Unknown Japanese Masters on DVD

Campaign in the form of a pre-sale of the Unknown Japanese Masters on DVD. For a price of €40, the supporter will receive the DVD box set, and for €50 they will also receive a gift book.

After the successful conclusion of the pre-sale campaign for Integral Kinuyo Tanaka on DVD last year, we are now back with a new proposal for our catalogue: the edition of a DVD box set with six films from the first three cycles of the Unknown Japanese Masters.

Mestres Japoneses Desconhecidos I, II e III

Regarding the DVD market in Portugal, things have not changed since last year - it continues to decline dramatically. There are currently few physical spaces where DVDs can be sold. In this sense, it is difficult for a small distributor like ours to make the necessary investment to produce DVDs, expecting that same investment to be recovered in a short period of time.

A Mulher que eu Abandonei

In this sense, we are repeating last year's campaign. We are proposing that the campaign raise €4,000, which means 100 people are interested in these Unknown Japanese Masters on DVD. We still believe that if there are not 100 people interested, then producing a box set like this is not worth it.

The campaign is in the form of a pre-sale. For €40, supporters will receive a box containing the six films by post. For €50, they will also receive the book Perseverance, by Serge Daney (see rewards).

The films that make up this Best Of are:
The Nurse's Boy, by Tomotaka Tasaka (1955)
Johnny, Heart of Glass, by Koreyoshi Kurahara (1962)
A Woman's Life, by Yasuzo Masumura (1962)
The Woman I Abandoned, by Kirio Urayama (1969)
The Tragedy of Bushido, by Eitarô Morikawa (1960)
The Gambling Monk, by Shogoro Nishimura (1963)

The format will be digipack, the same as the Integral Kinuyo Tanaka box, and the design will once again be done by Catarina Sampaio, author of the posters that promoted the three cycles in movie theaters and the Tanaka box. This (DVD region 2) will have, in addition to the six films, subtitled in Portuguese, the three trailers of the cycles created by The Stone and the Plot and a presentation video by programmer Miguel Patrício.

A Tragédia do Bushidô

About the author

The Stone and the Plot is a film production and distribution company, and a publishing house founded in 2017. It has mainly produced works by new authors. In the distribution area, in addition to distributing the films it produces, it has distributed other Portuguese films, namely the restoration of The Movement of Things, by Manuela Serra. It is also responsible, together with programmer Miguel Patrício, for the premiere of several classic Japanese films, both through the Unknown Japanese Masters cycles and through Integral Kinuyo Tanaka. As a publisher, it has until now exclusively published film books, with five books already in its catalogue. More information at www.thestoneandtheplot.pt

Budget and due dates

Total Budget - €4,739

Authoring, DVD reproduction and finishing (3 discs x 500 units) - €3,000
Design - €500
IGAC Licensing - €390
Shipments of 100 copies (estimate) - €480
PPL Commission - €369

O Monge Apostador

Calendarization

Campaign duration - until 06/27/2025
Licensing, design and production - 01/07 to 31/08/2025
Shipments - From 09/01/2025

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