4K Ultra HD Blu-ray
Demon pond = Yasha-ga-ike
Call Number
- 4K BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)
Edition
4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition.
Languages
In Japanese, with English subtitles.
Performers
Tamasaburô Bandô, Gô Katô, Tsutomu Yamazaki.
Publication Information
[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2024]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (124 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 16 cm)
Audience
Not rated.
Uniform Title
Summary
"Japanese New Wave renegade Masahiro Shinoda transforms a classic Kabuki tale with his own extravagant visual style in this dimension-shattering folk-horror fantasia. When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town's inhabitants--including lovers Akira and Yuri--in their hands. Set to the swirling strains of electronic-music pioneer Isao Tomita's synth score, Demon Pond blends theatrical artifice with cinematic surrealism for an aquatic-apocalyptic fable of human love and folly caught in the current of nature's wrath."--Container.
Notes
This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.
Based on the play by Kyoka Izumi.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1979.
Special features: 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Masahiro Shinoda and actor Tamasaburo Bando, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack ; one 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features ; new interview with film scholar Dudley Andrew ; program on the film's effects.