Imamura Shohei, Georges Franju and Jean-Pierre Mocky from Radiance in June
Radiance has announced its June disc releases, which will consist of Imamura Shohei’s landmark satire of seedy 1960s Japan The Pornographers on 4K UHD, and Blu-ray releases of Imamura’s final feature Warm Water Under the Red Bridge, Georges Franju’s furious debut feature La tête contre les murs, and producer, director and actor Jean-Pierre Mocky’s crime thriller Solo. Full details below.
THE PORNOGRAPHERS [EROGOTOSHI-TACHI YORI: JINRUIGAKU NYŪMON] (Japan 1966)
Limited Edition 4K UHD + Blu-ray | 22 June 2026 | £24.99
A former buddhist monk turned erotic filmmaker, Subuyan lives with hairdresser Haru and her two teenage children. Shooting two skin flicks per day, he somehow manages to stay out of the clutches of the yakuza, but real trouble starts when Haru discovers him lusting after her daughter.
Imamura Shohei’s landmark satire of postwar affluence was adapted from the internationally renowned novel by Nosaka Akiyuki (Grave of the Fireflies) and brings to vivid life the seedy side of 1960s Japan.
4K UHD & BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:
- New 4K restoration from the original camera negative
- 4K UHD and Blu-ray presentation of the feature; world premiere on 4K UHD
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Interview with actor Kondo Masaomi (2026)
- Interview with Inuhiko Yomota on Nosaka Akiyuki (2026)
- Interview with critic Tony Rayns (2026)
- Cinéma de notre temps: Shohei Imamura, The Freethinker – a French TV documentary on Imamura featuring the filmmaker himself discussing his key films (1995, 63 mins)
- Trailer
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Jasper Sharp
- Limited edition of 5000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
LA TÊTE CONTRE LES MURS [HEAD AGAINST THE WALL] (France 1959)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 22 June 2026 | £17.99
After he steals money from his wealthy father one too many times, the rebellious François (Jean-Pierre Mocky, Litan) is forcibly committed to a psychiatric institution. Labelled a delinquent and an arsonist, he endures the dehumanising treatment reserved for society’s rejects, and attempts to thwart the archaic methods of the cruel Dr. Varmont (Pierre Brasseur, Children of Paradise).
Adapted by Mocky from Hervé Bazin’s shocking autobiographical novel, this poetic and furious debut feature from Georges Franju (Eyes Without a Face) features an all-star cast including Anouk Aimée (La Dolce Vita) as François’s only visitor, Paul Meurisse (Les diaboliques) in the role of the more modern Dr. Emery, and Charles Aznavour (Shoot the Pianist) as a long-time resident of the institution.
BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:
- 4K restoration by Éclair Classics supervised by Mocky Delicious Products
- Uncompressed mono PCM audio
- Archival interview with screenwriter and star Jean-Pierre Mocky (2008, 10 mins)
- Archival interview with director Georges Franju and actor Charles Aznavour (1958)
- Interview with Jean-Pierre Mocky’s assistant and friend Eric Le Roy (2023, 25 mins)
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
- Limited edition booklet featuring archival writing by film critic Raymond Durgnat
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
SOLO (France 1970)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 22 June 2026 | £17.99
A womanising violinist and jewel thief (Jean-Pierre Mocky, Litan) must abandon his carefree lifestyle when he learns that his younger brother is part of the leftist revolutionary group responsible for the brutal murders of powerful men. Determined to save the life of his idealistic sibling, the cynical drifter becomes embroiled in a struggle that is not his to fight.
A decade after appearing in La tête contre les murs, Jean-Pierre Mocky returned to acting with this profoundly satirical crime drama. Unflinching and heavily influenced by American cinema, Solo captures the visceral feeling of disillusionment of a post-1968 French society brimming with rage at the sinister powers that be.
BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:
- 4K restoration by Éclair Classics supervised by Mocky Delicious Products
- 2.0 DTS-HD Master Audio
- Archival interview with screenwriter and star Jean-Pierre Mocky (2018, 12 mins)
- Interview with actor Anne Deleuze (2022, 16 mins)
- Interview with Jean-Pierre Mocky’s assistant and friend Eric Le Roy (2022)
- Trailer
- Optional English subtitles
- Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
- Limited edition booklet featuring archival interviews with Mocky
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings
WARM WATER UNDER A RED BRIDGE [AKAI HASHI NO SHITA NO NURUI MIZU] (Japan 2001)
Limited Edition Blu-ray | 22 June 2026 | £17.99
When a dying friend tells out-of-work salaryman Yosuke (Yakusho Koji, Perfect Days) about a hidden treasure, he sets off in search of the only clue about its location: a house by a red bridge. What he finds instead is a woman who transcends all his fantasies.
Japanese master Imamura Shohei’s final feature reunites the cast and crew of his Palme d’or-winning The Eel [Unagi] for a boldly sensuous and taboo-breaking love story.
BLU-RAY LIMITED EDITION FEATURES:
- High-Definition digital transfer
- Uncompressed stereo PCM audio
- Introduction to the film by Miike Takashi (2026)
- Interview with co-writer Tengan Daisuke (2026)
- Making of documentary
- Archival discussion between Shohei Imamura and Miike Takashi (2002)
- Theatrical trailer
- Teaser trailer directed by Miike Takashi, with newly filmed intro
- Newly improved English subtitle translation
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
- Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Bastian Meiresonne
- Limited edition of 3000 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings