City Of Joy [4K Digitally Remastered Edition]

[Machine Translation] The souls of joy resonate together. Roland Joffe (director of "The Killing Fields" and "The Mission") and Patrick Swayze (director of "Ghosts of New York" and "Heartbleed") have released the long-awaited 4K digitally remastered version of the classic drama, which has never been released on DVD in Japan before, on the 30th anniversary of its production. First release in 4K digitally remastered version! The Oscar-winning top-notch staff including Ennio Morricone and Roy Walker gathered under the direction of Roland Joffee, the master of "The Killing Fields" and "The Mission". Patrick Swayze (Ghost in the Shell, Heartbleed) stars in this moving human drama. Patrick Swayze, who was at the height of his popularity with "Ghost," fell in love with the screenplay, and despite his best efforts to shoot the film on location in India with no money, it has not been shown again or released on DVD in Japan since its initial release in 1992. In 2022, the 30th anniversary of its production and the 70th anniversary of Patrick Swayze's birth, the 4K digitally remastered version of this forgotten masterpiece was revived for the first time in 30 years and became a long-running hit in theaters. The film was a long-running hit in theaters. The passionate performances and heartwarming friendship between the two late actors, Patrick Swayze, who played the lead role, and Om Puri, one of India's most famous actors, who played Hazari, created a storm of emotion and acclaim throughout the country. --Max, a young American doctor who came to Calcutta (now Kolkata) in search of help after despairing over his inability to save the life of a young girl, meets the Hazari family of car-pullers who have come from their hometown to escape poverty and the " City of Joy" (City of Joy). Max is reluctantly asked by Joanne, a white woman who runs a clinic in the town, to assist her in providing medical care, but through his interactions with the Hazaris and other townspeople, he regains his meaning and dignity as a doctor and as a human being, despite the pressure of the town's ruler, Gatak, and his son Ashoka, who are trying hard to survive. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Dr. Gatak and his son Ashoka.

Special Feature / Bonus Track: bonus video footage

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歓喜の魂が共鳴する─。ローランド・ジョフィ (ルビ: 『キリング・フィールド』『ミッション』監督)×パトリック・スウェイジ (ルビ: 『ゴースト/ニューヨークの幻』『ハートブルー』) これまで一度も国内DVD化されなかった幻の名作ドラマが、製作30周年・4Kデジタルリマスター版で待望の初リリース! 『キリング・フィールド』『ミッション』の名匠ローランド・ジョフィの元に、エンニオ・モリコーネ、ロイ・ウォーカーらオスカー受賞の超一流スタッフが集結。『ゴースト/ニューヨークの幻』『ハートブルー』の故パトリック・スウェイジが主演した感動ヒューマン巨編。『ゴースト～』で人気絶頂だったパトリックが脚本に惚れ込み、ノーギャラで過酷なインドの長期ロケに挑んだ渾身の一作にも関わらず、1992年の初公開以来、日本では再上映もDVD化もされてこなかった。そんな忘れ去られた幻の名作が、製作30周年&パトリック・スウェイジ生誕70年を迎えた2022年、4Kデジタルリマスター版で30年ぶりのリバイバル上映が実現、堂々の劇場ロングランヒットを記録した。主演のパトリック・スウェイジはもちろん、ハザリ役を演じたインドを代表する名優オーム・プリーの、今は亡きふたりの俳優の熱演と胸アツの友情に、感動と絶賛の嵐が全国で巻き起こった。 ――ひとりの少女の命を救えなかったことから自分の無力さに絶望し、救いを求めてインドのカルカッタ(現コルカタ)へやって来たアメリカ人青年医師マックスは、貧困から逃れるために故郷から出て来た車引きのハザリ一家と、"歓喜の街"(シティ・オブ・ジョイ)と呼ばれるスラム街で出会う。街で診療所を運営する白人女性ジョアンに頼まれ、しぶしぶ診療の手伝いを始めたマックスだったが、街の支配者ガタクとその息子アショカらの圧力を受けながらも、懸命に生きようとするハザリら街の人々との交流を通じて、医者として、また人間としての意義と尊厳を取り戻していく─。

映像特典: 監督インタビュー、オリジナル予告編、2022年リバイバル予告編