A daring melodrama featuring a great duo of Japanese film actors
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY
"A SPLENDOR IMPRINTED WITH SENSUALITY AND MELANCHOLY."
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Kiwa Funaki works at her father's dye works in Kyoto. This independent and talented woman designs fabrics and accessories, which she sells herself as far away as Tokyo. Approaching thirty, her family and friends would like to see her married, but Kiwa finds fulfillment in her art. One day, she meets Mr. Takemura, a professor at Osaka University. This unusual and erudite client, who is also married and a father, unsettles the young woman…
Night River vividly explores the clash between tradition and modernity in the post-war era. For his first feature film in color, shot by the renowned cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa ( Rashomon ), director Kozaburo Yoshimura exploits the full potential of this new medium, employing a particularly innovative interplay of correspondences and symbolism. Superbly performed by Fujiko Yamamoto ( Equinox Flowers ) and Ken Uehara ( Last Chrysanthemums ), Night River is a heart-wrenching melodrama of audacious boldness, now available for the first time on Blu-ray™ in its sublime 4K restoration!
NIGHT RIVER by Kozaburo Yoshimura
(1956 - Color - 104 min)
New 4K restoration
Original version with French subtitles
Blu-ray Edition
Never before released on Blu-ray
EXTRAS (IN HD)
WOMEN IN COLOUR (16 min)
“ Cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa was one of the great innovators of Japanese cinema. Night River allows us to understand his work. With this film, he works miracles; he dares to do things.” An exclusive interview with Pascal-Alex Vincent, filmmaker and lecturer at Sorbonne Nouvelle University – Paris 3.
2024 TRAILER
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BD 50 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 • French Subtitles
1.37 aspect ratio preserved • Color • Film Length: 104 minutes
Release date: August 19, 2025
