DVD release - Memories of Matsuko (Third Window Films) available on January 12, 2009

UK label Third Window Films will be releasing Tetsuya Nakashima’s 2006 film Memories of Matsuko (Kiraware Matsuko no Issho) on region 2 DVD in January.

Plot: 20-year-old Sho (Eita) begins cleaning out his aunt Matsuko’s (Miki Nakatani) apartment. She had vanished 30 years earlier and was discovered dead in a park 3 days ago, mysteriously murdered. While there, he meets several people that slowly unravel the mystery of Matsuko’s amazing, but tragic life. Her life began to spiral out of control when she lost her teaching job and got alienated from her family in the early 1970s over an unfortunate misunderstanding. After that, she went on to get involved in a series of doomed, abusive relationships that ultimately led to her feelings of being unloved getting much worse.

Specs: Region 2, PAL. Japanese Dolby 5.1 audio with English subtitles. Features include:

• Making-of (30 min.)
• Storyboard to film comparison
• Interview with music composer Gabriele Roberto
• Theatrical trailer
• Trailers of other Third Window Films titles

Available at the following retailer(s) on January 12, 2009: