Kamui gaiden (Japan - SHV)

[kannisto]

I got Kamui gaiden from Amazon JP today on official release day. It's one of the first Shochiku Home Video studio's releases on Blu-ray, they were one of the foremost Japanese studios who released Japan exclusives on HD DVD earlier on.

This release is region free but not English friendly.

Case pics:



Basic specs:
- Region free BD50
- Video: AVC 1080p/23.976 fps / 1.85:1 OAR
- Audio: Japanese DTS-HD MA 6.1 (16-bit)
- Subs: Optional Japanese
- 137 minutes of extras on separate NTSC SD DVD (unlikely to be English friendly)

BD info scan:

                                                                                                                Total   Video                                             
Title                                                           Codec   Length  Movie Size      Disc Size       Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track                          Secondary Audio Track
-----                                                           ------  ------- --------------  --------------  ------- ------- ------------------                        ---------------------
(JP) Kamui gaiden                                               AVC     2:00:01 38,256,580,608  38,420,181,740  42.50   37.89   DTS-HD Master 6.1 2491Kbps (48kHz/16-bit)

DISC INFO:

Disc Title:     KAMUI_GAIDEN
Disc Size:      38,420,181,740 bytes
Protection:     AACS
BD-Java:        No
BDInfo:         0.5.2

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name:                   00000.MPLS
Size:                   38,256,580,608 bytes
Length:                 2:00:01 (h:m:s)
Total Bitrate:          42.50 Mbps
Description:            

VIDEO:

Codec                   Bitrate             Description     
-----                   -------             -----------     
MPEG-4 AVC Video        37892 kbps          1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
DTS-HD Master Audio             Japanese        2491 kbps       6.1 / 48 kHz / 2491 kbps / 16-bit (DTS Core: 6.1-ES / 48 kHz / 1509 kbps / 16-bit)

SUBTITLES:

Codec                           Language        Bitrate         Description     
-----                           --------        -------         -----------     
Presentation Graphics           Japanese        44.566 kbps                     

FILES:

Name            Time In         Length          Size            Total Bitrate   
----            -------         ------          ----            -------------   
00000.M2TS      0:00:00.000     2:00:01.194     38,256,580,608  42,500          

CHAPTERS:

