Special Features
New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound; Audio commentary by Japanese film expert Donald Richie, author of Ozu and A Hundred Years of Japanese Film; Ozu's Films From Behind the scenes, a conversation about Ozu and his working methods between child actor and sound technician Kojiro Suematsu, assistant cameraman Takashi Kawamata, and producer Shizuo Yamanouchi; Original theatrical trailer; New and improved English subtitle translation; Optimal image quality: RSDL dual layer edition; Plus a new essay by David Bordwell, author of Ozu and the Poetics of Cinema, and an article about Ozu by filmmaker Jim Jarmusch