Kaidan / Kwaidan (1964)
Kaidan / Kwaidan (1964) [Criterion Collection, Spine #90]
Blu-Ray | BDMV | AVC, 1920x1080, ~25.0 Mbps | 3hr 03mn | 44,7 GB
Japanese: LPCM Audio, 1 ch, 1152 kbps; English: AC3, 1 ch, 192 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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Blu-Ray | BDMV | AVC, 1920x1080, ~25.0 Mbps | 3hr 03mn | 44,7 GB
Japanese: LPCM Audio, 1 ch, 1152 kbps; English: AC3, 1 ch, 192 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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Director: Masaki Kobayashi
Writers: Yôko Mizuki (screenplay), Lafcadio Hearn (novel) (as Yakumo Koizumi)
Stars: Rentarô Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Misako Watanabe
After more than a decade of sober political dramas and socially minded period pieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn’s collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously crafted. This version of Kwaidan is the original three-hour cut, never before released in the United States.
Bonus:
- New audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince
- Interview with Kobayashi from 1993, conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda
- New interview with assistant director Kiyoshi Ogasawara
- New piece about author Lafcadio Hearn, on whose versions of Japanese folktales Kwaidan is based
- Trailers
All thanks to the original uploader
DISC INFO:
Disc Title: Kwaidan.64.Cr.BR
Disc Size: 48 093 079 697 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
BDInfo: 0.5.8
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Length: 3:03:15.985 (h:m:s.ms)
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Total Bitrate: 28,88 Mbps
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