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Dogra Magra Blu-ray 1988 Limited Edition Radiance Japan Horror Toshio Matsumoto

Dogra Magra Blu-ray 1988 Limited Edition Radiance Japan Horror Toshio Matsumoto

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This surreal, mind f***k of a gem hits Blu-ray for the first time outside of Japan!

Introducing Radiance Film's Limited Edition Blu-ray for 1988's Dogra Magra. The final feature film by Toshio Matsumoto (Funeral Parade of Roses) is an adaptation of the celebrated novel by Kyusaku Yumeno, a period set gothic tale with a sense of dreamy dread that recalls Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Cure and the locked room mystery of Shutter Island.

A man wakes in an asylum with no memory. Dr Wakabayashi helps him to recall his past in which he killed his bride on their wedding day. Part of his memory becomes linked to another doctor, Dr Masaki, and a manuscript, Dogra Magra. As the two doctors treat him, reality and fantasy become blurred and the patient becomes unsure of his identity or his doctors’ experiments.

A stunningly shot phantasmagoria by Tatsuo Suzuki (Pastoral: To Die in the Country), Dogra Magra is presented on Blu-ray for the first time outside of Japan.

Limited Edition Features: 

  • Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
  • Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Hirofumi Sakamoto, president of the Postwar Japan Moving Image Archive and author Jasper Sharp on screenwriter Atsushi Yamatoya plus an interview with producer Shuji Shibata and Matsumoto’s director’s statement
  • Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

Features: 

  • High-Definition digital transfer supervised by director of photography Tatsuo Suzuki and producer Shuji Shibata
  • Audio commentary by director Toshio Matsumoto (2003)
  • Interview with Toshio Matsumoto (2003, 21 mins)
  • A visual essay by programmer and curator Julian Ross (2024)
  • Instructions on Ahodara Sutra (a popular Japanese chant delivered by Dr. Masaki in the film) by legendary street performer Hiroshi Sakano (16 mins)
  • Trailer
  • New and improved English subtitles

Technical Specs:

  • Year: 1988
  • Region Code: AB
  • Audio: Mono
  • Picture: 1.85:1
  • Runtime: 109
  • Language: Japanese
  • Subtitles: English
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