One-Armed Boxer Blu-ray Screenshots (Patreon)

Video

Arrow licenses a decent if unremarkable 2K scan for this Blu-ray. Damage on the print is minimal, and grain is intact. Wide shots leave behind the suggestion of slight sharpening, although it's to minimal effect. Detail does flourish, often organic behind the excellent, clear encoding. Facial definition in particular in close brings One-Armed Boxer easily into the HD era.

Time saps color, diluting the saturation, if still allowing primaries moments to shine. Costumes in particular sport great blues and occasional reds worth noting. Pale earth tones make up numerous backdrops. Specks of dust and dirt intrude rarely, the print barely showing age in that regard.

There's a nice level of contrast on offer, keeping the imagery bright. Modest black levels do well enough on their end, if not hitting the deepest points.

Audio

Two Mandarin mono tracks are on offer, each offering different scores. There's also an English dub, and everything is in DTS-HD. Music is significantly strained no matter the choice, at times almost unintelligible as muddy bass runs rampant. Top-end treble isn't much better, and that includes the iconic fight sound effects.

At least the dialog stays firm. Scratchy, even worn of course, if consistent.