Japanese horror Iwaiyama (祝山) (English title The Mountain) is getting its physical release this November, giving fans a couple of options to pick from – the film opened in Japanese cinemas on June 12, 2026, and will now be released on November 13 by TC Entertainment, where there will be a Deluxe Edition Blu-ray and a standard DVD, with the Blu-ray being the obvious choice for collectors thanks to the extra disc and collection of bonus material.
A Horror Story About Crossing a Line You Probably Shouldn’t
Directed and written by Shingo Takeda, Iwaiyama adapts the novel of the same name by horror writer Nanami Kamon, whose work is particularly interested in folklore, curses and the sort of places where you really should listen when somebody tells you not to go there, and follows horror novelist Minami Kazuno, played by Ai Hashimoto, who is stuck in a creative slump when she receives a letter from her former classmate Asako Yaguchi, who tells her that strange things have been happening ever since she and some friends visited an abandoned location rumoured online to be haunted.
And from there, I suspect things go horribly wrong, as it’s a horror movie afterall.
The Deluxe Blu-ray Is the One to Get
The big release is the Iwaiyama Deluxe Edition Blu-ray (TCBD-2005), arriving November 13, and it’s a two-disc set, with the 97-minute feature on Blu-ray and a bonus DVD containing additional material – the main film is presented in 1080i High Definition, with a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1-channel soundtrack, and the Blu-ray is also listed as region-free by CDJapan.
The bonus material includes:
- Making-of footage
- Trailer collection
- Premiere stage greetings
- Release commemorative stage greetings
- Original case
- Four-card postcard set
And for anyone who doesn’t care about the Blu-ray extras, the standard DVD is also being released on November 13, which contains the 97-minute feature on a single disc, with Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. but unlike the Deluxe Blu-ray, it is a Region 2 Japanese DVD.
The Deluxe Blu-ray is currently available for pre-order through Japanese retailers and import specialists including CDJapan, while the standard DVD is also listed there for pre-order.
For collectors outside Japan, I’d obviously go for the Blu-ray – partly because of the region-free format, but mostly because a film like Iwaiyama getting a proper two-disc release with making-of material and theatrical event footage is exactly the sort of thing that becomes much more annoying to track down later.
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