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Orochi
[Serpent]
(1925)

 

This feature film features Japanese superstar Tsumasaburo Bando, who is supported by Misao Seki, Utako Tamaki and Kensaku Haruji.

Digital Meme
2007 DVD edition

Orochi (1925), black & white, 74 minutes, not rated, with Gyakuryû (1924), black & white, 28 minutes, not rated.

Digital Meme, DMSF1008, UPC 4-571233-840085.
One single-sided, dual-layered, Region 0 NTSC DVD disc, 1.33:1 aspect ratio image in full-frame 4:3 (720 x 480 pixels) interlaced scan MPEG-2 format, SDR (standard dynamic range), ? Mbps average video bit rate, ? Kbps audio bit rate, Dolby Digital 48 kHz 2.0 stereo sound, Japanese language intertitles, optional English, Chinese and Korean language subtitles, chapter stops; standard DVD keepcase; ¥5,229.
Release date: 28 November 2007 (reissued in 2011).
Country of origin: Japan

This DVD edition has been mastered from a 16mm preservation print that has been transferred at sound film frame rate. The original film may have been shot at approximately 14-16 frames per second as the resulting playback speed here is way too fast. This edition’s presentation may have been closer to 90 minutes long had the film been transferred at a more natural speed.

The film is accompanied by two soundtracks: a music score with contemporary female benshi narration, and a vintage music score soundtrack with a male benshi narrator.

 
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