(aka "Ukigusa" or "Drifting Weeds" or "Floating Weeds")
directed by Yasujiro Ozu
Japan 1959
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Theatrical Release: November 17th, 1959 - Japan
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DVD Review: Artificial Eye - Region 2 - PAL
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Distribution | Artificial Eye Film Company Ltd - Region 2- PAL | |
Runtime | 1:53:58 | |
Video | 1.33:1
Original Aspect Ratio PAL 720x576 25.00 f/s |
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Audio | Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono) | |
Subtitles | English, None | |
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Release Information: Edition Details: None |
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"This disc looks
really, really nice. The colours are rich but not oversaturated like
some VHS and cinema prints I've seen of this film - which probably
overstated the beautifully luminous Kazuo Miyagawa cinematography (I
believe this was the only time that Miyagawa worked with Ozu). I have a
niggling feeling that the image is slightly cropped. Ozu's tight frames
look slightly more zoomed in to me than usual and people look too thin.
I will be very interested to see a comparison of this disc with the
Criterion version which is due in 2004 (along with THE STORY OF FLOATING
WEEDS in a 2 x disc set). For those that can wait, wait for Criterion.
For those that can't - this Artificial Eye DVD is better than any of the
Panorama Ozu discs from Hong Kong." The subtitles on this
Artificial Eye release are in perfect English (unlike the appalling mess
on some of the Panorama discs). Furthermore, it's unlikely that Panorama
will be releasing FLOATING WEEDS because it was made by Daiei, and
everything that Panorama are releasing is Shochiku."
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