On 23 May the BFI adds more titles to its ongoing strand, The Ozu Collection with the release of
Late Autumn (1960) and
An Autumn Afternoon (1962). Presented in Dual Format Editions (a Blu-ray and a DVD disc in one box), each main feature is complemented by an early Ozu film that has never been made available in the UK before.
The Ozu Collection, which will eventually feature all 32 of the world-renowned Japanese director's surviving films made for the Shochiku Studio, already contains
Tokyo Story,
Early Summer,
Late Spring / The Only Son,
Equinox Flower / There Was a Father and
Good Morning.
Special features include:
Late Autumn (Akibiyori) & A Mother Should be Loved (Haha O Kowazuya).
- Standard Definition and High Definition presentations of Late Autumn (DVD & Blu-ray)
- Standard Definition presentation of A Mother Should be Loved
- Optional score for A Mother Should be Loved by Ed Hughes, commissioned exclusively for the BFI
- Illustrated booklet with a new sleevenote essay by Asian cinema expert Alexander Jacoby
- New and improved English subtitles
An Autumn Afternoon (Sanma No Aji) & A Hen in the Wind (Kaze No Naka No Mendori)
- Standard Definition and High Definition presentation of An Autumn Afternoon (DVD & Blu-ray)
- Standard Definition presentation of A Hen in the Wind (DVD only)
- Illustrated booklet with a new sleevenote essay by Kyoko Hirano and Jonathan Rosenbaum
- New and improved English subtitles