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PRE-ORDER: The Insect Woman (1963) - 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition Hardbox + Hardcover Booklet - Imprint Asia #95

PRE-ORDER: The Insect Woman (1963) - 4K UHD + Blu-ray Limited Edition Hardbox + Hardcover Booklet - Imprint Asia #95

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Valoria Video - 4K UHD

-PRE-ORDER NOTICE: This title is scheduled for release on: November 11th 2026

-While that is the anticipated street date, we cannot assure shipment will occur precisely on that day. 

-NO CANCELLATIONS ON PRE-ORDERS and you will be charged at check out not on the release date.

-All pre-ordererd titles will ship out as soon as we receive them. (Shipping carriers and distributor timelines may cause delays beyond our control, but as soon as we receive the item it will ship out immediately).

-If you include in-stock items with your pre-order, the entire order will ship together once the pre-order arrives. To receive in-stock items sooner, please place a separate order or email us at valoriavideo@gmail.com

Please note:

  • You will receive a shipping confirmation email when your order goes out.
  • All release dates, artwork, packaging, and features are subject to change by the label or distributor.


 




Worldwide first on 4K UHD!

A landmark of the Japanese New Wave and one of the defining works of two-time Palme d'Or winning director Shōhei Imamura, The Insect Woman is a sweeping, unsparing portrait of a woman's life across four turbulent decades of Japanese history.

Born in poverty in rural Japan in 1918, Tomé spends her life trying to escape the constraints of class, circumstance, and the men who exploit her, moving through factory work, domestic servitude, and eventually the sex trade.

Sachiko Hidari (A Fugitive from the Past, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters) gives a career-defining, heroic performance filled with extraordinary physicality, in a towering, devastating work of humanist cinema that is perfectly befitting of Shōhei Imamura’s key philosophy - to make “messy, really human, unsettling films."

Includes a 60-page Hardcover Booklet featuring original production stills and an essay by Gabriel Massó.

1500 copies only.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

Disc One - 4K UHD


  • 2160p Ultra high-definition NEW Dolby Vision / HDR10 presentation on 4K UHD, restored from the original camera negative
  • NEW Audio commentary by Japanese film specialist Jasper Sharp
  • Audio: Japanese LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono
  • Aspect Ratio 2.38:1
  • Optional English Subtitles

Disc Two - Blu-ray


  • 1080p High-definition presentation on Blu-ray of the 4K restoration
  • NEW Audio commentary by Japanese film specialist Jasper Sharp
  • NEW A Bug's Life - Japanese cinema expert Dr Irene González-López on The Insect Woman
  • Audio: Japanese LPCM 2.0 Dual Mono
  • Aspect Ratio 2.38:1
  • Optional English Subtitles

Hardcover Booklet

An exclusive 60-page hardcover booklet featuring production stills and an essay by Gabriel MassóCycles, Transitions, Ellipses.

 

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