{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-benshi-limited-edition","title":"The Art of the Benshi (Limited Edition)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHIS ITEM IS AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY, AND THAT THE ITEM WILL BE DISPATCHED AT THE TIME OF THE LISTED RELEASE DATE: NOVEMBER 24TH, 2026\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSHOULD YOU ORDER ANY OF THE ALREADY RELEASED ITEMS FROM OUR CATALOGUE AT THE SAME TIME AS THIS PRE-ORDER ITEM, PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR PURCHASES WILL ALL BE SHIPPED TOGETHER WHEN THIS PRE-ORDER ITEM BECOMES AVAILABLE.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTHIS 4K UHD \/ BLU-RAY DISC RELEASE IS LIMITED TO 3,000 COPIES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e4K UHD \/ BLU-RAY DUAL-FORMAT LIMITED EDITION\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFlicker Alley and the Yanai Initiative—a collaborative project of UCLA and Waseda University in Tokyo—proudly present \u003cstrong\u003eThe Art of the Benshi\u003c\/strong\u003e, a limited edition box set that celebrates Japan’s remarkable “film orators.” Talkies famously overtook Hollywood in 1930. In Japan, however, the movies had been speaking all along thanks to live \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e performers who, standing off to the side of the screen, lent their voices to all manner of cinematic works, narrating events as they unfolded and speaking for the characters.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eFull-fledged artists in their own right, \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e interpreted and enlivened the cinema experience in Japan through expressive performances that illuminated and extended the emotional and thematic range of the works on screen. The art, today, is carried on by a small number of performers, many of whom have honed their abilities through apprenticeships under \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e of the preceding generation, creating a continuous lineage back to the performers of the 1910s, 20s, and 30s.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAppearing for the first time on 4K UHD and Blu-ray disc are new 4K restorations of Buntarō Futagawa’s \u003cem\u003eOrochi\u003c\/em\u003e (1925), Teinosuke Kinugasa’s \u003cem\u003eA Page of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e (1926), and, starring Baby Peggy (a highly popular star in Japan), \u003cem\u003eCaptain January\u003c\/em\u003e (1924), along with Blu-ray releases of a new restoration of Kenji Mizoguchi’s \u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e (1931) (presented in both 20fps and 24fps playback speeds), four additional Baby Peggy shorts: \u003cem\u003eBrownie’s Little Venus\u003c\/em\u003e (1921), \u003cem\u003eSweetie\u003c\/em\u003e (1923), \u003cem\u003eDarling of New York\u003c\/em\u003e (1923), and \u003cem\u003eOur Pet\u003c\/em\u003e (1924), as well as a surviving fragment of the samurai tale \u003cem\u003eBlood-Spattered Takadanobaba\u003c\/em\u003e (1928) by Daisuke Itō.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eIncluding 23 audio presentations across nine different titles, \u003cstrong\u003eThe Art of the Benshi\u003c\/strong\u003e features 11 different \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e with newly recorded performances from masters like Sawato Midori (on \u003cem\u003eOrochi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOur Pet\u003c\/em\u003e), Kataoka Ichirō (on \u003cem\u003eOrochi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Page of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCaptain January\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBlood-Spattered Takadanobaba\u003c\/em\u003e), Sakamoto Raikō (on \u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCaptain January\u003c\/em\u003e), and Ōmori Kumiko (on \u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCaptain January\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSweetie\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eBlood-Spattered Takadanobaba\u003c\/em\u003e). With multiple \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e performances and historically inspired musical performances on every film, audiences can fully experience the degree to which different performers transform and deepen the moviegoing experience.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBONUS MATERIALS INCLUDE:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMusic Only Presentations -\u003c\/strong\u003e When international editions of Japanese films were distributed to Western art-house audiences in the late 1920s, they were shown with translated intertitles only (no \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e) and typically with musical accompaniment by either a pianist or small orchestra. Some of the finest musicians working in silent film music scoring today—Neal Brand, Stephen Horne, Makia Matsumura, and Donald Sosin—offer music-only presentations as a counterpoint to the version featuring \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e, to give a sense how these films would have been exhibited outside of Japan\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTalking Benshi\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e A brief overview of the oral art form that dates back to the dawn of Japanese cinema\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-c7bacfb4-7fff-b460-ba2e-93cd94522a02\"\u003en Appreciation - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eA video essay comparing \u003cem\u003eOrochi\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Page of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e, historian Aaron Gerow provides an overview of jidai-geki, and