(aka "Beauty of the Underworld" or "Ankokugai no Bijo")
Japan 1958
The
moment he’s released from prison, the honorable gangster Miyamoto recovers the
stolen diamonds he had stashed before getting pinched. When he returns to his
old haunt to make good by a friend who took a bullet for him, he is diverted by
the greedy Boss Oyane and his insatiable taste for Miyamoto’s precious stones.
By the age of 75, master of style, Seijun Suzuki had consistently been at the
forefront of cinematic cool for over five decades. From Quentin Tarantino to Jim
Jarmusch, Suzuki’s influence on the contemporary action genre is undeniable.
Now, at 80, Suzuki is entertaining an ever wider and younger audience with his
latest theatrical release
Pistol Opera.
DVD Review: Home Vision - Region 1 - NTSC
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| Runtime | 1:27:00 | |
| Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 6.64 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s |
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| Audio | Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) | |
| Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Studio: Home Vision Entertainment
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Another Fine
Suzuki film presented on DVD by Home Vision. This has their usual
quality - great removable subtitles- true aspect ratio (wonderful 2.35)
- visible film grain - and slight on Extras. I can only assume if this
did have some substantial Extra Features that all 3 recent Suzuki films
would be worthy of dawning the Criterion label. I just LOVE having these
campy, stylistic films in my collection. No one else would do them with
this quality. Bravo Home Vision!
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