Place to purchase early Pre/Wartime/Postwar Films of Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu and Kajiro Yamamoto

[Martin Vieillot]

oops sorry .. wrong recipent .. still of interest for people interested in 70s japanese cinema though (Daylight Attack trailer)
:)


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Objet: Re: Place to purchase early Pre/Wartime/Postwar Films of Akira  Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu and Kajiro Yamamoto

Jordan, 

"Record of a Tenement Gentleman" was released by the UK-label Tartan (now called Plaisades Tartan) back in 2005. 
The disc however has been out-of-print for a while. 

Best, 
Max 



On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 5:14 PM, Jordan Winter < jordanwinter at gmail.com > wrote: 


Hi all, 

I am currently writing my University dissertation on Akira Kurosawa's films during the Allied Occupation of Japan (1945-1952), however when it comes to reviewing the wartime films of Kurosawa (for example, 'Sanshiro Sugata' Parts 1 and 2) and the Postwar films of Ozu ('Record of a Tenement Gentlemen') and Yamamoto ('Horses', 'Those Who Make Tomorrow') among other notable directors, the ability to find any 'watchable' content is somewhat disconcerting. For example, I did find and purchase a copy of 'Sanshiro Sugata' on eBay but the film contained out-of-sync audio and the incorrect subtitles. 

I was just wondering if anybody knew of a safe, and acceptable company (on-line or off) which deals in the large-scale distribution of early/Postwar Japanese films and if they ship their DVDs/video cassettes to the United Kingdom (I currently reside in the North of England). 

Any help would be appreciated in this manner, 

Thank you, 

Jordan