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UK - DVD R2Rashômon: Special Edition

Title: Rashômon: Special Edition (IMDb)
Starring: Toshirô Mifune
Released: 13th October 2008
SRP: £19.99

Further Details:
Optimum Home Entertainment has announced the release of Rashômon: Special Edition for the 13th of October, priced at around £19.99. A complete list of disc specs follow, along with the artwork.

1.33:1 Transfer
Dolby Digital Mono Audio (Japanese with English Subtitles)
Introduction by John Boorman
A Testimony As An Image: Rashomon Documentary
Two Trailers
Booklet Featuring Original Stories The Film Was Based On And The Emperor & The Wolf Chapter From Book About Kurosawa and Mifune

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30th August 2008 16:04 #1

Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,248 Send a message via MSN to Sam Spade

Akira Kurosawa is God.Toshirô Mifune is God too.

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30th August 2008 16:06 #2

theotherness Member Join Date: November 2007 Location: United States Posts: 53

Does this mean there's a Region 1 release of it coming, as well? I sure hope so...

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30th August 2008 17:39 #3

Bradavon Member Join Date: April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,617

Optimum don't distribute in America, so no.

There is already a very good Criterion State side and an also decent Australian DVD too. The current UK DVD is pretty poor though.

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30th August 2008 18:27 #4

YlowBstard66 Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Canada Posts: 531

theotherness wrote: Does this mean there's a Region 1 release of it coming, as well? I sure hope so...Just get/stick to the Criterion release. Great transfer and a great set of features.

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30th August 2008 20:53 #5

Bradavon Member Join Date: April 2005 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 1,617

The Documentary is 68 minutes and is therefore likely to be the same one on the R4. If I were to choice now I'd get the R4 myself but this UK DVD may beat both it and the Criterion.

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30th August 2008 23:54 #6

Sam Spade Member Join Date: January 2007 Location: United States Posts: 1,248 Send a message via MSN to Sam Spade

theotherness wrote: Does this mean there's a Region 1 release of it coming, as well? I sure hope so...

http://www.criterion.com/asp/explore.asp?id=94

Criterion has a great selection of Kurosawa films and Samurai film in general. Pretty much all classic cinema in R1 too. Criterion DVDs are treasures. Still need to see Rashomon.

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31st August 2008 22:01 #7

broad wayrock Member Join Date: August 2004 Location: Armenia Posts: 24

Rashomon has just been restored at 4K by Lowry Digital and is premiering in America on September 18th:

http://www.emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleI...

I wonder what are the chances of Optimum getting the retorted print?

If Criterion get the HD rights i wouldn't be be surprised if they reissued their existing edition with a restored HD transfer.

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3rd September 2008 4:47 #8

Gabe Powers Contributor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 3,296 Send a message via ICQ to Gabe Powers