Boxcar Bertha

[Machine Translation] Killers of the Flower Moon" was released theatrically in 2023. This is the commercial film debut of master filmmaker Martin Scorsese. This coming-of-age crime film was discovered by Roger Corman, a producer who has discovered many filmmakers through low-budget films. Despite being his debut film, Scorsese's direction is brilliant, and the violence scenes, reminiscent of his later masterpiece "Taxi Driver" ('76), are a masterpiece. Barbara Hershey plays the main character, Bertha. She won the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival two years in a row for her roles in "Some People" ('87) and "World Apart" ('88). In this film, she skillfully plays Bertha, who survives despite her extreme circumstances. This is the first Blu-ray release in Japan with the latest HD master. In the 1930s, the U.S. economy is in turmoil due to the Great Depression. Bertha and her farmer father live a poor life in Arkansas. One day, when her father is spraying pesticides by airplane because of the farmer's unreasonable demands, the plane crashes and Bertha is killed in the accident. He dies in the crash. Grief-stricken, she leaves town and becomes a hobo, traveling from place to place on a freight car without pay, wandering aimlessly with nowhere to go. At that time, she meets Bill, a communist who is making a speech for the union movement on a street corner. They are attracted to each other and vow their love in the freight car, but the next morning Bill disappears, leaving only a five-dollar bill behind... The original trailer is included as a special feature. A booklet explaining the film is included.

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2023年に『キラーズ・オブ・ザ・フラワームーン』が劇場公開された巨匠マーティン・スコセッシの商業映画デビュー作。低予算映画で多くの映画人を発掘したプロデューサーのロジャー・コーマンに見出されて製作された青春犯罪映画。デビュー作品ながら、スコセッシの演出は冴え渡り、後の代表作『タクシードライバー』 (76)を彷彿とさせるバイオレンスシーンは圧巻。主人公のバーサを演じるのは、バーバラ・ハーシー。『或る人々』 (87)と『ワールド・アパート』 (88)で2年連続カンヌ国際映画祭女優賞を獲得した名優だ。本作では、極限状態でありながら強かに生き抜くバーサを巧みに演じている。最新のHDマスターで国内初Blu-rayリリース。──1930年代、世界恐慌で経済が混乱するアメリカ。バーサは、農夫の父と共にアーカンソーで貧しい暮らしをしている。ある日、父が農場主から理不尽な要求をされて飛行機で農薬散布をしていると、飛行機が墜落。事故死をしてしまう。悲しみに暮れる彼女は街を出て、貨車の無賃乗車で土地を転々とするホーボーとなり、行く当てもないまま放浪する。そんな時、街角で組合運動の街頭演説をしている共産主義者のビルと知り合う。二人は惹かれ合い、貨車の中で愛を誓うのだが、翌朝ビルは5ドル札だけを残して、姿を消してしまうのだった・・・。特典映像にはオリジナル予告編収録を収録。作品解説ブックレット封入。