"Amazing"? If there was a Criterion release, I am sure that this adjective would be more than apropos. But, what we got from CM is perhaps the best we're going to get, next to a full restoration of the film -- which is as badly needed as Criterion's SEVEN SAMURAI. (Additionally, the opening title card, acknowledging the cooperation of the Maritime Safety Agency, is cut.)
August Ragone
Author, EIJI TSUBURAYA: MASTER OF MONSTERS
Coming September 1st from Chronicle Books

Director, SHOCK IT TO ME! Classic Horror Film Festival
October 2007 • Castro Theatre • San Francisco