DVD Features:
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
- Full Frame - 1.33
- Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono 1.0 - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional
- Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary: Donald Richie
Interviews: Tatsuya Nakadai - Star
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Entertainment Reviews:
Los Angeles Times - 10/23/1986
"...It's a wonderful film....The whole cast is superb....Naruse's greatest strength lay in his dark vision..."
USA Today - 03/09/2007
4 stars out of 4 -- "Shot strikingly without fuss in black-and-white TohoScope....A melancholy treat..."
Sight and Sound - 05/01/2007
"[T]his might be described as a Japanese version of a Douglas Sirk melodrama. Takamine Hideko's stoic central performance is heartbreaking."
Sight and Sound - 02/01/2008
"[T]he depictions of human foibles and frailties are exquisitely nuanced..."
