I stand corrected on the count. But I make 'no allowances' nor 'promotions' of bootlegs. I merely commented on the actual quality of this one. That wasn't an encouragement, endorsement or otherwise 'green light' on my part for everyone to buy it!
A few years ago when Summertime became available ONLY in Japan, seemingly from Paramount, I contacted Paramount in the U.S. with a query about them bringing this deep catalog title also to Blu-ray here in North America, or re-licensing it through Criterion, which they had done for the DVD...
Websters Dictionary Definition
e·mas·cu·late
ēˈmaskyəˌlāt/
verb
make (a person, idea, or piece of legislation) weaker or less effective.
"our winner-take-all elections emasculate fringe parties
I believe STAR! was not a contender for TT as I too made an inquiry and received feedback a little over a year ago attesting to as much. Not sure who, if any of the third-party distributors, will acquire this deep catalog title any time in the near future. RE: Ryan's Daughter - waaaay back when...