The culmination of Shohei Imamura's extraordinary examinations of the fringes of Japanese society throughout the 1960s, Profound Desires of the Gods (Kamigami no Fukaki Yokubo) was an 18-month super-production which failed to make an impression at the time of its release, but has since risen in stature to become one of the most legendary – albeit least seen – Japanese films of recent decades.

Presenting a vast chronicle of life on the remote Kurage Island, the film centres on the disgraced, superstitious, interbred Futori family and the Tokyo engineer sent to supervise the creation of a new well - an encounter which leads to both conflict and complicity in strange and powerful ways.

A tragic view of a passing epoch that teeters on the edge of grotesque farce, Imamura's merciless gaze combines with spectacular colour 'Scope photography to create a mythic saga convulsing with earthly impulses.

Profound Desires of the Gods will be released on UK Blu-ray only on 21st June 2010 by Eureka as part of the Masters of Cinema series at the RRP of £19.99. Featuring a beautiful high-definition transfer, with exclusive digital image restoration and the following extras

• New video introduction by film scholar Tony Rayns;
• Original theatrical trailer;
• Extensive booklet with a new essay by Rayns (to accompany his introduction), rare stills, reprinted statements by Imamura, and a lengthy 1994 career interview and a transcript of Imamura's introduction and Q&A session at the 1994 Edinburgh International Film Festival's screening of the film.