A private detective and his young assistant become entangled in a bizarre kidnapping of the daughter of an actress by villains who may have stepped out of her unfinished silent serial in Kaizo Hayashi's love letter to Japanese silent cinema TO SLEEP SO AS TO DREAM.
REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)
TO SLEEP SO AS TO DREAM Blu-ray specs:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 1.37:1 Pillarboxed Fullscreen
- Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by Japanese film experts Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
- Audio Commentary by director Kaizo Hayashi and actor Shiro Sano
- "How Many Eggs? Actor Shiro Sano Talks" interview
- "Talking Silents: Benshi Midori Sawato Talks" interview
- Midori Sawato Performs "The Eternal Mystery" exclusive benshi performance
- Restoration Documentary Short
- Fragments from Japan's Lost Silent Heyday
- Japanese Theatrical Trailer
- English-language Re-releae Trailer
- Image Gallery
- Reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by David Downton
- The first pressing includes an illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Aaron Gerow.
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