gendai-geki, Japan’s distinct storytelling eras, and explores their connection to some early French films\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn Interview with “Baby Peggy” Diana Serra Cary \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-\u003c\/strong\u003e From a never-before-released 2011 interview, Diana Serra Cary looks back on life as “Baby Peggy” and recalls the fiery production of \u003cem\u003eThe Darling of New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeluxe 80-Page Book - \u003c\/strong\u003eA detailed guide to the history of \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e and to the artists and films that appear in the collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Page of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e Program - \u003c\/strong\u003eA reproduction of the original brochure distributed at the very first public screening of the film in 1926\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cb id=\"docs-internal-guid-56e94c67-7fff-e7f2-a179-16073a0cb1e4\"\u003eLimited edition of 3,000 units encased in a hard box with removable obi strip\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlu-ray Authoring by David Mackenzie of Fidelity In Motion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnglish SDH Subtitles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli dir=\"ltr\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll Region Encoding (A,B,C) \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTHE FULL LIST OF \u003cem\u003eBENSHI\u003c\/em\u003e PERFORMERS IS AS FOLLOWS:\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBunazawa Ken’ichi\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eSweetie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKataoka Ichirō\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eOrochi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eA Page of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlood-Spattered Takadanobaba\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMurayama Kenji\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eCaptain January\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMutō Kenji\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eBrownie's Little Venus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOda Takatora\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eOur Pet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eŌmori Kumiko\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCaptain January\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBlood-Spattered Takadanobaba\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSakamoto Raikō\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSawato Midori\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eOrochi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOur Pet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYamashiro Hideyuki\u003c\/strong\u003e  - \u003cem\u003eOrochi\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDarling of New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYamauchi Nanako\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eA Page of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDarling of New York\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYamazaki Vanilla\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eBrownie's Little Venus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eTHE COMPLETE LIST OF FILMS IN THE SET IS AS FOLLOWS. ALL 4K TITLES ARE MIRRORED ON THE FIRST BLU-RAY DISC:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOrochi\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe Serpent\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003c\/strong\u003e| Japan, 1925 - 4K UHD \u0026amp; BLU-RAY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTsumasaburō Bandō headlines director Buntarō Futagawa’s tale of a lonely samurai. The film was restored in 4K by Jidaigeki Senmon Channel in 2022 with technical assistance from the NFAJ, from the 35mm nitrate original camera negative and from surviving release prints.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Page of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKurutta ichipeiji\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003c\/strong\u003e| Japan, 1926 - 4K UHD \u0026amp; BLU-RAY\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eDirector Teinosuke Kinugasa’s intense exploration of a mental institution is an avant-garde masterpiece and the avant-garde approach still feels cutting edge, even a century later. At one time believed lost, \u003cem\u003eA Page of Madness\u003c\/em\u003e has been restored in 4K by the NFAJ from an analog restoration of the original blue-tinted nitrate print.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlood-Spattered Takadanobaba\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eChikemuri Takadanobaba\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e | Japan, 1928 (Fragment) - BLU-RAY\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAlthough the complete film is tragically lost, 12 minutes survive thanks to Tokyo’s Toy Film Museum. From director Daisuke Itō, the film stars Denjirō Ōkōchi as 17th century rōnin Horibe Yasubee Taketsune.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eTaki no shiraito\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/strong\u003e | Japan, 1931 - BLU-RAY \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Water Magician\u003c\/em\u003e is presented in a new digital restoration in two versions with variable framerates. The 24fps version was specially created to pair with the \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e performances, which were recorded before the 20fps restoration was complete; the 20fps version, accompanied by Stephen Horne’s piano score, aims to replicate director Kenji Mizoguchi’s original exhibition plans.