Suzuki Seijun's "A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness" is a very important film in Suzuki's career. A return to filmmaking after a ten year blacklisting from the controversy caused by his masterpiece "Branded to Kill". One would think that a film this important from such a prolific director would have been given a better treatment, even a mediocre treatment but here on the Cinema Epoch release there are a few distracting problems.While the film is still very much watchable only half of it seems to be subtitled. Whole scenes will go on without subtitles and the ones that are present are timed poorly.There is even an error on the plot synopsis on the back cover of the DVD with the use of the word "too" when "to" was the proper word. This error hints at the unfortunate subtitles and essay included on the disc.If you are a Suzuki Seijun fan this DVD is at the same time a must have and a heartbreak.