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Equinox Flower + There Was a Father

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Release Date: 17/01/2011

Genre: Comedy
Region Code: DVD 2
Certificate: Unrated
Label: BFI Video
Actors: Shin Saburi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Chishu Ryu, Shuji Sano, Nobuo Nakamura, Ineko Arima
Director: Yasujiro Ozu
Number of Discs: 2
Duration: 205 minutes
Audio Languages: Japanese, Unknown (PCM Stereo)
Subtitle Languages: English

The Ozu Collection

EQUINOX FLOWER + THERE WAS A FATHER (DVD + Blu-ray)
Films by Yasujiro Ozu

Yasujiro Ozu's first colour film, Equinox Flower, is a deft comedy that takes an ironic look at the decline of paternal authority. Shin Saburi plays Wataru Hirayama, an old-fashioned father whose outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter tells him she wants a love-match. Outwitted and outflanked by his wily female relatives Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat. Ozu's playful use of colour, poetry and arch humour combine to make this tale of old versus new at once deeply moving and razor-sharp.

Paternal authority is unquestionably ascendant in Ozu's powerful war-time drama There Was a Father which is also included here. Shuhei Horikawa (Chishu Ryu) sacrifices his teaching career after an unfortunate accident but refuses to sacrifice the education of his only son.

Special Features

* Standard Definition and High Definition presentations of Equinox Flower and There Was a Father (DVD and Blu-ray)
* Fully illustrated booklet features newly commissioned sleevenote essays by Asian cinema Tony Ryans
* New and improved English subtitles

Japan 1958 + 1942 colour + black and white Japanese language, English subtitles 118 minutes + 87 minutes Original aspect ratio 1.33:1

Disc 1: BD50 1080p 24fps PCM mono audio (48k/16-bit)
Disc 2: DVD9 PAL Dolby Digital mono audio (320kbps)

Region B Blu-ray
Region 2 DVD