The Insect Woman

4K UHD, Imprint Limited Edition Hardbox, Region Free

Worldwide first on 4K UHD!

A landmark of the Japanese New Wave and one of the defining works of two-time Palme d'Or winning director Shōhei Imamura, The Insect Woman is a sweeping, unsparing portrait of a woman's life across four turbulent decades of Japanese history.

Born in poverty in rural Japan in 1918, Tomé spends her life trying to escape the constraints of class, circumstance, and the men who exploit her, moving through factory work, domestic servitude, and eventually the sex trade.

Sachiko Hidari (A Fugitive from the Past, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters) gives a career-defining, heroic performance filled with extraordinary physicality, in a towering, devastating work of humanist cinema that is perfectly befitting of Shōhei Imamura’s key philosophy - to make “messy, really human, unsettling films."

Includes a 60-page Hardcover Booklet featuring original production stills and an essay by Gabriel Massó.

1500 copies only.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

Disc One - 4K UHD

• 2160p Ultra high-definition NEW Dolby Vision / HDR10 presentation on 4K UHD, restored from the original camera negative
• NEW Audio commentary by Japanese film specialist Jasper Sharp
• Audio: Japanese LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono
• Aspect Ratio 2.38:1
• Optional English Subtitles

Disc Two - Blu-ray

• 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of the 4K restoration
• NEW Audio commentary by Japanese film specialist Jasper Sharp
• NEW A Bug's Life - Japanese cinema expert Dr Irene González-López on The Insect Woman
• Audio: Japanese LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono
• Aspect Ratio 2.38:1
• Optional English Subtitles
  

Hardcover Booklet

An exclusive 60-page hardcover booklet featuring production stills and an essay by Gabriel Massó: Cycles, Transitions, Ellipses.