Silence Has No Wings (Kazuo Kuroki, 1966)

[jguitar]

This film has been mentioned elsewhere on the forum, mostly in people's lists of films they'd like to see released on DVD/Blu. I watched a fan-subbed version of this last night (beautiful film), but I'm wondering about aspect ratio. For those of you who have seen this in a theatre, what was the AR? IMDB reports 2.35:1, but the one I saw was 4:3. It didn't look obviously cropped, although that can obviously be hard to tell. Thoughts?

[FerdinandGriffon]

I saw a very nice 35mm print a few months ago, and it was 4:3. I can't imagine those compositions in widescreen either.

[jguitar]

That's what I thought. IMDB strikes again! Thanks for the info, FG.

[Perkins Cobb]

It cannot be emphasized enough: IMDb is completely useless with regard to aspect ratios.

[kingsxrocks]

Has anyone else been able to find Kuroki's 'new wave' work online or through physical means? Apart from this film (silence), they seem exceedingly difficult to come across.