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Orizuru Osen
[The Downfall of Ozen]
(1935)
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This late Japanese silent feature film, directed by Kenji Mizoguchi, stars the great Isuzu Yamada, with Daijirô Natsukawa, Mitsusaburô Ramon, Genichi Fuji and Ichiro Yosizawa.
Mizoguchi’s camera is quite active with dolly moves and whip pans. At times, we wish that a fluid head were available on the camera mount to minimize jerkiness in the pan moves.
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Digital Meme
2007 DVD edition
Orizuru Osen (1935), black & white, 87 minutes, not rated, with Tôjin Okichi (1930), black & white, 4 minutes, not rated.
Digital Meme,
unknown catalog number, unknown UPC number.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at 6.8 Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to 60 fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate (modern benshi) and Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 mono sound encoded at 192 Kbps audio bit rate (historic benshi); Japanese language intertitles, optional English, Chinese and Korean language subtitles; 6 chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; ¥5,229.
Release date: 24 October 2007.
Country of origin: Japan •
Ratings (1-10): video: 7 / audio: 7 / additional content: 6 / overall: 7.
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