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After World War II, Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. developed and launched colour film stocks, with which the first Japanese natural colour features Carmen Comes Home (1951) and Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido were produced by Shochiku; the latter has seldom been presented as its existing print is an incomplete one. Adapted from an early serial fiction by Yukio Mishima, it is a melodrama with women as subjects—a genre Nakamura was best at, with excellent representation of Mishima’s persevering characters. Born to a prestigious family, Natsuko is not impressed by any one of her suitors. Determined to spend her life serving god, she sets off to a convent in Hakodate, Hokkaido and meets along the way a young bear-hunter with whom she begins an adventure. A few scenes are missing in this print, one of which near the end is without a soundtrack; lines in the original script are inserted in these scenes to make up for these defects, which do not discount the film’s status as a valuable film capturing Hakodate in its glorious and vibrant colours.

Natsuko.no.boken.1953.1080i HDTV.AAC2.0.MPEG2.mkv

General
Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 34 min
Size: 	5.31 GiB
Video
Codec: 	MPEG-2
Resolution: 	1440x1080 ~> 1920x1080
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	23.976 fps
Bit rate: 	7 909 kb/s
BPP: 	0.212
Audio
#1:  	2.0ch AAC @ 141 kb/s

Note: This film contains the HD data telecined from surviving film materials. Some scenes lack pictures and in some other scenes the soundtrack is missing. To compensate for this absence, descriptive titles from the original screenplay have been inserted.

https://nitro.download/view/43BBB825C8E51A2/Natsuko.no.boken.1953.1080i_HDTV.AAC2.0.MPEG2.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English, Japanese

The post Noboru Nakamura – Natsuko no Boken AKA Natsuko’s Adventure in Hokkaido (1953) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Stray Dog is an intense criminal story that examines the psychology of the characters as in compares the similarities between criminals and detectives. These similarities are balanced on a thin line based on choice, which Kurosawa dissects studiously through the camera lens. Kurosawa’s investigation of the character’s psychology creates a spiraling suspense that is enhanced through subtle surprises and brilliant cinematography. The camera use often displays shots through thin cloths, close ups, and new camera angles, which also makes the film aesthetically appealing. When Kurosawa brings together camera work and cast performance, among other cinematic aspects, he leaves the audience with a brilliantly suspenseful criminal drama, which leaves much room for introspection and retrospection.

3.27GB | 2 h 2 min | 764×576 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/F2EFDE2574E721A/Nora.inu.AKA.Stray.Dog.1949.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-HANDJOB.mkv

Language:Japanese
Subtitles:English, Japanese

The post Akira Kurosawa – Nora inu AKA Stray Dog (1949) first appeared on Cinema of the World.