{"product_id":"the-insect-woman-1963-4k-uhd-blu-ray-limited-edition-hardbox-hardcover-booklet","title":"The Insect Woman (1963) - 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition Hardbox + Hardcover Booklet (Imprint\/Region Free) [Preorder]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePreorder scheduled for release in Australia on October 28, 2026 (Product expected, but not guaranteed to arrive in the U.S. between November 15 and November 30)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWorldwide first on 4K UHD!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA landmark of the Japanese New Wave and one of the defining works of two-time Palme d'Or winning director Shōhei Imamura, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Insect Woman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a sweeping, unsparing portrait of a woman's life across four turbulent decades of Japanese history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in poverty in rural Japan in 1918, Tomé spends her life trying to escape the constraints of class, circumstance, and the men who exploit her, moving through factory work, domestic servitude, and eventually the sex trade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSachiko Hidari (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Fugitive from the Past, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) gives a career-defining, heroic performance filled with extraordinary physicality, in a towering, devastating work of humanist cinema that is perfectly befitting of Shōhei Imamura’s key philosophy - to make “messy, really human, unsettling films.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIncludes a 60-page Hardcover Booklet featuring original production stills and\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ean essay by Gabriel Massó.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1500 copies only.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSpecial Features \u0026amp; 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