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Gyakuryû
[Backward Flow]
(1924)
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This short film features Japanese superstar Tsumasaburo Bando.
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 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, single-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc; 1.33:1 aspect ratio picture in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan image encoded in SDR MPEG-2 format at ? Mbps average video bit rate (capable of progressive scan upscaling to ? fps); Dolby Digital (AC3) 2.0 stereo sound encoded at ? Kbps audio bit rate; 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
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This DVD edition has been mastered from a 35mm preservation print.
The film is accompanied by a music score, with benshi narration.
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