Reviews of silent film releases on home video.
Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett
and the Silent Era Company.
All Rights Reserved. |
|
Orochi
[Serpent]
(1925) |
This feature film features Japanese superstar Tsumasaburo Bando, who is supported by Misao Seki, Utako Tamaki and Kensaku Haruji. |
 Digital Meme
2007 DVD edition
Orochi (1925), black & white, 74 minutes, not rated,
with Gyakuryû (1924), black & white, 28 minutes, not rated.
Digital Meme, DMSF1008, UPC 4-571233-840085.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, Japanese language intertitles, optional English, Chinese and Korean language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; ¥5,229.
Release date: 28 November 2007 (reissued in 2011).
Country of origin: Japan
|
This DVD edition has been mastered from a 16mm preservation print that has been transferred at sound film frame rate. The original film may have been shot at approximately 14-16 frames per second as the resulting playback speed here is way too fast. This edition’s presentation may have been closer to 90 minutes long had the film been transferred at a more natural speed.
The film is accompanied by two soundtracks: a music score with contemporary female benshi narration, and a vintage music score soundtrack with a male benshi narrator.
|
|
USA: Click the logomark to purchase this Region 0 NTSC DVD edition from Amazon.com. Your purchase supports Silent Era.
|
|
|
|
Other JAPANESE FILMS of the silent era available on home video.
|
