Days 日子 (2020) (Blu Ray) (2 Discs) (English Subtitled) (US Version)

For decades the great Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang has been directing exquisite examinations of alienation, isolation, and the fleeting beauty of human connection featuring his muse Lee Kang-sheng. Days is one of his best, sparest, most intimate works. Lee once again stars as a variation on himself, wandering through a lonely urban landscape and seeking treatment in Hong Kong for a chronic illness; at the same time, a young Laotian immigrant (Anong Houngheuangsy) working in Bangkok goes about his daily routine. These two solitary men eventually come together in a moment of healing, tenderness, and sexual release. Among the most cathartic entries in Tsai’s filmography, Days is a work of longing, constructed with the director’s customary brilliance at visual composition and shot through with profound empathy.

SPECIAL FEATURES:

BLU-RAY DISC ONE

• Days (2020, 127 minutes), a film by Tsai Ming-liang
• Press Conference with Tsai Ming-liang, Lee Kang-sheng and Anong Houngheuangsy following the world premiere of Days at the 2020 Berlinale (33 minutes)
• U.S. Theatrical Trailer

BLU-RAY DISC TWO

• Afternoon (2015, 137 minutes), a feature documentary by Tsai Ming-liang with actor Lee Kang-sheng
• Wandering (2021, 34 minutes), a new short film by Tsai Ming-liang
• New video interview with director Tsai Ming-liang (30 minutes)
• “Director Tsai’s Cafe Gallerie,” an image gallery featuring exhibition posters and photographs from the Taiwanese cinema operated by Tsai Ming-liang between 2011 and 2014