Ozu films from Shochiku

[amnornes@umich.edu]

I thought I'd point out that Matsuda Eigasha has several great Ozu tapes
from the silent era with benshi soundtracks. The setsumei of I Was Born But
is particularly wonderful. And you don't need to understand Japanese to
enjoy them!

Markus

--On Wed, Jul 26, 2000 9:25 PM -0400 "Michael E. Kerpan"
<kerpan at attglobal.net> wrote:

> Are there any relatively cheap ways to order the Ozu films from Shochiku? 
> (I notice that their web-site no longer has any English pages). What is
> the quality level of the Shochiku issues as compared to the US releases
> from New Yorker?  Do script translations exist for any of the films
> (other than the expensive published Tokyo Story volume?)
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Michael Kerpan
> Boston, MA