Blu-ray release: ‘A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness’

By   |  Apr 25, 2025

Radiance Films are bringing the 1977 Japanese drama ‘A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness’ (悲愁物語) to US and UK Blu-ray on April 28/29, 2025.

Directed by Seijun Suzuki and based on a Manga by Ikki Kajiwara, the film follows a professional model who is being groomed for the golf circuit by the editor of a sports magazine. The cast includes Yoko Shiraki, Yoshio Harada, Tetsu Mizuno, Masumi Okada, and Joe Shishido.

Synopsis: The editor of a sports magazine grooms fashion model Reiko (Yoko Shiraki) to become a pro golfer, while retaining exclusive rights to her likeness. Reiko’s popularity soars after she wins her first tournament and she becomes a media sensation, but when she and her manager (Yoshio Harada, Zigeunerweisen) cause a hit-and-run accident, the victim begins to blackmail Reiko, intruding further and further into her personal life.

Features:
• High-Definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• Newly improved English subtitle translation
• Audio commentary by Samm Deighan
• New interview with editor Kunihiko Ukai
• Trailer
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and new artwork by Sam Smith
• Limited edition booklet
• Full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip [3000 copies only]
• Region: A/B

‘A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness’ is available to pre-order now from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.

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