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Shochiku
Directed by: Yasujiro Ozu
One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a subtly piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife’s city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband’s small-town simplicity, and a generational sea change—in the form of their headstrong, modern niece—sweeps over their household. The director’s abiding concern with family dynamics receives one of its most spirited treatments, with a wry, tender humor and buoyant expansiveness that moves the action from the home into the baseball stadiums, pachinko parlors, and ramen shops of postwar Tokyo.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
Blu-ray
Disc:
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
A (Blu-ray)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Audio Options:
Japanese PCM Mono 1.0
Resolution:
1080p/24
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Feature Film, Interview, Documentary, Insert
- What Did the Lady Forget?, a 1937 feature by director Yasujiro Ozu
- New interview with film scholar David Bordwell
- Ozu & Noda: Tateshina Diaries, a new documentary by Daniel Raim on Ozu’s relationship with longtime screenwriter Kogo Noda
- An essay by scholar Junji Yoshida
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Restoration Information
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice
Restoration by:
Shochiku
IMAGICA Corp
Year: 2018
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Fine-grain master positive
Release Notes on Restoration
The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is presented in its original aspect ratio of 1.37:1. On widescreen televisions, black bars will appear on the left and right of the image to maintain the proper screen format. This new 4K digital restoration was undertaken by Shochiku from a 35mm fine-grain positive at IMAGICA Corp in Tokyo.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm optical soundtrack positive at Tokyo Laboratory Ltd.
The original monaural soundtrack was remastered from the 35mm optical soundtrack positive at Tokyo Laboratory Ltd.