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DVD Title |
Inugami |
International Title |
Inugami |
DVD Length |
Original Length |
95 Minutes |
95 Minutes |
Company |
Year of Manufacture |
Adness |
2004 |
Language |
Subtitles |
Japanese |
English |
Region |
Number of Discs |
1 |
1 |
Aspect Ratio |
Sound |
1.85:1 (Anamorphic) |
2.0 Stereo, 5.1 Surround |
Extras |
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Menus (English) |
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Chapters (12) |
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Trailers: Inugami, Isola,
Shikoku,
Shadow of the Wraith |
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Captures |
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Review |
Released directly after Adness' Shikoku
DVD, the Inugami disc is another fairly
good title from the company. Adness has quickly
built up a good reputation for their video and
audio transfers, and this disc continues that
trend with a solid presentation of the feature
film. Sadly, this DVD doesn't fare nearly as well
as others from the company in regards to its extras
though.
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Video: |
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Inugami features a well done video
presentation that exceeds in most respects. The
print used for the transfer appears to be in excellent
shape, featuring only some
minor speckles during the opening credits.
Digital inconsistencies are also a non-issue here,
as pixilation is not apparent while edge enhancement
is unnoticeable while the movie still looks incredibly
sharp in detail. In addition, noise levels don't suffer due to the sharpness either as there is hardly any visible grain. The colors are also fairly distinct
on this release, although arguably the video could
have still stood for the contrast to be increased
slightly. Strangely enough, for some reason Adness
felt pressured to warn viewers that the movie
does in fact change to black and white for the
climax, going as far as to include a one
sheet insert about it. As they note, this
was of course done intentionally though.
Inugami is presented in its original aspect
ratio of 1.85:1, and is Anamorphic for widescreen
TVs.
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Audio: |
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Adness continues with their tradition of supplying
their releases with excellent audio quality, as
the Inugami disc boasts a 2.0 stereo track
that is faithful to the original presentation
along with a 5.1 DTS surround audio track that
has excellent speaker distinction on "DTS
compatible" players. Both are generally flawless
too, featuring no distortions while the dialogue
is all very audible.
The audio presentation is accompanied by, removable,
English subtitles.
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Extras: |
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Unfortunately, when it comes to supplemental
content this disc is incredibly light. There are
four trailers present, one of which is to the
main feature while the others are focused on other
horror titles from Adness; however, there is nothing
to be found beyond that on this release. In the
DVD's defense, the menus and overall presentation
is at least very pleasing to look at, such as
the Scene
Selections.
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Overview: |
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Bottom line, this is a fairly good DVD for
those interested in the movie. The disc's only
real fault, in fact, is its weakness in the extra
department, but the video and audio quality do
well to compensate.
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- Anthony Romero |
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