| Notes | Officially licenced via Toho Co. Ltd, Japan © 1964 Tokyo Eiga/Kindai Eiga Kyokai. This DVD © 2005-7 Eureka Entertainment Ltd.
SPECIAL FEATURES
• Newly restored high-definition anamorphic transfer
• Full-length audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindo with actors Kei Sato and Jitsuko Yoshimura
• Video introduction by Alex Cox
• New English subtitle translation
• Extensive production stills gallery / original trailer
• 24-page booklet with a new essay by Doug Cummings; a director's statement by Shindo; a vintage Shindo interview by Joan Mellen; and a reprint of the original Buddhist fable on which the film is based |
