Description

#### The French Bluray release with better encoding and framing than the US Bluray. If you don’t care about file size and just want the best possible quality then this is for you!
*Special thanks to users pip3 for sharing this originally and scav for providing [great info](https://nyaa.si/view/1329899#comments) on the differences between the US and FR releases!*
[Comparisons with USBD and other encoded uploads](https://slow.pics/c/cbZDOiQc) (5 different comparisons).
Evident from the comparisons is that even the best encodes lose some of the detail and quality. Especially in the darker areas you can see blockiness and banding. The biggest problem with the FRBD is the adaptive bitrate but overall the bigger framing and better encoding make up for it IMO.
For some reason the only release of the soundtrack that actually has the movie's main theme "Kanashimi no Belladonna", its reprise version and "Jeanne no Namida" (all sung by the mysterious Mayumi Tachibana) is the Italian 1975 vinyl release. Included in this torrent is a somewhat decent MP3 rip from said Italian vinyl that I found and a 2016 digital rerelease from Finders Keepers Records in FLAC that indeed doesn't have the aforementioned tracks. *For the "complete" version of the soundtrack you can always add the missing songs to the digital release from the vinyl rip.*
Two of the three missing songs are also available on [Tachibana's EP from 1973](https://www.discogs.com/%E6%A9%98%E3%81%BE%E3%82%86%E3%81%BF-%E5%93%80%E3%81%97%E3%81%BF%E3%81%AE%E3%83%99%E3%83%A9%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%8A/release/5481593) but I couldn't find a rip of it anywhere so for now this is the best we have.
Now to get the best viewing experience my recommendation is to change your monitor's refresh rate to 24Hz (not 23.976 but 24.000 and if your monitor doesn't support it straight away you can use [CRU (CustomResolutionUtility)](https://www.monitortests.com/forum/Thread-Custom-Resolution-Utility-CRU) to force it) so you don't repeat any frames. Trust me when I say it's especially smart to do so for this movie because of the multitude of long panning shots which look way smoother when viewed with the correct refresh rate.
Also included is the booklet from the US Bluray with history about the film and it's surrounding environment at the time.
Description from original release:
(GENERAL)
Container…….: Matroska
Size…………: 15.08 GiB
Duration………: 01:26:20 (h:m:s)
Source(s)…….: FRA 1080p Blu-ray AVC LPCM 2.0 – VXS (thanks!)
USA 1080p Blu-ray AVC LPCM 2.0 – NoGroup (thanks!)
Chapters………: Yes (Named)
Compression……: no zlib, no header stripping
Release date….: 03/07/2020
(VIDEO)
Codec…………: AVC
Type…………: Progressive
Resolution……: 1920×1080
Bit rate………: 24.5 Mb/s
Frame rate……: 24.000 FPS
(AUDIO)
Format……….: FLAC
Channels………: 2.0 (1.0 but encoded in a dual channel configuration on the BD)
Bit depth…….: 24 bits
Sample rate……: 48.0 kHz
Bit rate………: 584 kb/s
Language………: Japanese
(SUBTITLES)
Format……….: PGS (original) (added .ass subs by RH for the default option for this release -hydes)
Language(s)……: English, French, German

I'll be seeding with a seedbox 24/7 for the foreseeable future.
*- hydes*