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Kokuten Kōdō

Kokuten Kōdō

7 Films

Kokuten Kōdō

7 Included Films

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Kokuten Kōdō (高堂 国典 Kōdō Kokuten, 29 January 1887 – 22 January 1960) was a Japanese film actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1923 to 1959.

Stray Dog poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray

Stray Dog poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Early Summer poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Japan Shochiku Blu-ray

Best Video:

4k resto available in France Carlotta boxset or Japan Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Tartan/Shochiku DVD

Early Summer poster
1080p Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Japan Shochiku Blu-ray

Video:

4k resto available in France Carlotta boxset or Japan Blu-ray

Audio:

Tartan/Shochiku DVD

Seven Samurai poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.

Best Audio:

BFI Streaming

Additional Info:

The subtitles of Criterion  and BFI are translated differently. See BR forum.

English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray or BFI 4K Blu-ray

Video:

No clear winner, Criterion SDR 4K Blu-ray has better defined grain and is cleaned-up more thoroughly. But looks grayer and flatter in daytime scenes. BFI 4K Blu-ray's HDR/DV is better in contrast but the grading can be debatable.

Additional Info:

The subtitles of Criterion  and BFI are translated differently. See BR forum.

Godzilla poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Germany Splendid Entertainment Blu-ray

Godzilla poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Audio:

Germany Splendid Entertainment Blu-ray

Street of Shame poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Best Video:

France and Japan are new 4K restoration. Japan has better encoding

Best Audio:

1991 Daiei LaserDisc

English-Friendly:

Eureka MoC Blu-ray

Video:

France and Japan are new 4K restoration. Japan has better encoding

Audio:

1991 Daiei LaserDisc

Throne of Blood poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

BFI 4K Blu-ray for video or Criterion Blu-ray for subtitles

Best Video:

BFI 4K Blu-ray, see detailed review However Criterion has better subtitles

English-Friendly:

BFI 4K Blu-ray for video or Criterion Blu-ray for subtitles

Video:

BFI 4K Blu-ray, see detailed review However Criterion has better subtitles

The Hidden Fortress poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

BFI 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR

Best Audio:

Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray's OG Perspecta & mono (filtered but still sounds better than unfiltered 2009 Toho Blu-ray).BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and stereo downmix of it; no original mono.

Additional Info:

The way Perspecta works is it just changes volume and panning of the mono across L/C/R channels depending on embedded control tones, so realistically all mixes are just the mono, but it's still a big shame that we get a stereo (presumably a downmix of Prespecta...?) rather than than proper mono.

English-Friendly:

BFI 4K Blu-ray

Video:

BFI 4K Blu-ray has excellent master and grade, no DNR and tasteful HDR

Audio:

Toho Japan 4K Blu-ray's OG Perspecta & mono (filtered but still sounds better than unfiltered 2009 Toho Blu-ray).BFI 4K Blu-ray has OG Perspecta (in 5.1 container) and stereo downmix of it; no original mono.

Additional Info:

The way Perspecta works is it just changes volume and panning of the mono across L/C/R channels depending on embedded control tones, so realistically all mixes are just the mono, but it's still a big shame that we get a stereo (presumably a downmix of Prespecta...?) rather than than proper mono.

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