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Himizu Live-Action DVD/Blu-Ray Released Today Mon, 6 Aug 2012

Third Window Films release Sion Sono's spectacular live-action adaptation of Minoru Furuya's manga Himizu on DVD and Blu-Ray today.

  Extra Features:

70 minute ‘Making Of’

Deleted & Extended Scenes

Interview with actor Denden

Theatrical Trailer

 

Synopsis

The film is based on Minoru Furuya’s manga about a cynical high school kid named Sumida (Shota Sometani) who desires to be a normal kid but a difficult background causes him to suffer an identity crisis where his anger threatens to engulf and destroy him. His only life lines are a community of refugees from the March 11th earthquake and tsunami and his classmate Chazawa (Fumi Nikaidou) who struggles to keep him sane.

Himizu has to be one of the best films of 2012 and has scored rave reviews and won awards at various film festivals around the world including the
Critics Award at the Deauville Asian Film Festival. It had its World Premiere at the 2011 Venice Film Festival where it played In Competition and lead actor Shota Sometani and lead actress Fumi Nikaidou took away major acting awards for their performances. 

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