{"product_id":"the-naked-island-the-criterion-collection-dvd","title":"The Naked Island (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]","description":"Director Kaneto Shindo s documentary-like, dialogue-free portrayal of daily struggle is a work of stunning visual beauty and invention. The international breakthrough for one of Japan s most innovative filmmakers who went on to make such other marvelous movies as Onibaba and Kuroneko The Naked Island follows a family whose home is on a tiny, remote island off the coast of Japan. They must row a great distance to another shore, collect water from a well in buckets, and row back to their island a nearly backbreaking task essential for the survival of these people and their land. Featuring a phenomenal modernist score by Hikaru Hayashi, this is a truly hypnotic experience, with a rhythm unlike that of any other film.\n\nDVD SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES\n- New, high-definition digital restoration\n- Video introduction by director Kaneto Shindo, recorded for a 2011 retrospective of his work\n- Audio commentary recorded in 2000, featuring Shindo and composer Hikaru Hayashi\n- New appreciation of the film by actor Benicio Del Toro\n- New interview with film scholar Akira Mizuta Lippit\n- Trailer\n- New English subtitle translation\n- PLUS: An essay by film scholar Haden Guest\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B01BUX7Z4E\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B01BUX7Z4E.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Nobuko Otowa|Taiji Tonoyama|Kaneto Shindo|Shinji Tanaka\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Dvd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case will show wear, and may be in library packaging. Ships fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41715489079354,"sku":"DBV.B01BUX7Z4E.A","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B01BUX7Z4E-0.jpg?v=1790831632","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-naked-island-the-criterion-collection-dvd","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}