DVD & Blu-ray: THE FLAVOR OF GREEN TEA OVER RICE (1952) - Criterion

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Product Description: One of the ineffably lovely domestic sagas made by Yasujiro Ozu at the height of his mastery, The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice is a subtly piercing portrait of a marriage coming quietly undone. Secrets and deceptions strain the already tenuous relationship of a childless, middle-aged couple, as the wife’s city-bred sophistication bumps up against the husband’s small-town simplicity, and a generational sea change—in the form of their headstrong, modern niece—sweeps over their household. The director’s abiding concern with family dynamics receives one of its most spirited treatments, with a wry, tender humor and buoyant expansiveness that moves the action from the home into the baseball stadiums, pachinko parlors, and ramen shops of postwar Tokyo.

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Director: Yasujirô Ozu

Starring: Shin Saburi, Michiyo Kogure, Kôji Tsuruta

Genre: Drama

Runtime: 116 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: Japanese

Studio: Criterion

Home Video Release Date: August 27, 2019

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DVD - The Criterion Collection

Blu-ray - The Criterion Collection

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Codec: MPEG-2
Resolution: 480i
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Encoding Format: 16:9
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)

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Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect Ratio: 1.37:1
Region: Region A/1

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DVD: Dolby Digital Mono
Blu-ray: LPCM Mono

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DVD: English

Blu-ray: English

SPECIAL FEATURES & EXTRAS

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What Did the Lady Forget?, a 1937 feature by director Yasujiro OzuNew interview with film scholar David Bordwell
Ozu & Noda: Tateshina Diaries, a new documentary by Daniel Raim on Ozu’s relationship with longtime screenwriter Kogo Noda
PLUS: An essay by scholar Junji Yoshida