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Kamatari Fujiwara

Kamatari Fujiwara

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Kamatari Fujiwara

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Kamatari Fujiwara (藤原 釜足 Fujiwara Kamatari, January 15, 1905 - December 21, 1985) was a Japanese actor. Fujiwara was born in Tokyo, on January 15, 1905, in Tokyo, Japan. Fujiwara's parents ran a printing business. The business did not go well, so at the age of 10, Fujiwara started working at a local confectionery store. By the age of 14 he had started selling timber for building and manufacturing in Shizuoka prefecture. A year later he returned to Tokyo to study as a pharmacist. Fukiwara worked regularly and extensively with Akira Kurosawa, and was known for both being adept at comic acting, as well as being able to do serious roles.

Ikiru poster
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 poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

BFI Blu-ray

Audio:

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

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.

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.

Yojimbo poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

BFI 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

BFI 4K Blu-ray

Best Audio:

2015 Star Media Blu-ray/2019 BFI Player WEB-DL

Yojimbo poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

BFI 4K Blu-ray

Audio:

2015 Star Media Blu-ray/2019 BFI Player WEB-DL

Sanjuro poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray: intact grain compared to Toho/BFI UHDs' DNR'd master

Best Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is good, derived from the 1995 Criterion LaserDisc (which would be minimally better due to its lack of filtering) see blah-ray

Sanjuro poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray: intact grain compared to Toho/BFI UHDs' DNR'd master

Audio:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray is good, derived from the 1995 Criterion LaserDisc (which would be minimally better due to its lack of filtering) see blah-ray

High and Low poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Best Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps: https://slow.pics/c/Ifo4f1EO

Grain is sharper/clearer on the new 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:

BFI Player/Amazon WEB-DL

English-Friendly:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray

Video:

Criterion 4K Blu-ray see caps: https://slow.pics/c/Ifo4f1EO

Grain is sharper/clearer on the new 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.

Audio:

BFI Player/Amazon WEB-DL

Red Beard poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Upcoming Release:

BFI Blu-ray, 2K restoration from Toho street date Nov 2026

Best Video:

Spain/Japan has Blu-ray

Red Beard poster
1080p Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Upcoming Release:

BFI Blu-ray, 2K restoration from Toho street date Nov 2026

Video:

Spain/Japan has Blu-ray

Dodes'ka-den poster
1080p Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Best Video:

Japan and France have Blu-ray

Dodes'ka-den poster
1080p Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

Criterion DVD

Video:

Japan and France have Blu-ray

Kagemusha poster
UHD Blu-ray
Best English-Friendly:

179 min cut: Criterion Blu-ray

159 min cut: Fox Blu-ray

Best Video:

179 min cut: Toho 4K Blu-ray

159 min cut: Fox Blu-ray

Best Audio:

Japan Toho 4K Blu-ray

Kagemusha poster
UHD Blu-ray
English-Friendly:

179 min cut: Criterion Blu-ray

159 min cut: Fox Blu-ray

Video:

179 min cut: Toho 4K Blu-ray

159 min cut: Fox Blu-ray

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