Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Anti-War Trilogy Getting a December UK Release
After yesterday’s news about the UK release of Hiruko The Goblin, Third Window Films have announced in December they will release Nobuhiko Obayashiโs Anti-War Trilogy.
The release will mark the first time Casting Blossoms to the Sky / Seven Weeks / Hanagatami received a physical release outside of Japan, Set to be released in a limited edition Digipack Blu-Ray which includes a booklet by historian Aaron Gerow.
Disc 1: Casting Blossoms to the Sky ใใฎ็ฉบใฎ่ฑ-้ทๅฒก่ฑ็ซ็ฉ่ช (2011)
Endo Reiko is a journalist visiting Nagaoka to comment on the aftermath of the earthquake in Tohoku. From local residents, Endo learns about the city’s fireworks traditions, and how the region was destroyed during the war.
Special Features: 45 minute Interview with Nobuhiko Obayashi
Disc 2: Seven Weeks ้ใฎใชใชใชใฎใ (2014)
Weaving the life of a 92-year-old doctor into the history of a small Hokkaido city, Seven Weeks addresses Japanโs wartime responsibility, its present nuclear crisis and the heartaches of youth and love.
Special Features: 75 minute Making Of
Disc 3: Hanagatami ่ฑ็ญ (2017)
In the spring of 1941, sixteen-year-old Toshihiko leaves Amsterdam to attend school in Karatsu, a small town on the western coast of Japan. Immersed in the seaside’s nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town’s other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war’s inescapable gravitational pull.
Special Features: 35 minute interview with Nobuhiko Obayashi, Making Of
Third Window Films will release Nobuhiko Obayashi‘s Anti-War Trilogy on Blu-Ray in the UK and Ireland on 13th December.
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