{"product_id":"the-films-of-hisayasu-sato-volume-2-an-aria-on-gazes-love-zero-infinity","title":"The Films of Hisayasu Satô: Volume #2 - An Aria on Gazes \/ Love - Zero = Infinity","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis special limited edition Blu-ray comes with a spot gloss hard slipcase + slipcover combo \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e(designed by Luke Insect), \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eincludes a 40-page perfect bound book,\u003c\/span\u003e and is limited to \u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4,000 units\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e It is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe 1970s through 1990s saw a boom in transgressive genre filmmaking throughout Asia, but particularly in Japan where the \"Pinku Eiga\" became one of the most popular types of films produced in the country. With young filmmakers seizing an opportunity to hone their craft, countless soon-to-be celebrated directors created work which were more daring, unusual, and often shocking than just about any of the other genre cinema ergering across the globe. Pink Line will present exclusive new restorations of select works from key Asian erotic filmmakers, with a focus on Japan's Pinku Eiga genre.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs pink film auteur Hisayasu Satô evolved as a filmmaker, he both expanded and refined his fascination with connecting elements of melancholy, violence, voyeurism, and repressed sexuality. In this second installment of THE FILMS OF HISAYASU SATÔ, Pink Line presents two of his most celebrated and also most controversial features from his prolific early 90s output, presented in new director-approved restorations from their 35mm original camera negatives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn AN ARIA ON GAZES (aka The Bedroom), an exclusive Tokyo club offers a safe haven for its clients to anonymously indulge in perverse and deeply personal erotic fantasies as the lines between reality and imagination become increasingly opaque - and dangerous. One of Satô’s most lyrical and structurally experimental films, which effortlessly blends moments of tenderness and brutality, centers on a stirring performance by Kiyomi Itô (Muscle) and an appearance by real-life cannibal Issei Sagawa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn LOVE - ZERO = INFINITY, Satô’s focus on bonding and connection through voyeurism hits a fever pitch in this simultaneously unsettling and romantic saga of two disturbed outsiders finding unexpectedly kindred spirits in each other. Tōru Bessho, a lonely voyeur whose feverish desire for companionship borders on stalking, is hired by a doctor to follow his mysterious young wife. But as they each grow increasingly aware of the other’s presence, violent desires also begin to erupt within them in this fatalistic piece, blurring intimacy and blood ritual.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003edirected by: Hisayasu Satô \u003cbr\u003estarring: Kiyomi Itô, Momori Asano, Kyôko Nakamura, Issei Sagawa, Takeshi Itô, Ryûmei Homura\u003cbr\u003e1992, 1994 \/ 127 min (combined) \/ 1.85:1 \/ Japanese\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e 1.0 Mono\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAdditional info:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRegion Free Blu-ray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e40-page perfect-bound book (\u003cem\u003elimited edition only\u003c\/em\u003e) includes essays by Jasper Sharp, Hayley Scanlon, and Filipe Furtado\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReversible cover artwork\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNewly translated English subtitles for both films\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAN ARIA ON GAZES:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommentary track with Asian cinema historian Pierce Conran \u0026amp; critic James Marsh\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"I’m Being Watched\" (14 min) - an interview with director Hisayasu Satô\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Lost in the Bedroom\" (12 min) - an interview with actress Kyôko Nakamura\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLOVE - ZERO = INFINITY:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommentary track with Japanese cinema expert Jasper Sharp\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Unidentified Followed Objects (UFOs)\" (10 min) - an interview with director Hisayasu Satô\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Walking in Circles: Part 2\" (24 min) - a locations featurette with director Hisayasu Satô\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"aspect-ratio: 16 \/ 9; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0k_eQomNQa0?si=-gt39TRQyrOOwceY\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pink Line","offers":[{"title":"Limited Edition Slipcase","offer_id":45391125414071,"sku":"PL-002 CASE","price":54.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Standard Edition","offer_id":45391125446839,"sku":"PL-002","price":42.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/9531\/8199\/files\/Sato_VOL2_LTD_Front.png?v=1764035142","url":"https:\/\/ocndistribution.com\/products\/the-films-of-hisayasu-sato-volume-2-an-aria-on-gazes-love-zero-infinity","provider":"OCN Distribution","version":"1.0","type":"link"}