Optimum releases ‘Rashomon: Special Edition’ on Monday

UK’s Optimum Releasing is putting out a new Region 2 edition of Rashomon, coming out on October 13. Amazon.co.uk takes pre-orders (£11.98), while the film is also available from Optimum’s webshop (£19.99).

The release comes with an introduction by the Ireland based English film maker John Boorman, a 68-minute documentary, two trailers and a booklet that includes Akutagawa’s original short stories as well as an excerpt from Stuart Galbraith’s excellent The Emperor and the Wolf biography.

More information about the release can be found from the MyReviewer review of the disc, which points out some shortcomings in Optimum’s new transfer.