Kobikicho no Adauchi

"Kobikicho no Adauchi (Samurai Vengeance)" DVD Regular Edition now on sale! Winner of both the Naoki Prize and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize, this exquisite entertainment mystery, blossoming in the Edo-period streets of Kobikicho and stirring the heart, finally comes in package form!! This film is based on a masterful period-drama novel that won both the Naoki Prize and the Yamamoto Shugoro Prize and swept numerous mystery-fiction awards as well. From the moment of its theatrical release, this period drama, which masterfully blends full-fledged mystery elements against the refined backdrop of Edo yet never feels old-fashioned, won broad acclaim as an exquisite piece of entertainment that anyone can enjoy, thanks to its well-paced puzzle-solving and vivid handling of foreshadowing, and became a hit. Please enjoy on Blu-ray & DVD the outstanding visual artistry and the overwhelming, intellectually stimulating world of director Takashi Minamoto, a master of the period drama. A gorgeous, powerhouse cast! The deep yet delicate, powerful performances of a luxurious cast including Tasuku Emoto, Ken Watanabe, Koji Seto, Kenichi Takito, Kento Nagao, Yasuko Sawaguchi, and Kazuki Kitamura are overwhelming, drawing viewers instantly into the world of Edo. Faithfully recreating the townscape of Edo and the atmosphere of Kobikicho, the film is packed with highlights, including vividly immersive kabuki scenes and a snowy vendetta scene. On a snowy night, near a playhouse, a beautiful young man named Kikunosuke carries out a stunning act of vengeance. The incident comes to be told by many witnesses as a beautiful tale. A year and a half later, a samurai named Soichiro, claiming to be a relative of Kikunosuke, visits the playhouse, saying he wants to know the full story behind the vendetta... As he hears the circumstances of the incident from the people connected to Kikunosuke, the facts gradually come to light. What, in the end, is the "secret" hidden behind the vendetta? What awaited there was a turn of events beyond imagination... The bonus footage includes a trailer and a teaser.

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『木挽町のあだ討ち』DVD通常版発売! 直木賞・山本周五郎賞をダブル受賞江戸の町に花開く、心震わす極上エンターテインメントミステリー作品遂にパッケージ化!! ■本作は、直木賞・山本周五郎賞をダブル受賞し、数々のミステリー賞も総なめにした傑作時代劇小説を原作とする。公開直後から、格調高い江戸の風情を背景に、本格ミステリーの要素を見事に融合させた時代劇でありながら古臭さがなく、テンポの良い謎解きや鮮やかな伏線回収が万人に楽しめる極上のエンターテインメント作品として大きな反響を呼び、ヒットを記録。時代劇の名匠・源孝志監督による卓越した映像美と、知的好奇心を刺激する圧倒的世界観を、ぜひBlu-ray&DVDでお楽しみください。■豪華実力派キャストの共演!! 柄本佑、渡辺謙、瀬戸康史、滝藤賢一、長尾謙杜、沢口靖子、北村一輝ら豪華キャストの重厚かつ繊細な熱演は圧巻で、観る者を一瞬で江戸の世界に引き込む。江戸の町並み、木挽町の風情を忠実に再現し、臨場感たっぷりに描かれる歌舞伎シーンや雪の「あだ討ち」シーンなど、見どころ満載。──ある雪の降る夜、芝居小屋のすぐそばで美しい若衆・菊之助による仇討ちが見事に成し遂げられた。その事件は多くの人々の目撃により美談として語られることとなる。1年半後、菊之助の縁者と名乗る侍・総一郎が「仇討ちの顛末を知りたい」と芝居小屋を訪れるが・・・。菊之助に関わった人々から事件の経緯を聞く中で徐々に明らかになっていく事実。果たして仇討ちの裏に隠されたその「秘密」とは。そこには、想像を超える展開が待ち受けていた・・・。特典映像には予告編&特報を収録。