Radiance Films has revealed its full Blu-ray and UHD slate for November as an epic, seven disc Radical Japan: Cinema and State – Nine Films by Nagisa Oshima box set, director Nikos Koundouros' The Ogre of Athens, and Wicked Games: Three Films by Robert Hossein, all on Blu-ray, plus the previously revealed first release on the Transmission label, Night of the Juggler on UHD. Full details below.

RADICAL JAPAN: CINEMA AND STATE – NINE FILMS BY NAGISA ŌSHIMA (Japan 1961-1972)

Limited Edition 7-disc Blu-ray box set | 17 November 2025 | £74.99

The start of an ongoing series, this first volume of Radical Japan explores the films of new wave icon Nagisa Ōshima (Cruel Story of Youth, Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence). One of the most vital, challenging and admired bodies of work in cinema history, this boxset presents Blu-ray premieres of Ōshima’s finest features across seven discs.

In The Catch [Shiiku] (1961), a village in World War II is shaken by the capture of a pilot; in Death by Hanging [Kōshikei] (1968), a failed execution throws the justice system into disarray; Diary of a Shinjuku Thief [Shinjuku dorobō nikki] (1969) strikingly captures Tokyo’s 1960s counter-culture; Boy [Shōnen] (1969) is a vivid portrait of a family surviving through scams; The Man Who Left His Will on Film [Tōkyō sensō sengo hiwa] (1970), Ōshima’s reaction to the protest movement; The Ceremony [Gishiki] (1971), a meditation on how traditions oppress the young; and Dear Summer Sister [Natsu no imōto] (1972), which questions Japan’s colonial relation to Okinawa.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• 4K restorations of Death by Hanging, Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, Boy, The Man Who Left His Will on Film and The Ceremony
• High-Definition digital transfers of The Catch and Dear Summer Sister (exclusive to this edition)
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio for each film
• Audio commentaries by Samm Deighan on Death by Hanging, Tony Rayns on Diary of a Shinjuku Thief, and Jasper Sharp on The Ceremony
• Introductions and appreciations of the films by film historians and scholars Luk Van Haute, Jennifer Coates, Rie Tsukinaga, and filmmaker Yang Yong-hi
• Archival interviews with Ōshima (1986 & 1995)
• Interviews with actors Tadanori Yokoo and Kazuo Goto (2025)
• Interview with critic and author Junichi Konuma on composer Toru Takemitsu (2025)
• Extensive interview with critic Tony Rayns on Ōshima’s life and career (2025)
• Yunbogi’s Diary - Ōshima’s short film about street children in Seoul (1965, 25 mins)
• 100 Years of Japanese Cinema - Ōshima's documentary celebrating the centenary of cinema (1995)
• Japanese Cinema: New Territories - a documentary by Hubert Niogret on the Japanese cinema of rebellion and renewal, charting the emergence of independent filmmakers of the 1960s to the 1990s featuring interviews with Ōshima, Kijū Yoshida, Shōhei Imamura and others (2011)
• Newly improved English subtitle translation for each film
• Reversible sleeves featuring original and new artwork based on designs by distributor ATG’s magazines
• Limited edition 160-page book featuring new writing by Rea Amit, Espen Bale, archival articles by Donald Richie and Alexander Jacoby, plus writing by and interviews with Ōshima
• Limited Edition of 5000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

THE OGRE OF ATHENS [O DRAKOS] (Greece 1956)

Limited Edition Blu-ray | 17 November 2025 | £17.99

Despite his best efforts, shy and modest bank clerk Thomas (Dinos Iliopoulos) struggles to fit in with the pace of modern life. On New Year’s Eve, a comedy of errors ensues and Thomas is mistaken for ‘The Ogre’, a notorious criminal mastermind who rules the streets of Athens. Suddenly, men respect him and a woman is interested in him - it’s all he’s ever wanted. However, everything comes with a price and Thomas is soon out of his depth when his unwitting white lie unravels.

Rich with physical comedy and sharp social commentary, this satirical crime drama from director Nikos Koundouros (Young Aphrodites) was a commercial disaster on release and is now considered to be a true classic of modern Greek cinema.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• High-Definition digital transfer
• Uncompressed mono PCM audio
• New introduction from Jonathan Franzen (2025)
• New interview with critic Christina Newland (2025)
• New interview with Greek film expert Dimitris Papanikolaou (2025)
• Newly improved English subtitle translation
• Reversible sleeve featuring designs based on original posters
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Andréas Giannopoulos and extract from Jonathan Franzen’s Freedom
• Limited edition of 2500 copies, presented in full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

WICKED GAMES: THREE FILMS BY ROBERT HOSSEIN (France 1955-61)

Limited Edition Blu-ray box set | 17 November 2025 | £39.99

A prison break, femme fatales and a genre-defining western: Robert Hossein (Rififi) was, both behind and in front of the camera, one of French cinema’s great unsung stylists. Three of his finest genre exploits are collected here.

THE WICKED GO TO HELL [LES SALAUDS VONT EN ENFER] (1955)
In a hard penitentiary, two prisoners fight off the rumour that one of them denounced a recently executed inmate. With their fellow convicts at their throats they join forces and escape. Along the way, they hole up in a remote beach cabin where they take the angel-faced occupant (Marina Vlady, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her) as their hostage while they figure out their next move. The feature debut of Robert Hossein, The Wicked Go to Hell was adapted from the novel by celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard (Paris Pick-up), a prison escape film that spins into a fatalistic noir, oozing with atmosphere from its striking compositions and explosions of violence.

