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Blu-ray Review: I Can Think Of At Least One Thing Wrong With The Title Of Shindo Kaneto's THE NAKED ISLAND

Simpsons jokes and expectations of foreign film exoticism notwithstanding, Shindo Kaneto's 1960 film The Naked Island has arrived on Blu-ray by way of the Criterion Collection (spine #811). Shindo's follow-up to that film, Onibaba, remains one of my favourite movies...

Watch a Clip from Shindo Kaneto's THE NAKED ISLAND

Japanese director Shindo Kaneto, who passed away last year aged 100, is probably best known for his fantastic horror films, Onibaba and Kuroneko, both of which are already in Eureka Entertainment's Masters of Cinema series. On 17 June they will be joined by...