I watched this in HD on Prime Video.
I have not seen Kurosawa's original work but this is a truly memorable and moving film beautifully constructed.
I'd be reasonably sure I've never before seen a film released with an aspect ratio of 1.48:1 but it worked for the era involved and the manner in which the story was told was first class. You could not possibly foretell what was going to happen next.
The script was superb but the facial expressions often took the place of dialogue and the actors delivered in spades in this regard especially the young woman.
The sound editing was up there with the best. No need to turn on subtitles for the dialogue and the sound effects were hypnotic at times.
The score fitted like a glove. It's rare for me to like a song in a film drama but the way it was used was absolutely tops.
Highly recommended.
I have not seen Kurosawa's original work but this is a truly memorable and moving film beautifully constructed.
I'd be reasonably sure I've never before seen a film released with an aspect ratio of 1.48:1 but it worked for the era involved and the manner in which the story was told was first class. You could not possibly foretell what was going to happen next.
The script was superb but the facial expressions often took the place of dialogue and the actors delivered in spades in this regard especially the young woman.
The sound editing was up there with the best. No need to turn on subtitles for the dialogue and the sound effects were hypnotic at times.
The score fitted like a glove. It's rare for me to like a song in a film drama but the way it was used was absolutely tops.
Highly recommended.