Hikaru onna aka Luminous Woman is the strange work from Shinji Somai (Typhoon Club), presented here with a brand new 2K restoration from the original negatives. It stars Keiji Mutô, Michiru Akiyoshi, and Narumi Yasuda.
It is a love story of a mountain man who comes to Tokyo from Hokkaido and a club singer who can no longer sing, with astonishing visual beauty.
Bonus Features
- Making Of (50 minutes)
- Deleted Scenes (50 minutes)
- Trailer
- Slipcase with artwork from Gokaiju
- ‘Director’s Company’ edition featuring insert by Jasper Sharp – limited to 2000 copies
Region B / RRP £29.99
Out on May 20th 2024.
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Brett founded CultFaction.com in 2014 a website and podcast that deals with cult film and tv. He also has a strong interest in grappling martial arts both as a practitioner and as a historian.
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