Still Walking (2008) - (The Criterion Collection - #554) [DVD9] [2011]

The lyrical, profoundly moving Still Walking (Aruitemo aruitemo) is contemporary Japanese master Hirokazu Kore-eda’s most personal work to date. Created as a tribute to his late mother, the film depicts one day in the life of the Yokoyamas, gathered together for a commemorative ritual whose nature only gradually becomes clear. Rather than focus on big dramatic moments, Kore-eda relies on simple gestures and domestic routines (especially cooking) to evoke a family’s entire life, its deep regrets and its daily joys. Featuring vivid, heartrending performances and a gentle naturalism that harks back to the director’s earlier, documentary work, Still Walking is an extraordinary portrayal of the ties that bind us.





MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Hirokazu Kore-eda
COUNTRY: Japan
YEAR: 2008

Cast & Credits

Cast
Ryota Yokoyama Hiroshi Abe
Yukari Yokoyama Yui Natsukawa
Chinami Kataoka You
Nobuo Kataoka Kazuya Takahashi
Atsushi Yokoyama Shohei Tanaka
Toshiko Yokoyama Kirin Kiki
Kyohei Yokoyama Yoshio Harada


Credits
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
Written and edited by Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cinematography Yutaka Yamazaki
Executive producers Kazumi Kawashiro, Yutaka Shigenobu, Takeo Hisamatsu and Bong-Ou Lee
Producer Yoshihiro Kato, Satoshi Kôno, Hijiri Taguchi and Masahiro Yasuda
Original music Gontini
Art direction Toshihiro Isomi and Keiko Mitsumatsu
Costume design Kazuko Kurosawa
Lighting Eiji Oshita
Sound Yutaka Tsurumaki and Shuji Ohtake







DVD:
DVD RELEASE: February 8, 2011
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 554
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.85:1
COLOR
AUDIO: Japanese Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 114 minutes


EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Decrypter
DVD: 1 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: Image (.ISO) + MDS file
FILE SIZE: 7.59 GB
SCANS HQ PDF: 37.6 MB



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Disc Features

DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION:

New high-definition digital transfer, supervised and approved by director Hirokazu Kore-eda and director of photography Yutaka Yamazaki (with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition)
New video interviews with Kore-eda and Yamazaki
Documentary on the making of the film, featuring on-set footage
Trailer
New and improved English subtitle translation
PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by film critic Dennis Lim and recipes for the food prepared in the film