The Hidden Blade Blu-ray (Palisades Tartan)
Cityonfire.com has received the following press release from Palisades Tartan on June 1st: Nominated for 12 Japanese Academy Awards, Yoji Yamada’s slow-burning, character driven samurai drama, The Hidden Blade, is being released for the first time on Blu-Ray in a special edition Blu-Ray/DVD Combo package.
Based on a series of best-selling stories by Japan’s premier historical fiction writer, Shuhei Fujisawa, Yamada’s period study picks up right where his 2002 masterpiece, The Twilight Samurai, left off. Starring award winning Japanese actors, Masatoshi Nagase (Mystery Train) and Takako Matsu (Confessions), The Hidden Blade transports the viewer into the thrilling world of the historic samurai with a mesmerizing tale of honor, loyalty and love in mid-19th-century Japan. Palisades Tartan is proud to bring you the special edition Blu-ray/DVD combo of The Hidden Blade, available on June 19th (SRP of $29.98).
“An old-fashioned Hollywood western…loyalty, honor and virtue carry the day.”
– Stephen Holden, The New York Times
”A brilliant movie.”
– Harry Knowles, Ain’t It Cool News
“Yamada has performed a minor miracle…He has managed a portrait of
goodness and virtue that is neither cynical nor contrived.”
– Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
Yoji Yamada has long been regarded as one of Japan’s most popular and critically-lauded filmmakers. Most well-known for directing the phenomenally popular Tora-San movies, Yamada has achieved nearly equal fame for his sensitive portraits of poor people struggling to maintain their lives in the midst of often convulsive social upheaval. Yamada has won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Picture four times (The Yellow Handkerchief – 1977, My Sons – 1991, A Class to Remember – 1993, The Twilight Samurai – 2003) and his film Twilight Samurai was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2003 Academy Awards. Hidden Blade is his 78th film.
Bonus Features: Behind The Scenes With Director Yoji Yamada, Berlin Film Festival Premiere, Director Press Conference, Japanese Theatrical Trailer, US Theatrical Trailer and Upcoming Release Trailers
Blu-ray/DVD Specs: Language: Japanese, Subtitles: English & Spanish, Running Time: 132 min, Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Blu-Ray Aspect Ratio: 1080p High Definition Widescreen 1.85:1, DVD Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1/DTS 5.1 Surround Sound, Blu-Ray Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
