Kaidan / Kwaidan (1964)
Kaidan / Kwaidan (1964) [Criterion Collection, Spine #90]
DVD Video, DVD9 + DVD5 | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 3hr 03mn | 7.62 Gb + 3.44 Gb
Japanese: Dolby AC3, 1 ch; English: Dolby AC3, 1 ch
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
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DVD Video, DVD9 + DVD5 | NTSC 16:9 | 720x480 | 3hr 03mn | 7.62 Gb + 3.44 Gb
Japanese: Dolby AC3, 1 ch; English: Dolby AC3, 1 ch
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.
Title: Kwaidan.64.Cr.D9.D1
Size: 7.62 Gb ( 7 988 186,00 KBytes ) - DVD-9
Enabled regions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Play Length: 00:00:00
Video: NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR, Auto Letterboxed
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Play Length: 03:03:02
Video: NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR, Auto Letterboxed
Audio:
Japanese (Dolby AC3, 1 ch)
English (Dolby AC3, 1 ch)
Subtitles:
English
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Title: Kwaidan.64.Cr.D9.D2
Size: 3.44 Gb ( 3 609 680,00 KBytes ) - DVD-5
Enabled regions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
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Play Length: 00:00:00
Video: NTSC 16:9 (720x480) VBR, Auto Letterboxed
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Play Length: 00:15:17
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Japanese (Dolby AC3, 1 ch)
Subtitles:
English
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Play Length: 00:21:39
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Play Length: 00:17:15
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Play Length: 00:01:25
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English
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Play Length: 00:03:57
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Play Length: 00:01:07
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Subtitles:
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Play Length: 00:00:00
Video: NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR
Extras DVD1:
- New audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince
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Extras DVD2:
- 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
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