Punishment Room, Farewell Mr President, I… for Icarus and Miracle Mile from Radiance in January
The January titles from Radiance have been announced as Punishment Room,director Ichikawa Kon’s unflinching depiction of the darker side of postwar Japanese youth, Matti Kassila’s explosive thriller Farewell, Mr President, and Henri Verneuil’s compelling conspiracy thriller, I… for Icarus on Limited Edition Blu-ray, and writer/director Steve de Jarnatt’s blend of romantic comedy and Cold War thriller, Miracle Mile, on 4K UHD/Blu-ray. Full details follow.
PUNISHMENT ROOM [SHOKEI NO HEYA] (Japan 1956)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 25 January 2027 | pre-order price: £19.99.
A bored university student takes teenage rebellion to extremes, as he bullies classmates, scams his father out of his savings and rapes a college girl after spiking her drink. But as the number of targets grows, his victims band together and devise a plan for revenge, to be carried out in the titular punishment room.
One of his darkest and most controversial films, Punishment Room saw director Ichikawa Kon (Ten Women in Black, Fires on the Plain) courting scandal with his unflinching depiction of abuse and rape among amoral post-war Japanese youth.
Based on the story by future Tokyo governor Ishihara Shintaro, this film was highly divisive upon its initial release, but perhaps more pertinent today than ever.
BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:
- High-Definition digital transfer
- Original uncompressed mono audio
- Newly filmed interview with film historian Tatsuya Masuto (2026, 21 mins)
- The Complex Legacy of Shintaro Ishihara – a visual essay by Steve Corbeil on author Shintaro Ishihara and the original novel (2026, 17 mins)
- Reversible sleeve featuring newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Booklet featuring new writing by Hayley Scanlon and an archival discussion with Kon Ichikawa
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
FAREWELL, MR. PRESIDENT [JÄÄHYVÄISET PRESIDENTILLE] (Finland 1987)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 25 January 2027 | pre-order price: £19.99
Asko is a waiter who sees the elites around him enjoying life. Dissatisfied with the state of the world he determines the best way to change things is to assassinate the president of Finland. A talented marksman, he practices on a real target before working up to the key event. His antics draw attention from the police and he finds himself increasingly under pressure as detective Hanivaara closes in.
As Asko, Hannu Lauri won Finland’s top acting prize for his chilling performance, while the production itself was an anomaly in the Finnish film industry, an explosive thriller influenced by Hollywood that created a new blend of delirious Eurocrime. Now newly restored from original negative materials, Farewell, Mr. President is released for the first time on any format outside of Finland.
BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:
- 2K restoration of the film from the original negative by Radiance Films
- Interview with screenwriter Taavi Kassila (2026)
- Interview with programmer Matti Rämö (2026)
- Original trailer, newly scanned for this release
- Gallery of rare imagery including behind-the-scenes photos
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Booklet featuring new writing by Matti Rämö
- Limited edition of 2000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
I… FOR ICARUS [I… COMME ICARE] (France 1979)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 25 January 2027 | pre-order price: £19.99
While riding in his motorcade and greeting the crowd, president Marc Jarry is assassinated. A suspect is quickly apprehended at the scene, his weapon found on a nearby balcony. All members of the commission investigating the event agree with its findings – except for Henri Volney (Yves Montand, Choice of Arms), who reopens the case.
Heavily inspired by the JFK assassination and taking its stylistic cues from American films like The Conversation and The Parallax View, this conspiracy thriller from Henri Verneuil (Any Number Can Win) is a procedural gem all its own. Delving into the psychology of responsibility, murder, and obedience – with a chilling reenactment of the Milgram experiment – I… for Icarus keeps its audience teetering on the line between healthy scepticism and paranoia.
BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:
- 2K restoration by Gaumont
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- New visual essay by film critic and author Adam Nayman (2026)
- Interview with screenwriter Didier Decoin (2022, 17 mins)
- Interview with French director, film critic, and historian Jean-Baptiste Thoret (2022, 36 mins)
- Archival TV interview with director Henri Verneuil and star Yves Montand (1979, 16 mins)
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
- Booklet featuring new essay by film critic and author Mark Asch and archival writing
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
MIRACLE MILE (USA 1988)
Limited Edition 4K UHD & Blu-ray | 25 January 2027 | pre-order price: £26.99
It’s love at first sight between jazz musician Harry (Anthony Edwards, Top Gun) and waitress Julie (Mare Winningham, St. Elmo’s Fire), who agree to follow up a dream first date at the La Brea Tar Pits by meeting again later that night. When Harry accidentally oversleeps and misses their planned rendez-vous, he heads to the all-night diner on Los Angeles’s Miracle Mile where Julie works, where he desperately tries to find a way to reach her. But when Harry unwittingly takes a phone call from a payphone clearly intended for someone else, his entire world falls apart, forcing him into a race across a rapidly unravelling city to try and find Julie, before time runs out for him – and for everyone else…
Presented here in a brand new 4K restoration in a world premiere on 4K UHD, Miracle Mile is one of the most unique and astonishing cult films of the 1980s, with its potent blend of romantic comedy, one-crazy-night excess, and nightmarish Cold War thriller shocking and enthralling audiences in equal measure since its release in 1988. A legendary ‘Blacklist’ script in Hollywood for many years before it would make it to screens, writer/director Steve de Jarnatt’s beautiful, terrifying vision is brought to vivid life with stunning night-time photography from Theo van Sande, heartbreakingly engaging performances from its two leads, and a propulsive Tangerine Dream soundtrack, before building to one of the most powerful and unforgettable climaxes you will ever see.
LIMITED EDITION UHD + BLU-RAY FEATURES:
- 4K restoration from original 35mm camera negative presented in Dolby Vision HDR, in a world premiere on 4K UHD
- 4K UHD and Blu-ray presentation of the feature
- Archival commentary with Janet Fitch and Matthew Spector
- Archival commentary with director Steve De Jarnatt and critic Walter Chaw
- Archival commentary with Steve De Jarnatt, director of photography Theo van de Sande and production designer Chris Horner
- Archival interview with director Steve De Jarnatt
- Theatrical Trailer
- Steve de Jarnatt short films Tarzana (1978) and Eat the Sun (1975)
- Grace for Grace – audio readings of Steve De Jarnatt short stories
- Archival support cast reunion featurette
- Harry and Julie – archival interview with actors Anthony Edwards and Mare Winningham
- Archival interview with Paul Haslinger
- Excavations from the Editing Room Tar Pits – archival featurette
- Diamond in the Rough: Refining the Diner Scene – archival featurette
- The Extra Extras: Several Small Pieces and Short Films – archival featurette
- A Tribute to the Crew, Cast, and Staff – photo montage
- Alternate ‘Hollywood’ Ending
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Original uncompressed stereo audio
- Booklet featuring new writing from Howard S. Berger
- Limited edition of 5000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with O-card and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings