[Machine Translation] The strangest and most terrifying world of Czech cinema you ve never seen come, let s find hope in despair. Step into the world of the Czech New Wave, known as the Golden 60s"! Released for the first time in Japan on Blu-ray, in an HD digital remastered edition! ( The Blu-ray release of *The Fifth Horseman Is Fear* is a world premiere ) [Included Films] / *The Cremator*: Winner of the Grand Prix at the 5th Sitges-Catalonia International Film Festival. A masterpiece of dark comedy that exposes the horrors of totalitarian ideology. It depicts the transformation of an ordinary person into a perpetrator through beautiful yet eerie, expressionistic imagery. A masterpiece that will go down in film history for capturing the banality of evil." This controversial film was banned in its home country of the Czech Republic and could not be screened until 1990, when the communist regime fell. / *The Fifth Horseman Is Fear*: Through encounters with distinctive characters and scenes of the city, this film depicts a society being eroded and collapsing under the weight of war, rendered in hallucinatory imagery. At the time of its release, *Time* magazine hailed it as a film boasting the highest level of visual beauty," while critic Roger Ebert raved, A perfect film. It possesses a sense of rhythm that only Fellini and a very small number of directors can achieve." / *Diamond of the Night*: Directed by Jan N mec, one of the leading figures of the Czech New Wave. Based on the novel *There Are No Shadows in the Dark* by Arno t Rustik, a Czech writer who survived the Holocaust. As the director himself has noted, he was influenced by Luis Bunuel and Alain Resnais; in the film, reality and the inner world intertwine in a mosaic-like pattern. The striking imagery and the tension that permeates the entire film challenge viewers to confront the cruelty of humanity and the world. / *A Bite of Bread*: The graduation film by director Jan N mec, who also directed *Diamonds of the Night* (also based on a short story by Rustik). It is the smallest-scale yet most poignant heist film in history and is considered one of the world s greatest student films. Includes explanatory leaflets and postcards for each film. Bonus footage includes the trailer for the special screening! Three individual Blu-ray/DVD titles are also on sale now!