Third Window Films To Release Shadow Of Fire & Vital

Later this month Third Window Films are set to release Shadow Of Fire and Vital Two films from legendary Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man) heading onto blu-ray and digital.

Shadow Of Fire (2023)

Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest examines the desperate lives of Japanese citizens in the immediate post–World War II period through the story of a child dealing with unimaginable adversity.

Part of his war trilogy, which includes Fires On the Plain and Killing, Shinya Tsukamoto’s latest examines the lives of Japanese citizens in the immediate post–World War II period. Part chamber drama, part road movie, Shadow of Fire finds its throughline in the story of a small boy coming of age amid unimaginable hardship.

This stars Hiroki Kono, Mirai Moriyama, Oga Tsukao, Shuri.

Bonus Features
• Tom Mes feature audio commentary
• “The Reality Of Violence” Video Essay by Robert Edwards
• Shinya Tsukamoto and author Kota Ishii talk event
• Director and cast cinema stage greetings
• Trailer
• Slipcase with artwork from Ian MacEwan (limited to 2000 copies)
• Region B

Vital (2004)

A young man named Hiroshi (Tadanobu Asano) awakens in the hospital after an accident wipes his memory. Fascinated by a textbook full of drawings of dissections, Hiroshi is drawn to a medical school where he catches the eye of a fellow student. But it’s another who becomes his obsession, the dead woman on the cadaver table.

The film stars Jun Kunimura, Nami Tsukamoto, Tadanobu Asano.

Bonus Features
• Making of Vital
• Archival Interview with Shinya Tsukamoto
• Jasper Sharp Video Essay – “An Assault On The Senses”
• Tom Mes Audio Commentary
• Music Clips
• World Premiere at the Venice Film Festival
• Special Effects Featurette
• Trailer
• Slipcase with artwork from Ian MacEwan (limited to 2000 copies)
• Region B