(aka 'Karisuma')

directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Japan 1999

 

  “What is it with this forest?” That is the question for disgraced Tokyo detective Goro Yabuike (Kôji Yakusho), who finds himself embroiled in a tense struggle revolving around a gnarled, forbidding tree. Goro has fled Tokyo after a hostage crisis escalates into tragic violence. He finds himself in a remote forest where the surrounding vegetation is diseased, the streams are polluted, and other trees are dying or dead. Is the solitary tree rare, or a mutation? An eccentric caretaker fiercely protects the tree from a group of forest rangers who want to profit from it and a botanist who insists that the toxic tree must be destroyed. Can Goro redeem himself, and “restore the rules of the world?” This provocative thriller is a dramatic departure for international award-winning genre filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Séance), one of the brightest stars of Japan’s New Wave.

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Theatrical Release: May 17th, 1999 - Cannes Film Festival

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DVD Review: Home Vision - Region 1 - NTSC

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Distribution	Home Vision Home Video - Region 1 - NTSC
Runtime	1:43:36
Video	1.84:1 Original Aspect Ratio Average Bitrate: 4.29 mb/s NTSC 720x480 29.97 f/s
	NOTE: The Vertical axis represents the bits transferred per second. The Horizontal is the time in minutes.
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Audio	Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0)
Subtitles	English, None
Features	Release Information: Studio: Home Vision Entertainment Aspect Ratio: Original aspect Ratio 1.84:1 Edition Details: • Interview with Kiyoshi Kurosawa (5:51) • 'making of' (30:01) • 2 page liner notes with essay by Tom Mes • trailers for Seance, Cure and Charisma DVD Release Date: May 17th, 2005 Keep Case Chapters: 21

 

 

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This image is quite acceptable regardless that it is not 16X9 enhanced. It may well be even brighter and sharper than HVE's previous K. Kurosawa's anamorphic "Cure". Now, it is not Criterion quality sharpness, and has some blurriness for objects in the background, but overall I would say this progressive transfer is adequate and superior to "Seance". Only a 2.0 audio track with no bump. It has some nice extras with a short interview with Kurosawa, a 30 minute 'making of' segment that shows some at ease off-camera moments and some astute liner notes by Asian Film author and founder of midnighteye.com, Tom Mes. Gary W. Tooze

 

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The Midnight Eye Guide to New Japanese Film by Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp	Eros Plus Massacre: An Introduction to the Japanese New Wave Cinema (Midland Book, Mb 469) by David Desser	Japanese Movie Posters: Yakuza, Monster, Pink, and Horror by Chuck Stephens, Tetsuya Masuda, Kairakutei Black	A Hundred Years of Japanese Film by Donald Richie

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