Cloud / Charisma (Limited Edition, Region B) w/SLIP

A revered auteur noted for his deliberate pacing and haunting, methodical style, Kiyoshi Kurosawa is the celebrated filmmaker behind a string of modern classics, includingCure,Pulse,Tokyo SonataandCreepy. Collected here are two more great works by this master of psychological cinema:CharismaandCloud.

Charismafollows Goro Yabuike (Koji Yakusho,Cure), an overworked police officer who leaves his job behind after he fails to resolve a hostage situation, resulting in the deaths of both a high-profile politician and his captor. Reeling from this incident, he seeks solitude in a mountain forest, where he finds himself at the centre of a conflict over an enigmatic tree that the locals have named Charisma. InCloud, factory worker Ryo