Number          Time In         Length          Avg Video Rate  Max 1-Sec Rate  Max 1-Sec Time  Max 5-Sec Rate  Max 5-Sec Time  Max 10Sec Rate  Max 10Sec Time  Avg Frame Size  Max Frame Size  Max Frame Time  
------          -------         ------          --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  --------------  
1               0:00:00.000     0:05:22.697     31,328 kbps     57,053 kbps     00:02:22.851    42,684 kbps     00:04:09.707    41,245 kbps     00:02:29.023    163,310 bytes   779,707 bytes   00:01:32.926    
2               0:05:22.697     0:11:26.352     38,036 kbps     54,592 kbps     00:16:10.969    42,688 kbps     00:08:54.659    41,071 kbps     00:13:45.407    198,301 bytes   782,489 bytes   00:07:08.970    
3               0:16:49.049     0:08:23.085     38,111 kbps     60,197 kbps     00:21:30.289    41,717 kbps     00:21:51.143    41,263 kbps     00:21:46.096    198,693 bytes   778,423 bytes   00:19:34.172    
4               0:25:12.135     0:10:18.367     39,029 kbps     49,831 kbps     00:32:46.089    41,822 kbps     00:33:50.820    40,509 kbps     00:32:50.718    203,481 bytes   757,607 bytes   00:31:15.206    
5               0:35:30.503     0:08:27.798     39,048 kbps     53,824 kbps     00:42:22.706    42,954 kbps     00:42:18.577    40,869 kbps     00:42:04.730    203,577 bytes   694,385 bytes   00:37:22.073    
6               0:43:58.302     0:05:04.053     39,232 kbps     48,989 kbps     00:47:41.024    41,175 kbps     00:47:40.190    40,331 kbps     00:47:50.450    204,538 bytes   733,404 bytes   00:44:48.352    
7               0:49:02.356     0:10:40.556     39,099 kbps     53,699 kbps     00:54:26.513    41,946 kbps     00:54:22.634    40,679 kbps     00:51:36.009    203,846 bytes   670,338 bytes   00:58:39.599    
8               0:59:42.912     0:08:00.813     38,796 kbps     53,043 kbps     01:06:41.580    43,014 kbps     01:06:41.789    41,290 kbps     01:06:36.784    202,262 bytes   740,873 bytes   00:59:53.214    
9               1:07:43.726     0:05:49.265     38,459 kbps     47,327 kbps     01:08:03.704    41,647 kbps     01:08:00.367    40,245 kbps     01:07:55.654    200,507 bytes   779,294 bytes   01:12:54.995    
10              1:13:32.991     0:07:23.359     38,673 kbps     56,983 kbps     01:14:46.899    42,275 kbps     01:14:43.103    40,824 kbps     01:14:22.082    201,621 bytes   758,910 bytes   01:17:45.035    
11              1:20:56.351     0:05:38.087     38,570 kbps     60,646 kbps     01:22:12.761    42,410 kbps     01:25:40.385    40,603 kbps     01:22:17.932    201,088 bytes   729,577 bytes   01:26:18.006    
12              1:26:34.439     0:05:42.175     38,958 kbps     49,042 kbps     01:28:08.700    41,184 kbps     01:27:00.965    40,236 kbps     01:28:00.483    203,107 bytes   762,997 bytes   01:30:05.483    
13              1:32:16.614     0:08:02.398     38,637 kbps     55,467 kbps     01:33:40.323    42,950 kbps     01:33:40.197    40,822 kbps     01:33:40.448    201,438 bytes   761,335 bytes   01:39:21.455    
14              1:40:19.013     0:11:52.420     38,466 kbps     51,209 kbps     01:42:05.953    41,808 kbps     01:49:19.469    40,756 kbps     01:48:07.522    200,545 bytes   771,924 bytes   01:49:36.111    
15              1:52:11.433     0:07:48.759     31,786 kbps     48,928 kbps     01:56:23.685    41,429 kbps     01:58:33.147    40,541 kbps     01:53:03.026    165,720 bytes   779,957 bytes   01:59:17.358    
16              2:00:00.193     0:00:01.001     33 kbps         0 kbps          00:00:00.000    0 kbps          00:00:00.000    0 kbps          00:00:00.000    185 bytes       962 bytes       02:00:01.027    

STREAM DIAGNOSTICS:

File            PID             Type            Codec           Language                Seconds                 Bitrate                 Bytes           Packets         
----            ---             ----            -----           --------                --------------          --------------          -------------   -----           
00000.M2TS      4113 (0x1011)   0x1B            AVC                                     7201.111                37,893                  34,108,805,788  185,475,417     
00000.M2TS      4352 (0x1100)   0x86            DTS-HD MA       jpn (Japanese)          7201.111                2,491                   2,242,222,180   13,307,230      
00000.M2TS      4608 (0x1200)   0x90            PGS             jpn (Japanese)          7201.111                45                      40,115,879      229,102

More info to be added soon.

[kannisto]

[kannisto]

[kannisto]

A blog review of the film:
http://www-ss.blogspot.com/2009/09/1...ie-review.html

I watched this last night and enjoyed the movie, but it was a bit hard to follow some of the dialogue in old style Japanese. The movie was quite entertaining and there are lots of nice action sequences, including rather over the top jumping and flying moves. There are also several CGI sequences that look pretty fake, involving land animals and sharks that move unnaturally + some fake animal CGI blood flying around. One has to take it as rather comic book style entertainment, but there are also some pretty dramatic moments.

PQ of the movie was quite rough and gritty, and there are many soft focus shots. Colors are also rather unnatural in many scenes, especially when it comes to water. Certainly not demo material, but I think the BD has probably an accurate representation of the film.

I think the movie will divide audiences, but personally I enjoyed it quite much. I'd recommend it but since there are no English subs it's not a suitable version for non-Japanese speakers as of yet, but UK will have a BD release later on as well.

[ahsoka]

Looks very interesting. Will get this, the UK release isn't out until August. I wonder if SHV has any plans of releasing some older movies on BD, including those that are out on HD DVD.

