The Manchurian Candidate 4K Restored Ver.

[Machine Translation] Starring Frank Sinatra & Directed by John Frankenheimer! The latest UHD 4K restored master is used! Includes interviews and other special features! The first Blu-ray release in Japan of the milestone of political psychosuspense film that powerfully exposes the Cold War era between the U.S. and the Soviet Union! A masterpiece of psychosuspense produced in the U.S. during the Cold War, when the "Let Purge" was raging. The following year, the assassination of President Kennedy occurred, and the film boasts a cult following as a work that anticipated the times. Starring Frank Sinatra, the king of entertainment, Lawrence Harvey plays a man who is brainwashed into becoming a cold-hearted assassin. The director of this film is John Frankenheimer, a master filmmaker who made his breakthrough with this film and excelled at making bold and dynamic works. He shows his skill in this film as well, and his direction is brimming with a sense of humor that immediately attracts the viewer. The film was adapted by George Axelrod of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" ("Breakfast at Tiffany's") ('61). Angela Lansbury was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for this film. During the Korean War, a U.S. platoon is captured by Soviet and Chinese Communist troops and taken prisoner. Three days later, the soldiers, including Captain Marko and Sergeant Shaw, are released and turned over to the South Korean army. Two members of the unit lost their lives, but after returning to the U.S., Shaw was awarded the Medal of Honor on Marco's recommendation as a hero for saving his comrade-in-arms' life. Soon after, Marco begins to have nightmares. He was brainwashed by the Soviet and Chinese forces to believe that Shaw was mercilessly killing his fellow soldiers... Included in the special features are "A Little Solitaire" (William Friedkin, "The Shadowless Sniper"), "Queen of Diamonds" (Angela Lansbury, interview), and the original trailer. A booklet explaining the film is included.

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主演フランク・シナトラ×監督ジョン・フランケンハイマー! 最新のUHD4Kレストア版マスターを採用! インタビュー等の映像特典を収録!米ソ冷戦時代を強烈に炙り出したポリティカル・サイコサスペンスの金字塔、国内初Blu-rayリリース! 東西冷戦下、レットパージが吹き荒れるアメリカで製作されたサイコサスペンスの傑作。翌年にはケネディ大統領の暗殺事件が発生し、時代を先取りした作品としてカルト的な人気を誇る。主演はエンターテイメント界の帝王フランク・シナトラ、洗脳されて冷徹な暗殺者と化す男をローレンス・ハーヴェイが演じる。監督は本作でブレイクを果たし、骨太でダイナミックな作品を得意とした名匠ジョン・フランケンハイマー。本作でもその手腕をいかんなく発揮して、ケレン味あふれる演出で観客を一気に惹きつける。脚色を手がけたのは『ティファニーで朝食を』 (61)のジョージ・アクセルロッド。アンジェラ・ランズベリーは本作でアカデミー助演女優賞にノミネートされた。──朝鮮戦争下、米国の小隊がソ連と中国共産党軍に捕えられ、捕虜となった。その3日後、マルコ大尉とショウ軍曹ら兵隊たちは解放され韓国軍に引き渡される。隊の2名が命を落としたが、米国へ帰国後マルコの推薦でショウは戦友の命を救った英雄として名誉勲章を受ける。やがて、マルコは悪夢にうなされるようになる。それは、ソ連軍と中国軍によって洗脳されたショウが、仲間の兵士たちを無慈悲に殺害するというものだった・・・。特典映像には「"A Little Solitaire"ウィリアム・フリードキン『影なき狙撃者』を語る」、"Queen of Diamonds"アンジェラ・ランズベリー・ インタビュー」、オリジナル予告編を収録。作品解説ブックレット封入。