Customer Reviews

Vol. 7-Part 1 T. Shimabuku [VHS]

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I realize that many historical films are not of the quality we are accustomed to today. However, I was disappointed with this video because it appears to suffer from several generations of video copying and not a direct transfer from the original films. This is evidenced by artifacts common to video duplication and not film. The colour is poor and bleeding off the image. There is video dropout throughout this tape and a lack of sharpness associated with multiple generations of video dubbing.

A professional direct transfer from film to video would look much better. This is an amatuer job at best.

If you haven't seen Master Shimabuku perform before, it is worth getting for historical interest but be advised that the video production quality is very subpar. I was especially disappointed since the back of the box says "this film is excellent quality..." The film may be but the video is far from excellent quality.

The tape includes a very brief commentary on Master Shimabuku that could have been expanded upon to fill the entire tape. After the commentary ends, the remainder of the video is shown accompanied by music.