| Video & Audio: A Hen in the Wind looks fairly good relative to other late-1940s Japanese films. The full frame image is a bit soft, but okay. However, the sound on this release is just awful, at times crystal-clear but mostly sounding as if it were derived from a scratched-up 78rpm record. A Dolby Digital logo precedes the film, but the engineer must have been asleep on the job, because the volume of the audio fluctuates so widely for the film's entire 84-minute running time that this reviewer had to constantly adjust it with a remote. Fortunately, the English subtitles, though not perfect, are fairly good. Optional Chinese subs are also included.
Extra Features: The only supplement is a booklet with a brief biography and filmography of Ozu, all of which is repeated in text form on the DVD itself. |
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