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An old fashioned title card from a silent movie
A caption reads: Arrow Video
An elderly suited man opens a door. He places a large envelope on the table and takes out photos and film reels.
A caption reads: A stunning feature debut
An audio recording is switched on.
Your lovely daughter, Kikyo, that is Bellflower,
We see Kikyo, a young woman, standing behind two larger figures.
is in good hands...ours.
Kikyo is led away, she looks back for help.
We want you to hand over one million yen to us.
Three men listen to the audio recording and react in shock.
A caption reads: From Director Kaizo Hayashi (The Most Terrible Time In My Life, Zipang)
A man, Uotsuka, bursts out of a building, is driving in car then climbs a ladder in a huge tower.
The place you seek...where could it be?
On top of the tower, Uotsuka and his partner Kobayashi look out over the city.
A caption reads: Brand new director-approved restoration
Uotsuka follows a man with a backpack. Three sinister men stare at the camera, one smiling.
But Bellflower is not here.
A caption reads: Get Lost in the Fantasy.
A door opens and Kikyo stands in the doorway holding an umbrella.
Oh, what will become of our beautiful Bellflower?
Uotsuka looks at her pensively.
A man is laying down clutching a few flowers as Kikyo kneels by his head, stroking his face.
A caption reads: To Sleep So As To Dream
Uotsuka stands beside a projection camera watching the picture flicker on the wall.
A ninja with carrying a sword stares at us.
Do you understand?
A caption reads: On Blu-ray in the UK March 21 And the US and Canada March 22
Two private detectives hunt for an actress trapped within the reel of a silent ninja film in the dreamlike debut of Kaizo Hayashi (Circus Boys, Zipang), a magical double-handed cinephilic homage to the movie worlds of the 1910s and 1950s.
When private eye Uotsuka (Shiro Sano, Violent Cop, Shin Godzilla) and his sidekick Kobayashi are approached by an aged former actress, Madame Cherryblossom, to go in search of her kidnapped daughter Bellflower, their investigations lead them to the studios of the mysterious M. Pathe company. Here Uotsuka has a strange vision in which he comes face to face with the beautiful star of a 1915 chanbara film that appears to have no ending. From then on, things begin to get a little strange...
Among the most impressive and critically regarded Japanese films of the 1980s, To Sleep so as To Dream finally makes its home-video debut outside of Japan in a brand new restoration supervised by the director himself. Drifting between illusion and allusion, it is chockfull of references to Japan's rich cinematic heritage and features cameos from a host of veteran talent and baroque sets created by Takeo Kimura, the Nikkatsu art designer fondly remembered for his flamboyant work with Seijun Suzuki in the 1960s.
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original uncompressed mono audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film experts Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
- Audio commentary with director Kaizo Hayashi and lead actor Shiro Sano recorded in 2000
- How Many Eggs? Actor Shiro Sano Talks, a brand new interview with the film's lead actor
- Talking Silents: Benshi Midori Sawato Talks, a brand new interview on early Japanese film culture and the art of the benshi silent film commentator
- Midori Sawato Performs 'The Eternal Mystery', an exclusive benshi performance to the film within the film
- The Restoration of To Sleep So as to Dream featurette
- Fragments from Japan's Lost Silent Heyday, a selection of scenes from silent jidai-geki films from the Kyoto Toy Museum archives
- Original Theatrical trailer and English-language restored re-release trailers
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by David Downton
- Arrow Video
- 81 mins approx
- Kaizô Hayashi
- 12
- Morio Agata
- Kenji Endo
- Fujiko Fukamizu
- English
- 1986
- Japanese
- 1
- B
- Arrow Video
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To Sleep So As To Dream
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Blu-ray
RRP £24.99
£21.99
Save: £3.00
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4 instalments of £5.49 with clearpay Learn more
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An old fashioned title card from a silent movie
A caption reads: Arrow Video
An elderly suited man opens a door. He places a large envelope on the table and takes out photos and film reels.
A caption reads: A stunning feature debut
An audio recording is switched on.
Your lovely daughter, Kikyo, that is Bellflower,
We see Kikyo, a young woman, standing behind two larger figures.
is in good hands...ours.
Kikyo is led away, she looks back for help.
We want you to hand over one million yen to us.
Three men listen to the audio recording and react in shock.
A caption reads: From Director Kaizo Hayashi (The Most Terrible Time In My Life, Zipang)
A man, Uotsuka, bursts out of a building, is driving in car then climbs a ladder in a huge tower.
The place you seek...where could it be?
On top of the tower, Uotsuka and his partner Kobayashi look out over the city.
A caption reads: Brand new director-approved restoration
Uotsuka follows a man with a backpack. Three sinister men stare at the camera, one smiling.
But Bellflower is not here.
A caption reads: Get Lost in the Fantasy.
A door opens and Kikyo stands in the doorway holding an umbrella.
Oh, what will become of our beautiful Bellflower?
Uotsuka looks at her pensively.
A man is laying down clutching a few flowers as Kikyo kneels by his head, stroking his face.
A caption reads: To Sleep So As To Dream
Uotsuka stands beside a projection camera watching the picture flicker on the wall.
A ninja with carrying a sword stares at us.
Do you understand?
A caption reads: On Blu-ray in the UK March 21 And the US and Canada March 22
Two private detectives hunt for an actress trapped within the reel of a silent ninja film in the dreamlike debut of Kaizo Hayashi (Circus Boys, Zipang), a magical double-handed cinephilic homage to the movie worlds of the 1910s and 1950s.
When private eye Uotsuka (Shiro Sano, Violent Cop, Shin Godzilla) and his sidekick Kobayashi are approached by an aged former actress, Madame Cherryblossom, to go in search of her kidnapped daughter Bellflower, their investigations lead them to the studios of the mysterious M. Pathe company. Here Uotsuka has a strange vision in which he comes face to face with the beautiful star of a 1915 chanbara film that appears to have no ending. From then on, things begin to get a little strange...
Among the most impressive and critically regarded Japanese films of the 1980s, To Sleep so as To Dream finally makes its home-video debut outside of Japan in a brand new restoration supervised by the director himself. Drifting between illusion and allusion, it is chockfull of references to Japan's rich cinematic heritage and features cameos from a host of veteran talent and baroque sets created by Takeo Kimura, the Nikkatsu art designer fondly remembered for his flamboyant work with Seijun Suzuki in the 1960s.
- High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
- Original uncompressed mono audio
- Optional English subtitles
- Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film experts Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
- Audio commentary with director Kaizo Hayashi and lead actor Shiro Sano recorded in 2000
- How Many Eggs? Actor Shiro Sano Talks, a brand new interview with the film's lead actor
- Talking Silents: Benshi Midori Sawato Talks, a brand new interview on early Japanese film culture and the art of the benshi silent film commentator
- Midori Sawato Performs 'The Eternal Mystery', an exclusive benshi performance to the film within the film
- The Restoration of To Sleep So as to Dream featurette
- Fragments from Japan's Lost Silent Heyday, a selection of scenes from silent jidai-geki films from the Kyoto Toy Museum archives
- Original Theatrical trailer and English-language restored re-release trailers
- Image gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by David Downton
- Arrow Video
- 81 mins approx
- Kaizô Hayashi
- 12
- Morio Agata
- Kenji Endo
- Fujiko Fukamizu
- English
- 1986
- Japanese
- 1
- B
- Arrow Video
Frequently Bought Together
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Total Price: £43.98
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