[kannisto]

Looks very interesting. Will get this, the UK release isn't out until August. I wonder if SHV has any plans of releasing some older movies on BD, including those that are out on HD DVD.

So far SHV seems to be selectively releasing only some of their bigger new movies on BD but hopefully they'll get around to re-releasing all those they released on HD DVD also on BD and other older titles as well. I've kept all the HD DVDs though so I wouldn't rebuy them on BD personally. I do think they picked up quite interesting and high quality movies for release on HD DVD, I've enjoyed watching many of them more than once (usually converted to BD with external subs).

[ahsoka]

So far SHV seems to be selectively releasing only some of their bigger new movies on BD but hopefully they'll get around to re-releasing all those they released on HD DVD also on BD and other older titles as well. I've kept all the HD DVDs though so I wouldn't rebuy them on BD personally. I do think they picked up quite interesting and high quality movies for release on HD DVD, I've enjoyed watching many of them more than once (usually converted to BD with external subs).

Yes, the movies that were chosen for their HD DVD releases are all very good. I'd like to see them re-released on BD as I didn't keep the HD DVDs. I expected them to be among the first titles to be released on BD... I'm curious if the BDs, when/if they are released, will be different in terms of transfers etc. As for Kamui Gaiden it seems very good technically.

[kannisto]

Yes, the movies that were chosen for their HD DVD releases are all very good. I'd like to see them re-released on BD as I didn't keep the HD DVDs. I expected them to be among the first titles to be released on BD... I'm curious if the BDs, when/if they are released, will be different in terms of transfers etc. As for Kamui Gaiden it seems very good technically.

Yeah, quite many Japanese studios seem to use the space on a BD50 to encode at very high video bitrates, I suppose SHV would probably add lossless audio and perhaps a new video encode if and when they re-release the same movies they had on HD DVD on BD. I'm just wondering if they thought the sales volumes on HD DVD weren't enough to warrant re-releasing those movies on BD soon...

On HD DVD most of their releases were fairly compact and didn't quite use nearly all of the 30 GB space, typically the main feature was around 20 GB.

(Seems that Imageshack has lost the front cover pic from this thread, if it doesn't show up again by itself soon I'll re-upload it. EDIT: It seems to be back already...)

[Sarang]

Man "Volcano High" with Lossless audio on BD.

THAT would be a treat. It's not like FOX has scheduled any date for it. Also it's likely they'd fuck up the transfer as well.
Didn't Shochiku release "The Uninvited" on HD DVD as well? Am I the only one who finds it pathetic that some of the more popular Korean movies have only had Japanese releases in one way or another? Heck a Korean Drama was released over in Japan on BD and it STILL hasn't been released in Korea on BD to my knowledge. Granted it's like $700 which is definitely overpriced but you'd think the price would start to tame itself a bit.
Also is Shochiku still owned by Toshiba? I thought they ended up selling them. Dang shame if so.

[kannisto]

Man "Volcano High" with Lossless audio on BD.

THAT would be a treat. It's not like FOX has scheduled any date for it. Also it's likely they'd fuck up the transfer as well.
Didn't Shochiku release "The Uninvited" on HD DVD as well? Am I the only one who finds it pathetic that some of the more popular Korean movies have only had Japanese releases in one way or another? Heck a Korean Drama was released over in Japan on BD and it STILL hasn't been released in Korea on BD to my knowledge. Granted it's like $700 which is definitely overpriced but you'd think the price would start to tame itself a bit.
Also is Shochiku still owned by Toshiba? I thought they ended up selling them. Dang shame if so.

Both Volcano High and The Uninvited were Toshiba Entertainment releases on HD DVD, not related to SHV. Toshiba never owned Shochiku, they actually bought Amuse Pictures and turned that into Toshiba Entertainment, which then was sold and became Showgate later on. I think Amuse Soft Entertainment was part of that but they kept their name also and now they release as Amuse Soft Entertainment again (e.g. Tajomaru).

Yeah, it would be nice if more BDs were released in Korea, still been very slow though at least CJ Entertainment is now releasing something every couple of months.