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Please be aware, too, that Fox Japan currently claims this will not have English lossless audio. Presently, they are listing an English: Dolby Digital 2.0 track, and a Japanese: DTS-HD MA Mono dubbed audio track: http://video.foxjapan.com/search/detail.php?id=14658 Here is our database listing: ![]() ![]() |
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Got the Blu-ray of it, and confirmed that this is region A locked, with no English menu (showing the Japanese menu even though the player was set to show the English menu). The only extra is the theatrical trailer, so Japanese menu may not be a deal breaker for many, but this really looks like the Japanese exclusive after all.
The opening credits are window-boxed, probably meaning that this is based on an old master. Still, the colors are good & grains look good, too. The sad part is that the English audio really is DD only, while the Japanese dub gets DTS-HD MA audio. |
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Dec 2008
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I just have to wait for another release of this. |
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Dec 2008
Madison, WI
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Yeah, I saw this a few days ago. It is the lowest ever, according to the Camel. Still too high.
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Dec 2008
Madison, WI
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New low price: ¥3091
Thinking about it. |
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Dec 2008
Madison, WI
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Sep 2014
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How is the video quality overall and compared to the DVD?
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Bought the Kino Lorber Blu-ray, hoping it would get the new transfer, but it did not. The same master appears to be used for the Kino Lorber Blu-ray, with the window-boxed opening credits intact, but the compression is much worse than the Japanese Blu-ray (which I also own). The earlier scene with Modesty Blaise meeting up with 2 guys in the dark room looks horrendous on the Kino, with the black suits worn by the 2 guys are artifacting like crazy. On the other hand, the heavy grains on the suits are well resolved on the Japanese Blu-ray. The image also looks brighter on the Kino, and looks pale & not filmic at all. This is not the first time I see Kino brighting up the image (The Honey Pot is another example, compared to the excellent Signal One Blu-ray). Maybe it's their encoder doing it, but Modesty Blaise looks much worse than the Japanese Blu-ray for sure, at least to my eyes.
On the other hand, the lossless audio on the Kino sounds much better on the Kino than the lossy audio on the Japanese Blu-ray. I found this lossy audio to be quite bad, so it was a huge let down to know that the Kino image was much worse than the Japanese Blu-ray, meaning I have to stick with the Japanese Blu-ray, even with this lossy audio. Hope someone would release the definitive release, though. Oh, forgot to mention that the Kino does not have any subtitles while the Japanese Blu-ray has both Japanese & English subtitles. That may be a plus for some. |
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Thanks given by: | John_Drake (08-29-2016) |
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