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eFIVE FILMS STARRING BABY PEGGY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEspecially popular in Japan, Diana Serra Cary began acting as “Baby Peggy” in Century Studios shorts when she was just two years old. Collected here are a selection of Baby Peggy’s most popular shorts, including the 4K UHD debut of \u003cem\u003eCaptain January\u003c\/em\u003e (with Japanese intertitles) and the recently-discovered \u003cem\u003eOur Pet\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBrownie’s Little Venus \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e| USA, 1921 - BLU-RAY\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eOne of her earliest surviving Century Comedies shorts, directed by Fred Fishback. Long thought lost, a 35mm nitrate print of this Century Comedies short, was discovered at the Cinémathèque Suisse in Switzerland, and preserved by the UCLA Film \u0026amp; Television Archive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSweetie\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e | USA, 1923 - BLU-RAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eAnother surviving Century Comedies short, directed by Alfred J. Goulding, which was pieced together from multiple international film sources, including the Filmarchiv Austria, Lobster Films (Paris), and the Museum of Modern Art. It was preserved by the UCLA Film \u0026amp; Television Archive, with funding from historian David Stenn and Packard Humanities Institute.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDarling of New York\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e| USA, 1923 - BLU-RAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eThis is “Baby Peggy’s” feature film debut, a Universal Pictures release directed by King Baggot, presumed lost except for this surviving 14 minute fragment of the climactic final reel found by a private collector. It was preserved by the UCLA Film \u0026amp; Television Archive, with funding from historian David Stenn and Packard Humanities Institute. The traumatic experience of the surviving scenes became one of Diana Sera Cary's most vividly remembered childhood experiences in the industry.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eCaptain January \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e| USA, 1924 - 4K UHD \u0026amp; BLU-RAY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eProduced by Sol Lesser, and directed by Edward F. Cline, this is Baby Peggy's best-known starring vehicle, later remade with Shirley Temple. It is one of a small handful of her features to survive and co-stars Hobart Bosworth as lighthouse keeper \"Daddy\" Judkins and Irene Rich. Although long available in the public domain in independent film prints, this unique version was released in Japan with narration by \u003cem\u003ebenshi\u003c\/em\u003e Murayama Kenji in 1935 by Tokyo Cinema Shōkai. This new 4K scan was prepared by the Yanai Initiative in 2026.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eOur Pet\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e | USA, 1924 - BLU-RAY\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003eDirected by Herman C. Raymaker, \u003cem\u003eOur Pet\u003c\/em\u003e finds Baby Peggy facing off against a late-night intruder. Once thought lost, a nearly complete 9.5mm print surfaced at a Japanese auction in 2016, where it was acquired by benshi Ichirō Kataoka. It was subsequently scanned in 3K, cleaned, and stabilized frame-by-frame.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e“It's one of the finest theatre and movie experiences, separately and together, that I've ever had,”\u003c\/em\u003e wrote \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e’s Richard Brody in 2024 of the Yanai Initiative's touring \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Benshi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e program, \u003cem\u003e“...In my embarrassing ignorance, I didn't know that such an art even existed, let alone that it's being renewed… This is what repertory is for, at its best: expanding the very map of the (familiar) history of cinema and of the arts overall.”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eRelease Date: November 24, 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eFormat:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003e4K UHD \/ Blu-ray\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eRegion:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eALL REGION\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eDirector:\u003cspan\u003e Buntarō Futagawa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003e, Teinosuke Kinugasa, Kenji Mizoguchi, \u003cspan\u003eDaisuke Itō, \u003c\/span\u003eEdward Klein\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eYear:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003e1921-1934\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003eJapanese\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eLength:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\"\u003e431 mins.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"details-product-attribute\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__title\"\u003eUPC:\u003cspan\u003e \u003cspan class=\"details-product-attribute__value\" itemprop=\"gtin12\"\u003e6-17311-00929-7\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Flicker Alley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53047820583224,"sku":"FA0092","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0832\/4513\/8232\/files\/Art-of-the-Benshi_frontObi_1000px.jpg?v=1790648349","url":"https:\/\/flickeralley.com\/products\/the-art-of-the-benshi-limited-edition","provider":"Flicker Alley","version":"1.0","type":"link"}