Film Synopsis
I Am Waiting (1957) follows a former boxer who now runs a waterfront restaurant and rescues a troubled club hostess on the brink of suicide, sparking a fragile alliance as they both struggle to escape their shadowed pasts. As they confront the club’s gangster controllers and uncover unsettling links to his missing brother’s fate, their tentative connection is tested by violence and the relentless pull of crime. This Japanese crime drama blends noir‑tinged atmosphere and existential tension in a moody study of longing and redemption.
I Am Waiting Blu-ray & DVD editions
See which disc extras are included across selected editions.
| Disc Extras | Radiance BD-B/UK 2023 | Criterion DVD-1/US 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Audio Commentary by Jasper Sharp | ||
| Yujiro in Europe | ||
| The Yujiro Effect - Video Essay by Mark Schilling |
Edition and Packaging Notes
- Radiance’s Blu-ray is included in the “World Noir Vol. 1” box set with The Facts of Murder (1959) and Witness in the City (1959). It contains an 80-page booklet with writing by William Carroll, Barry Forshaw, Pasquale Iannone, Hayley Scanlon, and Sam Wigley; and an interview with director Édouard Molinaro.
- Criterion’s DVD contains no extras. It is included in the “Eclipse Series 17: Nikkatsu Noir” box set with Rusty Knife (1958), Take Aim at the Police Van (1960), Cruel Gun Story (1964) and A Colt Is My Passport (1967).
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