Jiken (The Incident) Digitally Remastered Edition (Japan Version) DVD Region 2
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| Product Title: | Jiken (The Incident) Digitally Remastered Edition (Japan Version) Jiken (The Incident) Digitally Remastered Edition (日本版) Jiken (The Incident) Digitally Remastered Edition (日本版) 事件 デジタルマスター修復版 Jiken (The Incident) Digitally Remastered Edition (Japan Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Nagashima Toshiyuki | Otake Shinobu | Matsuzaka Keiko | Tamba Tetsuro | Yamamoto Kei | Ashida Shinsuke | Nishimura Ko | Watase Tsunehiko | Natsu Jyunko | Morishige Hisaya | Otowa Nobuko | Sawaki Toshinobu 永島敏行 | 大竹忍 | 松坂慶子 | 丹波哲郎 | 山本圭 | 芦田伸介 | 西村晃 | 渡瀨恒彥 | Natsu Jyunko | Morishige Hisaya | 乙羽信子 | Sawaki Toshinobu 永岛敏行 | 大竹忍 | 松坂庆子 | 丹波哲郎 | 山本圭 | 芦田伸介 | 西村晃 | 渡濑恒彦 | Natsu Jyunko | Morishige Hisaya | 乙羽信子 | Sawaki Toshinobu 永島敏行 | 大竹しのぶ | 松坂慶子 | 丹波哲郎 | 山本圭 | 芦田伸介 | 西村晃 | 渡瀬恒彦 | 夏純子 | 森繁久弥 | 乙羽信子 | 佐分利信 Nagashima Toshiyuki | Otake Shinobu | Matsuzaka Keiko | Tamba Tetsuro | Yamamoto Kei | Ashida Shinsuke | Nishimura Ko | Watase Tsunehiko | Natsu Jyunko | Morishige Hisaya | Otowa Nobuko | Sawaki Toshinobu |
| Director: | Nomura Yoshitaro 野村芳太郎 野村芳太郎 野村芳太郎 Nomura Yoshitaro |
| Release Date: | 2004-01-24 |
| Publisher Product Code: | DA-298 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it? |
| Publisher: | Shochiku Home Video |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1002917664 |
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Kevin Kennedy
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August 24, 2007
This customer review refers to A Century Of Japanese Cinema - The Incident (Hong Kong Version)
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August 24, 2007
This customer review refers to A Century Of Japanese Cinema - The Incident (Hong Kong Version)
A modern-day "Rashomon"
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"The Incident" tells of the criminal trial of a young man accused of murdering his pregnant lover's sister. It is presented in a no-nonsense, almost documentary style, with the focus on the court proceedings and the testimony presented by a series of witnesses. While this story-telling technique provides interesting insights into the workings of the Japanese criminal justice system, it distances viewers from the actual characters involved in the story. The movie works a little bit like a modern-day "Rashomon", with the viewer's perspective on the case and sympathies for the defendant shifting as more and more testimony emerges. To its credit, the film presents people as they really are, with their complex mix of passions and prejudices. And the film's ambiguous ending leads one to question the ambiguity of guilt and innocence in cases like this one. I had a few problems with this presentation of the film. First, this DVD presents a fullscreen, pan-and-scan version of the film that is less than optimal; a widescreen presentation would have been better. Second, some of the English subtitles are not properly synchronized with the dialogue; sometimes the subtitle appears a few beats after someone finishes saying something. This can get confusing when there is a rapid-fire conversation taking place. Third, the second half-hour of the movie has a periodic (roughly every three or four seconds) audio disturbance that caused me to turn down the sound of the movie for a while. The director of "The Incident" has made some brilliantly atmospheric, Hitchcockian dramas. I particularly recommend his film "Zero Focus". "The Incident" is a much cruder form of film-making, but I can recommend it for its engrossing depiction of the Japanese legal system and the honest manner in which it handles its characters and story. |
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