Third Window Films Releasing Directors Company Collection

Third Window Films are set to release the third set of a series of films from the legendary 1980s Japanese production company, all presented with brand new digital restorations coming in early 2025.

Third Window Films over the years have brought us some of the best new independent films from Japan. A lots of great Japanese cinema from decades before never see the light of day. The Directors Company Collection is that perfect way to enjoy of those unseen gems.

BUMPKIN SOUP (1985) Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

An early pink film from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, the award-winning director of Cure and Tokyo Sonata.

A country girl named Akiko (Yoriko Doguchi, known for her collaborations with the late Kishin Shinoyama) visits a college in Tokyo in search of her hometown sweetheart. In the course of finding him, she runs into various odd inhabitants of the college campus–blasé intellectuals, sex-crazed co-eds, a psychology professor in search of the theory of shame (played by award-winning director Juzo Itami) and of course her sweetheart Yoshioka, who has become an elusive campus nobody.

Mermaid Legend (1984) Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda

FROM TOSHIHARU IKEDA DIRECTOR OF EVIL DEAD TRAP & ANGEL GUTS: RED PORNO

When a fisherman is killed by greedy land developers for standing in the way of their expansion plans, his pearl-diver wife Migiwa moves into unforgiving and vindictive payback on those yakuza responsible. Framed for her husband’s murder and forced to shelter in a brothel, hell hath no fury as the bloody battles begin.

Scent of a Spell (1985) Directed by Toshiharu Ikeda

A Nikkatsu Roman Porno and Directors Company collaboration between director Toshiharu Ikeda (Mermaid Legend) & writer Takashi Ishii (Love Hotel).

While a young man (Johnny Okura) is on his way home from a bar in a torrential downpour, he comes across a woman (Mari Amachi) trying to kill herself by jumping off a bridge. Without thinking, he jumps in to rescue her and save her from drowning. After taking her to his home, he learns that she’s escaped from a violent husband whom he decides to try and protect her from. He starts to fall for her, but finds out that there’s more to her story than she’s willing to tell at first.

The Directors Company Collection 3 films will be released on Blu-ray from 17th February 2025. You can pre-order the films at Terracotta Distribution now.