'Of Flesh and Blood: The Cinema of Hirokazu Kore-eda' (1995-2008) BFI 4-Disc Blu-ray box set |  Staff Pick  | Japanese w/ English subtitles

This collection combines four career-defining titles of one of Japanese cinema's most celebrated auteurs.

Featuring his austerely beautiful debut Maborosi and lyrical fantasy of After Life, alongside Nobody Knows, and Still Walking, films that cemented Kore-eda's reputation as an heir to Ozu and a chronicler of the modern Japanese family.

Special features include:
- Birthplace (2003, 29 mins): actress Makiko Esumi takes the viewer on a tour of the films locations, featuring behind-the scenes stills and on-set footage
- Newly recorded audio commentary on Maborosi by filmmaker and writer Jasper Sharp
- Hirokazu Koreeda Screentalk (2013, 45 mins): the director in conversation with Jasper Sharp at the 2013 London Film Festival
- Interview with Arata (2003, 15 mins): an interview with the actor and star of After Life, Arata Iura
- Deleted scenes (1998, 17 mins): a selection of deleted scenes from After Life
- Newly recorded audio commentary on After Life by writer and curator Tara Judah
- Behind the scenes on Nobody Knows (2004, 7 mins): Behind-the-scenes footage of Koreeda at work with his cast and crew
- Newly recorded audio commentary on Nobody Knows by Japanese-Australian filmmaker, writer and academic Kenta McGrath
- Making Still Walking (2008, 29 mins): a featurette showing the cast and crew at work behind the scenes
- Still Walking Q&A (2019, 33 mins): Hirokazu Koreeda in conversation with Michael Leader at BFI Southbank
- Newly recorded audio commentary on Still Walking by Alexander Jacoby