A hilarious pink film by the director of The Cure
AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON BLU-RAY
Young Aki has left her rural hometown to attend a university in Tokyo where Yoshioka, the boy she's been in love with since high school, is enrolled. On campus, she encounters a gallery of strange characters: jaded intellectuals, sex-obsessed students, and a psychology professor searching for a theory on shame…
Bumpkin Soup is directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa , a prolific Japanese director who would soon achieve international renown with Cure , Kairo , and Tokyo Sonata. or the recent Cloud . Often bordering on the absurd, his film Bumpkin Soup is an explosive mix of influences, ranging from late 1960s Japanese cinema, particularly Seijun Suzuki and Nagisa Oshima, to the French and Czech New Waves. Available for the first time on Blu-ray™, Bumpkin Soup is a hilarious pink film combining humor, a coming-of-age story, and a musical.
BUMPKIN SOUP by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
(1985 - Color - 83 min)
High Definition Masterpiece
Original version with French subtitles
Blu-ray Edition
Never before released on Blu-ray
SUPPLEMENTS
INTERVIEW WITH YORIKO DOGUCHI (15 min)
As a young muse of photographer Kishin Shinoyama, actress Yoriko Doguchi fondly remembers her first collaboration with Kiyoshi Kurosawa and her co-star, Juzo Itami.
VIDEO REVIEW BY JERRY WHITE (12 min)
The author of the book Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Master of Fear focuses on the director's first two pink films, Kandagawa Wars and Bumpkin Soup .
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BD 25 • HIGH DEFINITION MASTER • 1080/23.98p • AVC ENCODING
Original Version DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 • French Subtitles
1.85 aspect ratio preserved • Color • Film Length: 83 minutes
Release date: January 20, 2026
