After a long fallow period resulting from his termination by Nikkatsu Studios and his successful lawsuit against the company, Seijun Suzuki returned to the screen with THE TAISHO TRILOGY. In ZIGEUNERWEISEN, a teacher of German at a military academy finds his bourgeosie marriage splintered by encounters with a lecherous former colleague, a geisha, and other mysterious women (and ghosts). In KAGERO-ZA, a man comes to believe his soul has become erotically entangled with a woman he has just met and delves into the mysteries surrounding the two wives of a colleague (one of whom might be a madwom and the other might be a ghost). In YUMEJI (shot ten years after the first two films), a womanizing poet and painter becomes involved with a young window and comes to believe that he is being haunted by her murdered husband and under threat by his killer.
REVIEW LINK: Arrow Academy (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray/Region 1,2 NTSC DVD (DVD Drive-in)
THE TAISHO TRILOGY Blu-ray/DVD combo specs:
- Three films on three BD50 Blu-rays and three dual-layer DVD
- Blu-ray:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.33:1 fullscreen (Zigeunerweisen and Kagero-Za) and 1.66:1 widescreen (Yumeji)
- Japanese LPCM 1.0 mono
- DVD:
- 4:3 non-anamorphic 1.33:1 fullscreen (Zigeunerweisen and Kagero-Za) and 16:9 anamorphic 1.66:1 widescreen (Yumeji)
- Optional English subtitles
- Introductions to all three films by Tony Rayns
- "The Taisho Trilogy" featurette with Tony Rayns
- Interview with director Seijun Suzuki
- The Making of YUMEJI featurette
- Trailers for all three Films
- FIRST PRESSING-ONLY: Booklet with writing by Jasper Sharp and others
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