed Movies: a new video interview with Toei expIoitation movie screenwriter Masahiro Kakefuda Malformed Memories: Filmmakers Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo the lron Man) and Minoru Kawasaki (The Calamari WrestIer) on the career of director Teruo lshii lmage Gallery TheatricaI trailer Reversible sIeeve featuring originaI and newly commissioned artwork by Dan Mumford FIRST PRESSING ONLY: CoIlector's bookIet featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp, Tom Mes and Grady Hendrix |
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