Boy [Blu-ray]

When a man crippled during the war remarries, he and his new bride each bring a child from their previous relationship. With the father unable to hold a normal job, he forces his family to participate in fake hit-and-run incidents to extort money from unwitting drivers. To avoid capture, they move from town to town, gradually making their way north. The oldest boy seeks to escape the mounting tensions between his father and stepmother by running away and building an elaborate fantasy world for him and his little stepbrother. Based on a true story and breathtakingly shot on locations throughout Japan, this clear precursor to the films of Hirokazu Koreeda is Oshima’s most lyrical and touching film.

Key Features:

• New 4K restoration from the original negative
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Introduction by Japanese cinema scholar Jennifer Coates (2025)
• Archival interview with Nagisa Oshima (1995, 7 mins)
• 100 Years of Japanese Cinema - Nagisa Oshima’s documentary celebrating the centenary of cinema in Japan (1995, 52 mins)
• Newly improved English subtitle translation

Specifications:

• Director: Nagisa Oshima
• Actors: Akiko Koyama, Fumio Watanabe, Tetsuo Abe
• Language: English, Japanese
• Subtitles: Not specified
• Run Time: 1 hour and 37 minutes
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: Blu-ray
• Release Date: 17 August 2026
• Studio: Radiance Films