
A Story Written with Water Blu-ray
'A Story Written with Water' Director: Yoshishige "Kiju" Yoshida (1965) Radiance Limited Edition Blu-ray | Japanese w/ English subtitles
The story of a man torn between his fiancé and the familial bond of his mother, told through a dazzling narrative that uses flashbacks to tell its story of obsession and desire.
Starring the luminous Mariko Okada (An Autumn Afternoon, Late Autumn) who would become Yoshida's muse across a series of the director's 'anti-melodramas'.
Limited edition contents include:
- Archival interview with director Kiju Yoshida
- New interview with star Mariko Okada
- Interview with scholar Jennifer Coates, author of Making Icons: Repetition and the Female Image in Japanese Cinema, 1945-1964
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by scholar and author Alexander Jacoby
- Single pressing of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings