Third Window Films has announced the March 2025 release of writer-director Kondo Keishi's 2022 J-horror New Religion on a Blu-ray that will also include his short, spin-off movie, Neu Mirrors.
In New Religion, after her daughter's death in an accident, Miyabi gets a divorce, starts working as a call girl and moves in with her new boyfriend. In a meeting with a new customer, he asks to take a picture of her body – first her spine, then, her feet, and after that, he begins to photograph her every time they meet. One day, while at home, Miyabi feels a small hand touching her leg and soon realizes that every time she allows her body to be photographed she can feel her daughter's spirit reaching closer and closer.
Neu Mirrors is a spin-off short film that attempts to answer certain unanswered questions of New Religion and begins just after a scene in the previous film. Aizawa wakes up in a strange hotel room. A voice calls him from his earphone. Aizawa notices a man in a white shirt in the room and a photo book at his feet. There are the faces of many strangers and his own face printed on it.
Then, Aizawa's reality dissolves into a nightmare world.
New Religion will be released on UK Blu-ray by Third Window Films on 10 March 2025.
BLU-RAY BONUS FEATURES:
- Neu Mirrors – short film (30 mins)
- Director interview (30 mins)
- Behind the Scenes (30 mins)
- Outtakes (11 mins)
- Director feature length audio commentary
- Early concept movie
- Crowdfunding teaser
- Theatrical trailer
- International trailer
- Slipcase and reversible sleeves with original artwork for both films
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