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Ugetsu / Janus Films ; a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

Format Video (DVD)
EditionSpecial ed.
Publication Info[United States] : Criterion Collection, 2005.
Description2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (69 pages : illustrations)
Subject(s)
DVD-Video discs.
Potters--Japan --Drama.
Ghost plays.
Man-woman relationships--Drama.
Motion pictures--Japan.
Japan--History --1333-1600 --Drama.
Other author/creatorMizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
Other author/creatorNagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985.
Other author/creatorKawaguchi, Matsutarō, 1899-1985.
Other author/creatorYoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991.
Other author/creatorKyō, Machiko, 1924-2019
Other author/creatorTanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977.
Other author/creatorMito, Mitsuko.
Other author/creatorMori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
Other author/creatorOzawa, Sakae.
Other author/creatorMiyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999.
Other author/creatorItō, Kisaku, 1899-1967.
Other author/creatorHayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
Other author/creatorMaupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893.
Other author/creatorShindō, Kaneto, 1912-2012.
Other author/creatorUeda, Akinari, 1734-1809 Ugetsu monogatari.
Other author/creatorJanus Films.
Other author/creatorDaiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
Other author/creatorCriterion Collection (Firm)
Uniform titleUgetsu monogatari (Motion picture)
Variant title Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director
Series The Criterion collection ; 309
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 309. ^A506835
Abstract Set in 16th century Japan, a period of bloody civil war, the film is rooted in the postwar psyche of 1950s Japan. It focuses on an ambitious potter haunted by a beautiful ghost and a farmer who dreams of becoming a samurai.
General noteOriginally released as a motion picture in 1953.
General noteAspect ratio 1.33:1.
General noteSpecial features: Disc 1. New restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by critic, filmmaker and festival programmer Tony Rayns; Process and production, a 20-minute video interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director of Ugetsu; 10-minute video interview with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, from 1992; theatrical trailers; new and improved English subtitles -- Disc 2. Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director (1975), a 150-minute documentary by filmmaker Kaneto Shindo, with new and improved English subtitles.
General noteAccompanying booklet features an essay by film critic Phillip Lopate and three short stories that influenced Mizoguchi in making the film: "The house in the thicket" and "A serpent's lust" by Akinara Ueda from his book "Ugetsu monogatari" and "How he got the Legion of Honor" by Guy de Maupassant.
CreditsCinematography, Kazuo Miyagawa; art direction, Kisaku Ito; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Cast Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Masayuki Mori, Sakae Ozawa.
Audience MPAA rating: Not rated.
Technical detailsDVD.
LanguageJapanese language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English.
Awards noteVenice Film Festival, 1953: Silver lion.
Genre/formFeature films.
Other titleKenji Mizoguchi, the life of a film director.
ISBN0780030303
ISBN9780780030305
UPC 037429209325
Publisher numberUGE020 Criterion Collection

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Joyner Compact DVDs PN1997 .U35 2005 DVD V. 1 ✔ Available Place Hold
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