Buy Physical Copy At:
Licensor Information
Shochiku
Featuring: Tamasaburo Bando,
Go Kato,
Tsutomu Yamazaki,
Norihei Miki,
Fujio Tokita,
Hisashi Igawa,
Jun Hamamura,
Megumi Ishii,
Juro Kara,
Toru Abe,
Shigeru Yazaki,
Hatsuo Yamaya
Japanese New Wave renegade Masahiro Shinoda transforms a classic Kabuki tale with his own extravagant visual style in this dimension-shattering folk-horror fantasia. When a lone traveler (Tsutomu Yamazaki) stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants—including lovers Akira (Go Kato) and Yuri (Kabuki legend Tamasaburo Bando, who also plays the ethereal princess reigning over the water)—in their hands. Set to the swirling strains of electronic-music pioneer Isao Tomita’s synth score, Demon Pond blends theatrical artifice with cinematic surrealism for an aquatic-apocalyptic fable of human love and folly caught in the current of nature’s wrath.
Year: 1979
Time: 124 min.
Streaming information not available for this title.
Release Information:
Technical Specifications
Discs:
UHD-100 (1 Disc)
BD-50 (1 Disc)
Total: 2 Discs
Regions:
None (4K UHD)
A (Blu-ray)
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Featurette
-
New interview with film scholar Dudley Andrew
-
Program on the film’s special effects
Forum Member Statistics
Restoration Information
Demon Pond
Year: 2023
Scanned at: 4K Digital
Restored at: 4K Digital
Sources:
35mm Original camera negative
Release Notes on Restoration
Demon Pond is presented in the aspect ratio of 1.85:1. Supervised and approved by director Masahiro Shinoda and actor Tamasaburo Bando, this 4K restoration was undertaken by Shochiku at Imagica Entertainment Media Services, Inc., from the 35 mm original camera negative. The original monaural soundtrack was remastered from the 35 mm original soundtrack negative by Shochiku MedaiWorX Inc.
