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KWAIDAN (1962) - Blu-Ray

Criterion

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Japanese anthology of supernatural horrors. From a snow witch to the living dead...subtle, artistic and all out Creepy. Japanese with English subtitles.

New 2K digital restoration of director Masaki Kobayashi’s original cut, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack • Audio commentary by film historian Stephen Prince • Interview from 1993 with Kobayashi, conducted by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda • New interview with assistant director Kiyoshi Ogasawara • New piece about author Lafcadio Hearn, on whose versions of Japanese folk tales Kwaidan is based • Trailers • New English subtitle translation • PLUS: An essay by critic Geoffrey O’Brien.