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Am 18. August 2009 erscheint Akira Kurosawas "Kagemusha" bei Criterion auf Blu-ray ... wenn nicht etwas dazwischen kommt wie bei "Ran". Aber das wollen wir alle doch nicht hoffen.

#267: "Kagemusha - Der Schatten des Kriegers / Kagemusha" [J 1980, Akira Kurosawa]
1 Disc
$39.95
1.85:1
Japanese

In his late, color masterpiece Kagemusha, Akira Kurosawa returned to the samurai film and to a primary theme of his career—the play between illusion and reality. Sumptuously reconstructing the splendor of feudal Japan and the pageantry of war, Kurosawa creates a historical epic that is also a meditation on the nature of power. The Criterion Collection is proud to present Kagemusha for the first time in its full-length version in the United States.

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer enhanced for widescreen televisions
* DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
* Audio commentary by Kurosawa scholar Stephen Prince (The Warrior’s Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawa)
* Lucas, Coppola, and Kurosawa (19 minutes, 2005), directors George Lucas and Francis Ford Coppola discuss Kurosawa and their roles as executive producers of Kagemusha
* A 41-minute documentary on the making of Kagemusha, part of the Toho Masterworks series Akira Kurosawa: It Is Wonderful to Create
* Image: Kurosawa’s Continuity, a new video piece that reconstructs Kagemusha through Kurosawa’s paintings and sketches
* A series of Suntory Whiskey commercials made on the set of Kagemusha
* A gallery of storyboards painted by Kurosawa and images of their realization on-screen
* Theatrical trailers and teasers
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* PLUS: A 48-page booklet featuring a new essay by scholar Peter Grilli, a reprinted 1981 interview with Kurosawa by renowned critic Tony Rayns, and biographical sketches by Japanese film historian Donald Richie

[helmi]

hier gibt es einen vergleich zwischen der BD und der DVD:

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews10/kagemusha_.htm

gruss

helmut
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