| Description |
2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
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Motion picture. |
| Series |
Criterion collection. |
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Criterion collection.
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| System Details |
DVD, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; monaural. |
| Note |
Title from sell sheet. |
| Cast |
Rentaro Mikuni, Michiyo Aratama, Tatsuya Nakadai. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1965. |
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Widescreen (2.35:1). |
| Summary |
After more than a decade of sober political dramas and social-minded periodpieces, the great Japanese director Masaki Kobayashi shifted gears dramatically for this rapturously stylized quartet of ghost stories. Featuring colorfully surreal sets and luminous cinematography, these haunting tales of demonic comeuppance and spiritual trials, adapted from writer Lafcadio Hearn₂s collections of Japanese folklore, are existentially frightening and meticulously crafted. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary by Stephen Prince; interviews; new piece about author Lafcadio Hearn ; trailers; essay by Geoffrey O'Brien. |
| Language |
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Apparitions -- Drama.
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Supernatural -- Drama.
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Japan -- Social life and customs -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Horror films.
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Feature films.
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| Added Author |
Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996, film director.
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Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-2013, actor.
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Aratama, Michiyo, actor.
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932- actor.
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
1681430592 |
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9781681430591 |
| Standard No. |
715515159012 |
| Music No. |
CC2541DDVD The Criterion Collection |
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