The Crimson Kimono

The Crimson Kimono was originally released in 1959 by Columbia Pictures. Under the 1909 US Copyright Act, films from this era required a renewal in their 28th year to maintain protection. According to the Stanford Copyright Renewal Database and the Catalog of Copyright Entries (CCE), the copyright was timely renewed in August 1987 (Renewal Registration Number: RE0000346067) by Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. Because the renewal was filing correctly between the 27th and 28th year of the original copyright term (based on a 1959 registration), the film remains under copyright protection. It is currently owned by Sony Pictures (the successor to Columbia) and is frequently licensed for home video and streaming through authorized distributors like Criterion, which is a strong signal of active commercial exploitation.