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| Incident At Blood Pass |
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Genre:Action Adventure
Reviewed In Issue 31 Of Widescreen Review®
Stars:
Toshiro Mifune, Yuujiro Ishihara, Ruriko Asaoka, Shintaroo Katsu & Kinnosuke Nakamura |
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 DVD General Information |
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| (Studio/Distributor): |
AnimEigo, Inc. |
| (Catalog Number): |
AD098039 |
| (MPAA Rating): |
Not Rated |
| (Retail Price): |
$39.98 |
| (Running Time In Minutes): |
118 |
| (Color Type): |
Color |
| (Chaptered/Scene Access): |
Yes |
| (Closed Captioned): |
No |
| (Theatrical Release): |
1970 |
| (LD Release Date): |
11/98 |
| (THX® Digitally Mastered): |
No |
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| Credits Information |
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| (Director): |
Hiroshi Inagaki |
| (Screenplay/Written By): |
Yumi Fujiki, Hideo Oguni, Hajime Takaiwa & Ichiro Miyakawa |
| (Story): |
NA |
| (Music): |
Masaru Sato |
| (Director Of Photography): |
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| (Production Designer): |
Hiroshi Ueda |
| (Visual Effects): |
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| (Costume Designer): |
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| (Editor): |
Yoshihiro Araki |
| (Supervising Sound Editors): |
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| (Re-Recording Mixers): |
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| (Executive Producers): |
NA |
| (Co-Producers): |
NA |
| (Producers): |
Toshiro Mifune & Yoshio Nishikawa |
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| DVD Picture Information |
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| (Principal Photography): |
Tohoscope |
| (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): |
2.35:1 |
| (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): |
2.45:1 |
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| DVD Sound Information |
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| (DVD Soundtrack): |
Mono Sound |
| (Theatrical Sound): |
Optical Mono |
| (Theatrical Re-Issue Soundtrack): |
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| (Remastered Dolby Digital): |
No |
| (Remastered DTS Digital Surround): |
No |
| (Additional Languages): |
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| WSR Narrative Review |
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Story Synopsis:
Incident At Blood Pass brings together three of the biggest names in Japanese cinema history. Toshiro Mifune once again plays the nameless yojimbo (basically a bodyguard or watchman) who is hired to perform a mission so top secret, he is not even told of its purpose. He is only told to go to a remote mountain pass and wait until a message arrives. Liner notes set the film’s historical backdrop.
LaserDisc Picture:
The overmatted 2.45:1 picture, exhibits an overly dark appearance with unnatural colors that lack clarity and definition. Contrast and shadow delineation are poorly rendered, lacking visual information in shadows and darker scenes. Images are wanting in sharpness, completely lacking fine detail, no doubt partially due to the excessive noise and grain that mar the imagery. While fleshtones occasionally appear natural, they usually exhibit a brownish tint, and blacks lack true solid depth and are undefined. The yellow English subtitles cannot be read on widescreen monitors. Artifacts are occasionally apparent, but noise constantly distracts. .
LaserDisc Soundtrack:
The soundtrack is undistinguished monaural with forward, occasionally distorted-sounding dubbed dialogue
| (Surround Bass Below 50Hz): |
No |
| (Aggressive System Surround): |
No |
| (Intense 25Hz Bass): |
No |
| (Deep Bass Challenging): |
No |
| (Aggressive 0.1 LFE): |
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| (Holosonic Soundfield): |
No |
| (Aggressive Split Surround): |
No |
| (Center Back Surround Imaging): |
No |
| (Directionalized Dialogue): |
No |
Superb Sound Effects Recording Quality: |
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Superb Music Score Recording Quality: |
No |
Superb Special Visual Effects Quality: |
No |
Superb Color Fidelity: |
No |
Superb Cinematography: |
- |
Reference LaserDisc: |
No |
Collector Edition: |
No |
DVD To LaserDisc Comparison:
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