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Kani

Once a Moth

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Rated 4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 Stars (41 Reviews)
$25.49
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Edition Type: Standard Edition
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Description

Nora Aunor stars, in what is often deemed her finest performance, as Corazon de la Cruz, a Filipina nurse. Living near the US Clark Air Base on Luzon Island, she dreams of a better life in the United States… until the unspeakable happens.

Directed by Lupita Aquino-Kashiwahara, Once A Moth is a long-lost, rarely-seen landmark of Filipino cinema, here miraculously salvaged and restored despite weather-worn elements and a missing first reel. A timeless, galvanising, anti-imperialist classic conceived as a protest film against the unending occupation of the Philippines by foreign powers, it gives their wings back to those attracted and irrevocably burned by the flame of the American Dream.

Details

Director(s): Lupita Aquino-Kashiwabara

Starring: Nora Aunor, Jay Illagan, Gloria Sevilla, Perla Bautista, Eddie Villamayor

Release Year: 1976

Runtime: 110 min

Aspect Ratio(s): 1.85:1

Language(s): TGL- Tagalog

Sound: DTS-HD MA 2.0

Subtitles: English

Format: Blu-ray

Disc Info: Region A Blu-ray

Restoration: 2K restoration by ABS-CBN

Packaging Artist(s): Luigi Almuena

Genre: Drama

SKU: KANI-013

Bonus Content
  • Featurette on the restoration (9mins, 2023)
  • Before and After (1min, 2018)
  • Restoration Trailer
  • Booklet with
  • Archival Photographs courtesy of the Mowelfund Library and Audiovisual Archives
  • New writing by scholars Jose B. Capino and John Labella
  • Interview with Digna Santiago
  • Interview with Marina Feleo Gonzalez by critic Aaron Hunt
  • New art by Luigi Almuena
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Label Bio

Named after Yasujiro Ozu’s custom-made, tatami-level, crab-like tripod, Kani is a new home video label dedicated to leveling the gaze and furthering the understanding of Asian cinema in North America. Focused on genre-defying films, Kani aims to expand the canon, bolster up-and-coming filmmakers and reintroduce repertory classics in context. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!
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4.7
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41 reviews
  • NC
    Nick C.
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    4 months ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Loved this

    Great and humane crime drama

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    Dukes A.
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    4 months ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Great Anti-Colonial Cinema

    Phenomenal Filipino cinema, bristling with anger

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  • MA
    Matthew A.
    Flag of United States
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    5 months ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    Moth to a Flame

    A powerful and biting piece of modern anti-imperialism. It’s great that such a film has been restored.

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    Scott W.
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    7 months ago
    Rated 5 out of 5 stars
    GREAT movie!

    Each Kani release I’ve obtained keeps adding onto my enthusiasm for Kani. What a great movie this is. Go in blind if you love a good domestic drama. The transfer looks great too! Excellent, under appreciated film.

    I love the art with slipcover too.

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  • MM
    Matthew M.
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    9 months ago
    Rated 4 out of 5 stars
    Not the best transfer but an important release

    It's great to see an important but obscure film like this get a release. It still doesn't look too great, but it's better than anything else you'll find. The booklet is excellent and the packaging is cool.

    Quality / PackagingRated 4.0 on a scale of 1 to 5
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