NUDE IN A WHITE CAR [TOI... LE VENIN] (1958)
On an evening stroll, Pierre (Robert Hossein, also director) is invited into a white car by a female voice. Upon getting in he finds a nude blonde with her face obscured by shadow. After sharing an intimate moment, Pierre tries to get to know her but she produces a revolver and orders him to leave. Astonished by the events, Pierre determines to find the woman and traces the car to an address where two blonde sisters live (Marina Vlady, 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her and Odile Versois, Passport to Shame), one who claims to never go out and another who is paralysed. Following his explosive debut, director Robert Hossein re-teams with celebrated crime writer Frédéric Dard for this sultry mystery evoking Hitchcock and classic noir.

THE TASTE OF VIOLENCE [LE GOÛT DE LA VIOLENCE] (1961)
In a Latin American country ruled by a dictator, revolutionary leader Perez (Robert Hossein, also director) holds up a train to kidnap the dictator’s daughter (Giovanna Ralli, The Mercenary) to trade her for captured revolutionaries. Perez takes her across dangerous terrain with his two lieutenants Chamaco (Mario Adorf, The Italian Connection) and Chico. But the bounty on her head is high and compatriots may be easily tempted to switch sides. Anticipating later Zapata Westerns that focused on revolution like A Bullet for the General and The Wild Bunch, The Taste of Violence is also one of the most visually striking Euro Westerns, bearing resemblance to work by Akira Kurosawa.

LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• 2K restorations by Gaumont for each film, presented on three discs
• Original uncompressed mono audio for each film
• Audio commentary on each film by critic and author Tim Lucas (2025)
• Picking Strawberries – A newly created ‘making of’ featurette with historian Lucas Balbo, featuring archive interviews with Hossein and Jean Rollin (2025)
• Behind Marked Eyes: The Cinematic Stare of Robert Hossein – A newly created featurette by Howard S. Berger about Hossein and his work (2025)
• Interview with actor Marina Vlady (2014)
• The Evolution of the Femme Fatale in Classic French Cinema – A visual essay by critic Samm Deighan (2025)
• The Taste of Violence appreciation by filmmaker and Western authority Alex Cox (2025)
• Interview with author C. Courtney Joyner on The Taste of Violence and the Zapata Western subgenre (2025)
• Trailer
• Reversible sleeves featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Time Tomorrow
• Limited edition booklet featuring new writing by Walter Chaw and newly translated archival archival writing by Lucas Balbo
• Limited Edition of 3000 copies, presented in a rigid box with full-height Scanavo cases and removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings

NIGHT OF THE JUGGLER (USA 1980) – Transmission

Limited Edition UHD+Blu-ray | 17 November 2025 | £29.99

A young girl is kidnapped in broad daylight in Central Park by a murderous psychopath (Cliff Gorman, All That Jazz), who plans to demand a huge ransom for her return, mistakenly believing she is the daughter of a wealthy property developer. Unfortunately for him, she’s actually the daughter of Sean Boyd (James Brolin, True Grit), a devoted dad and grizzled ex-cop who will stop at absolutely nothing to get her back, even if it means taking out the kidnapper, his enemies in the NYPD, and the entire scuzzy underworld populating the mean streets of 1970s New York…

Adapted from a novel by William P. McGivern (The Big Heat, Odds Against Tomorrow) and directed by Sidney J Furie (The Ipcress File) and Robert Butler (Turbulence), Night of the Juggler is a relentless, adrenaline packed crime thriller, combining staggering action-packed chase sequences, incredible photography (Victor J. Kemper, Dog Dag Afternoon) of the mean streets of 1970s New York at the peak of its notorious ‘Fear City’ era, and a superlative cast of supporting character actors, including Dan Hedaya, Mandy Patinkin, Richard S. Castellano, Barton Heyman and Julie Carmen. Long unavailable on home video formats, Transmission presents an all time cult classic restored in glorious 4K HDR. 

LIMITED EDITION UHD+BLU-RAY FEATURES:

• New 4K restoration from original 35mm camera negative, presented in Dolby Vision HDR
• 4K UHD and Blu-ray presentation of the feature
• 5.1 Surround mix and Lossless 2.0
• New audio commentary with film historians Kim Newman and Sean Hogan
• New interview with actor James Brolin
• New interview with actress Julie Carmen
• New interview with actor Dan Hedaya
• The Meanest Streets – Night of the Juggler locations tour with journalist/filmmaker Michael Gingold and production associate Chris Coles
• Welcome to Fear City – new visual essay on the depiction of New York in 70s and 80s exploitation cinema by Howard S. Berger
• Pandemonium Reflex: An Inquest into Sidney J. Furie’s Night of the Juggler – new visual essay on Furie by Daniel Kremer, author of Sidney J. Furie: Life and Films
• Trailer
• Stills and poster gallery
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• Reversible sleeve featuring original artwork
• Pull-out poster and six lobby-card style postcards
• Limited edition 40-page perfect bound booklet featuring new writing from Glenn Kenny, Barry Forshaw, and Travis Woods
• Limited edition of 5000 copies, presented in rigid box and full-height Scanavo packaging with removable OBI strip leaving packaging free of certificates and markings