Blu-ray

For Love's Sake review

Anton van Beek  |  Aug 14, 2013

The director responsible for Ichi the Killer conducts his very own high school musical

Now in his third decade as a filmmaker, Takashi (Audition) Miike shows no signs of slowing down or curbing his genre-hopping ways. This time around he's transformed a popular mid-'70s manga series about two star-crossed lovers into a live-action musical. In the process, Miike appears to have rediscovered his more playful edge, mixing edgy violence and tongue-in-cheek musical numbers with an eclectic and striking visual style. Given how exquisitely the Blu-ray's 2.40:1 1080p encode handles the film's imagery, the only real issue with this disc is the surprisingly front-heavy nature of its DTS-HD MA 5.1 mix. The only extra feature of any note on the disc is a 35-minute Making of... documentary.

For Love’s Sake, Third Window Films, Region B BD, £20 Approx
HCC VERDICT: 4/5

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