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Eclipse Series 21:
Oshima’s Outlaw Sixties

Nagisa Oshima
Japan
Edition: DVD

Often called the Godard of the East, Japanese director Nagisa Oshima was one of the most provocative film artists of the twentieth century, and his works challenged and shocked the cinematic world for decades.

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Empire of Passion

Nagisa Oshima
1978 • 105 minutes • 1.66:1 • Japan
Spine: #467 Editions: DVD, Hulu Plus

Set in a Japanese village at the end of the nineteenth century, Empire of Passion details the downfall of a married woman and her lover after they murder her husband and dump his body in a well. With eroticism and horror, Oshima plunges the viewer into a nightmarish tale of guilt and retribution.

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In the Realm of the Senses

Nagisa Oshima
1976 • 102 minutes • 1.66:1 • Japan
Spine: #466 Editions: DVD, Blu-ray, Hulu Plus

A graphic portrayal of insatiable sexual desire, In the Realm of the Senses, set in 1936 and based on a true incident, depicts a man and a woman consumed by a transcendent, destructive love while living in an era of ever escalating imperialism and governmental control.

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Japanese Summer: Double Suicide

Nagisa Oshima
1967 • 99 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

A sex-obsessed young woman, a suicidal man she meets on the street, a gun-crazy wannabe gangster—these are just three of the irrational, oddball anarchists trapped in an underground hideaway in Oshima’s devilish, absurdist film.

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Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

Nagisa Oshima
1983 • 123 minutes • 1.78:1 • Japan
Spine: #535 Editions: DVD, Blu-ray

In this captivating, skewed World War II drama from Nagisa Oshima, David Bowie regally embodies the character Celliers, a British officer interned by the Japanese as a POW. This was one of Oshima’s greatest successes.

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Pleasures of the Flesh

Nagisa Oshima
1965 • 91 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

A corrupt businessman blackmails the lovelorn reprobate Atsushi into watching over his suitcase full of embezzled cash while he serves a jail sentence. Rather than wait for the man to retrieve his money, however, Atsushi decides to spend it all in one libidinous rush.

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Sing a Song of Sex

Nagisa Oshima
1967 • 103 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

Four sexually hungry high school students prepare for their university entrance exams in Oshima’s hypnotic, free-form depiction of generational political apathy, featuring stunning color cinematography.

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Three Resurrected Drunkards

Nagisa Oshima
1968 • 80 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

A trio of bumbling young men frolic at the beach. While they swim, their clothes are stolen and replaced with new outfits. Donning these, they are mistaken for undocumented Koreans and end up on the run from comically outraged authorities.

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Violence at Noon

Nagisa Oshima
1966 • 98 minutes • 2.35:1 • Japan
Editions: Collector’s Sets, Hulu Plus

Containing more than two thousand cuts and a wealth of inventive widescreen compositions, this coolly fragmented character study is a mesmerizing investigation of criminality and social decay.

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