Kin Sugai Blu-rays

Kin Sugai

7 Films

Kin Sugai

7 Included Films

Kin Sugai (菅井きん Sugai Kin) (28 February 1926 – 10 August 2018) was a Japanese actress. She won the award for best supporting actress at the 9th Hochi Film Award for The Funeral. Sugai is famous for her role in the jidaigeki drama Hissatsu series.

4.5

Ikiru (1952)

Director: Akira Kurosawa

UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

BFI Blu-ray (second audio track, not included in the menu)

Ikiru (1952)

4.5

Director: Akira Kurosawa

UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Best Video:

Japan 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

BFI Blu-ray (second audio track, not included in the menu)

4.1

Godzilla (1954)

Director: Ishirō Honda

UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Germany Splendid Entertainment Blu-ray

Godzilla (1954)

4.1

Director: Ishirō Honda

UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Germany Splendid Entertainment Blu-ray

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer poster

4.6

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray > Arrow Blu-ray > Japan Blu-ray

Both Arrow and Japan Blu-ray seem to suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug

The Human Condition III: A Soldier's Prayer (1961)

4.6

Director: Masaki Kobayashi

1080p Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion Blu-ray > Arrow Blu-ray > Japan Blu-ray

Both Arrow and Japan Blu-ray seem to suffer from Quicktime Gamma Bug

4.6

High and Low (1963)

Director: Akira Kurosawa

UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

France Carlotta > Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps: https://slow.pics/c/s7AfL3XW

Grain is sharper/clearer on the new Carlotta/Criterion 4K; BFI's grain resolves slightly worse and more so in motion, being a standard Blu-ray; The Toho 4K's grain is softer, probably DNR'd.

Best Audio:

Toho 1993 LaserDisc

BFI Player used to have the same mastering available to stream in 2019.

High and Low (1963)

4.6

Director: Akira Kurosawa

UHD Blu-ray

Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

France Carlotta > Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps: https://slow.pics/c/s7AfL3XW

Grain is sharper/clearer on the new Carlotta/Criterion 4K; BFI's grain resolves slightly worse and more so in motion, being a standard Blu-ray; The Toho 4K's grain is softer, probably DNR'd.

Best Audio:

Toho 1993 LaserDisc

BFI Player used to have the same mastering available to stream in 2019.