Films of Hisayasu Satô, The: Volume #4 - Soft Skin / Save the Last Dance for Me / Survey Map of Paradise Lost (US Import Limited Edition Slipcase BLU-RAY)

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Films of Hisayasu Satô, The: Volume #4 - Soft Skin / Save the Last Dance for Me / Survey Map of Paradise Lost (US Import Limited Edition Slipcase BLU-RAY)Between his earliest films in the mid 1980s and his 1990s "golden age," Hisayasu Sat consistently developed and honed his cinematic voice. Drawing on contrasts in his work across radically different career stages, these three films offer a range of insights into the artist's most compelling and recurring obsessions. One of his earliest features, SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME (1986), Sat offers a meta reflection on learning his craft through the story of

presenter of The Sacred Spirit’s fictional local TV show

an aging silent-film queen

uncut first season of Wagon Train

following two lovers dreaming of a better life: Man Si Sun (Cherie Chung

Dog Day Afternoon)

headed off to war

But things start to go array when Estelle’s ‘experiments’ take on a more murderous tone

lives a comfortable life fencing smuggled diamonds in order to pay for his beloved daughter Margaret’s (Pavlow) tuition

he encounters a new threat: deranged country psychos with a penchant for violence

Appreciation by filmmaker Guillermo del Toro

The Invasion of Carol Enders Commentary by Television Historian Scott Skelton

who also serves as the film's co-writer and director)