Play It Cool Blu-ray

Runtime: 94 min

Director: Yasuzō Masumura

Cast: Mari Atsumi, Yūsuke Kawazu, Kō Nishimura, Ryoichi Tamagawa, Tomo'o Nagai

Studios: Daiei Film

This Japanese melodrama chronicles the exploits of a geisha's beautiful daughter. The daughter is the geisha's pride and she spares nothing to insure that she has a bright future. But the hard-working young woman's dreams of becoming a dressmaker are shattered.... She then becomes a nightclub hostess who plays cards with male patrons using her body as the prize.

Special Features:

High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray™ presentation

Original uncompressed mono audio

Optional English subtitles

Brand new audio commentary with critic and Japanese cinema specialist Jasper Sharp and professor and Japanese literature specialist Anne McKnight

Too Cool for School

Brand new video essay on Play it Cool and the career of writer-director Yasuzō Masumura by Japanese film scholar Mark Roberts

Original theatrical trailer

Image gallery

Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella

Illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Earl Jackson

Technical Specifications:

• High Definition (1080p)
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Dolby Audio