Rewind @ www.dvdcompare.net - Naked Island (The) AKA Hadaka no shima AKA L'île nue (Blu-ray) (1960)

Naked Island (The) AKA Hadaka no shima AKA L'île nue (Blu-ray) (1960)

Deals with the intolerably hard life of a family of four, the only inhabitants of a very small Japanese island in the Setonaikai archipelago...
Director: Kaneto Shindô

OVERALL: Draw
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Blu-ray A America - Criterion Collection
Blu-ray B United Kingdom - Eureka

Blu-ray A America - Criterion Collection
#811

Audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindo and composer Hikaru Hayashi

Video introduction by director Kaneto Shindo, recorded for a 2011 retrospective of his work (7:31)
New appreciation of the film by actor Benicio Del Toro (7:43)
New interview with film scholar Akira Mizuta Lippit (17:15)
Trailer (2:12)

English (optional)

Picture Format:

1080p24 AVC MPEG-4

Japanese LPCM 1.0

Includes an essay by film scholar Haden Guest

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Blu-ray B United Kingdom - Eureka
Masters of Cinema #54

Audio commentary by director Kaneto Shindo and soundtrack composer Hikaru Hayashi (in Japanese with English subtitles)

Introduction by film director Alex Cox (8:57)

English (optional)

Picture Format:

1080p24 AVC MPEG-4

Japanese LPCM 1.0

32-PAGE BOOKLET with an essay by Acquarello; a 1972 interview with Shindô conducted by Joan Mellen; and rare imagery

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OVERALL: Draw

Both releases have differing exclusive extras.
CUTS:
- Blu-ray A America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (96:36).
- Blu-ray B United Kingdom- Eureka - No cuts (96:01)
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Comparison added by Eric_Cotenas on 18/06/13
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 29/12/17

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18/06/13: Initial entry.
16/04/16: Addition of US.
29/12/17: Updated UK aspect ratio, capsaholic.
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