To Sleep So As To Dream (Blu-ray) (Arrow Video) [USA]

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Release date: March 22, 2022
Purchase links: Arrow Video - DiabolikDVD - Grindhouse Video - Zavvi USA
Price: $28.00 (Arrow Video) - $24.99 (DiabolikDVD) - $27.99 (Grindhouse Video) - $28.99 (Zavvi USA)

 

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• High Definition Blu-ray (1080p) presentation
• Original uncompressed mono audio
• Optional English subtitles
• Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film experts Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
• Audio commentary with director Kaizo Hayashi and lead actor Shiro Sano recorded in 2000
• How Many Eggs? Actor Shiro Sano Talks, a brand new interview with the film’s lead actor
• Talking Silents: Benshi Midori Sawato Talks, a brand new interview on early Japanese film culture and the art of the benshi silent film commentator
• Midori Sawato Performs ‘The Eternal Mystery’, an exclusive benshi performance to the film within the film
• The Restoration of To Sleep So as to Dream featurette
• Fragments from Japan’s Lost Silent Heyday, a selection of scenes from silent jidai-geki films from the Kyoto Toy Museum archives
• Original Theatrical trailer and English-language restored re-release trailers
• Image gallery
• Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by David Downton

First Pressing Only:

Illustrated Collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Aaron Gerow