| Extras |
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Menus (English) |
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Chapters (15) |
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Trailers: Battle of Okinawa, Japan's
Longest Day |
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Image Gallery |
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Program Notes (English) |
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| Captures |
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| Review |
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Andrew
Nguyen (submission) |
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| Released in 1971 and directed by Kihachi
Okamoto (the director of Japan's
Longest Day) it tells the story
of the Battle of Okinawa from the perspective
of the Japanese. |
| Video: |
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| The movie is shot in color and widescreen
and although it turns out fine with vibrant
coloring, there are grainy elements scattered
in parts of the movie and it does look a bit
blurry at times. Still it doesn't provide
that much distraction from the enjoyment of
the movie.
Battle of Okinawa is presented in
its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1 and is
Anamorphic for widescreen TVs. |
| Audio: |
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| While coming in mostly clear, there are sometimes
when I found the sound to be a bit harsh.
Also there seems to be a small buzzing sound
that is noticeable at the beginning at the
movie though it's easy to ignore once
the movie really starts getting underway.
The audio is accommodated by removable subtitles
with three different modes (full subtitles,
limited subtitles, and captions). The full
subtitles deal with translating what the actors
are saying as well as the historical information
that is listed throughout the movie while
the limited subtitles deals with the actors
and the caption option deals with the historical
information.
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| Extras: |
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| As before with the release of Japan's
Longest Day, the DVD has a release
in terms of a limited number of extras with
the same common categories as in Japan's
Longest Day. There are only two trailers
this time with one for the movie itself and
the other for Japan's
Longest Day. The image gallery has
a slideshow of images from the movie while
the program notes list somewhat more detailed
information and this time it focuses on the
battle of Okinawa as well as the present state
of the island, a biography of Kihachi Okamoto,
notes that are used in the film, the Japanese
commanders on Okinawa, and a few notes about
the kamikazes.
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| Overview: |
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After
considering all of the facts, it's a
pretty good release still though a bit inferior
to the earlier release of Okamoto's
Japan's
Longest Day. The price of between
$25 and $30 for the DVD may also provide some
problems in terms of wanting to make a grab
for it as well. |
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