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BANSHUN (1949)
AKAs:
Late Spring (USA)

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Criterion Collection # 331

DVD Release Date: May 9, 2006

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Director: Yasujiro Ozu

Description:
One of the most powerful of Yasujiro Ozu's family portraits, Late Spring tells the story of a widowed father who feels compelled to marry off his beloved only daughter. Eminent Ozu players Chishu Ryu and Setsuko Hara command this poignant tale of love and loss in postwar Japan, which remains as potent today as ever -- almost alone justifying Ozu's inclusion in the pantheon of cinema's greatest directors.

READ:
Late Spring: Home with Ozu
by Michael Atkinson
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Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.45 + 5.44 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 108 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Sound (main feature): Japanese

Subtitles: optional English



SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:

# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Tokyo-Ga (1985, 92 mins), legendary director Wim Wenders' tribute to Yasujiro Ozu (ON DISC TWO).
# Audio commentary by Richard Pen~a, program director of New York's Film Society of Lincoln Center.
# A booklet featuring new essays by critic Michael Atkinson and renowned Japanese-film historian Donald Richie.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.



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