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Masaki Kobayashi

Masaki Kobayashi: Kwaidan

October 20, 2015October 20, 2015 by Trevor Berrett

Today, The Criterion Collection is releasing a Blu-ray edition of Masaki Kobayashi’s 1965 film Kwaidan, a collection of Japanese ghost stories. Kwaidan benefits greatly from this upgrade. Trevor looks at the film and the new Criterion edition. Read the full post.

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