“4K Digitally Remastered Version: The Pianist” released nationwide from December 1st

The ultimate masterpiece "The Pianist", based on the true story of a pianist who miraculously survived Warsaw, Poland during World War II, is released in his first 4K digitally remastered version on December 1st. It will be released nationwide from Sunday (Friday) at Kadokawa Cinema Yurakucho and other theaters.

In 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, Władysław Szpilman was a pianist playing on a radio station. After the fall of Warsaw, Jews were forced to move to ghettos (separate residential areas) where they were forced to live in fear of starvation and indiscriminate murder. While 10,000 Jews were deported to concentration camps, Szpilman was the only one miraculously spared.

”The Pianist'' won numerous honors around the world, including three major categories at the 75th Academy Awards® and the Palme d'Or at the 55th Cannes Film Festival. This timeless masterpiece depicts a young Jewish pianist who is robbed of his peaceful daily life by the invasion of the German army, loses his beloved family, and wanders alone on the battlefield. This timeless masterpiece is set 80 years after the historical tragedy depicted in the play, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. This year, the first 4K digitally remastered version will be released.

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Cast: Adrien Brody, Thomas Kretschmann, Frank Finlay, Maureen Lipman, Emilia Fox, E.

de Stoppard, Julia Rayner, Jessica Kate Meyer

Director: Roman Polanski

Original title: The Pianist / 2002 / Color / France, Poland, Germany, England, America / English, German, Russian / 150 minutes

Distribution: KADOKAWA Promotion: Mermaid Film, VALERIA

Supported by: Polish Information and Cultural Center, NPO Holocaust Educational Center, Embassy of Israel

Official website: senjo-pianist.jp

Official Twitter (X): @SenjoPianist

Mubichike advance tickets (online) ¥1,500 (tax included) are now on sale!

*On sale until November 30th (Thursday) *Not on sale at the theater.

◆The new edition of the original book will be released!

Written by Wladysław Szpilman Translated by Yasuichi Sato

"Pianist on the Battlefield" (New edition)

List price: 2,200 yen ISBN978-4-393-49542-1

Published by Shunjusha in late November

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