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Just worked my way through this box set.

Held off for a while then mostly blind bought due to folks raving about it & how much luck I have in general with Radiance.

I will say for one I am not typically someone who likes gangster/yakuza films that are more… straightforward, I guess…

Couple thoughts and curious where everyone else who has this landed.

Came in knowing “Agitator” and the other two were completely blind.

I watched the 200 min cut of “Agitator” and at best thought it was just okay… it’s definitely not a film I would ever pick up again on my own.

That said, I loved Fudoh and have already watched it twice. I found the characters super engaging and easy to get behind. I also really liked, not loved, Rekka. I think of the three it was the most visually and cinematically interesting, I just didn’t latch on to it they way I did Fudoh.

Anyone else have this response? Just curious as I can’t remember ever picking up a collection and feeling like the ‘lesser known’ titles did the heavy lifting. Obviously this is subjective, I just found it interesting.

Regardless, another really amazing set from Radiance. Japanese Godfather is next for me and I’m curious how that will land, but again, Radiance just never misses for me, so I took a blind buy plunge on it, too.

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Thanks!

Hey all,

Thanks in advance for the help…

Assuming there’s a halfway sub week in July this year is it safe to assume VS & Sub label titles will be slightly cheaper then versus now.

Was looking to maybe add a couple more CIN titles I’ve been interested in this sale but they all have over 2000 copies remaining, so I don’t see a rush if they’ll be cheaper in 4-6 weeks.

Thanks!

Hey all,

Two questions here —

1.) are the ryobi wet dry vacs worth it? If so, what’s the best one out there?

2.) do they go on sale at better prices than right now?

Thanks in advance!

I know Cutters Way was backordered for a bit, back up on the Radiance site now…

Anyone know if any of the US domestic dealers will be restocking or is it basically OOP, save for the Radiance site stock?

I just finished the set: watched all the films and special features. Going to start on the booklet after work today, though I’ve flipped through it some.

I was really blown away by the whole set, not just Oshima’s work that I hadn’t seen (which was a ton), but how Radiance put this all together. I was already looking forward to RJ2, but now it’s probably my most anticipated release of the year.

I had only seen Cruel Story of Youth, In The Realm of the Senses, Mr. Lawrence & Death by Hanging prior to getting this set, so I had a ton of new experiences. I’d also never seen any of the special features, and some of them really enhanced the films beyond the scope of what I’m personally used to with special features.

“Boy” and “The Man Who Left His Will on Film” ended up being my favorites of the set with “Boy” narrowly taking my favorite spot… I’m just a sucker for a knockout child actor who can put an entire film on their back and carry from start to finish. The film was great in general, from story to technique and composition, but that performance just stopped me in my tracks similarly to the first time I saw “Florida Project,” only I enjoyed “Boy” far more as a film/narrative and because Tetsuo Abe is pre-adolescent there’s a bit more of a deeply tragic shattered innocence effect in his performance.

It’s a really nice faith rewarded to half-blind invest in a pretty sizable box set and come out feeling like that director is one of your favorites. I didn’t love every film in the set, but I loved the journey, especially chronologically. Watching Oshima’s evolution as a filmmaker in that order was really, really rewarding.

But anyway, really just came to shout out the wonderful job Radiance did with this. The whole breadth of the box set felt a lot like a museum exhibit.

Can’t wait to see subject of volume two!

Anyone selling the deluxe LE of Gwen and the Book of Sand for a reasonable price?

Can be new or used if in good condition!

PM with pics offers please and thanks!