| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, black and white (disc 1) and color (disc 2) ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 309 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 309.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono. |
| Cast |
Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sakae Ozawa, Mitsuko Mito. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Mitsuzo Miyata ; composer, Fumio Hayasaka. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953 by Daiei Film Production, Ltd. entitled "Ugetsu monogatari." |
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Based on the stories of Akinari Ueda. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Ugetsu (97 min.) -- Disc. 2. Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director (150 min.). |
| Note |
Documentary (disc 2) called: Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director; directed by Kaneto Shindo (1975). |
| Summary |
In sixteenth century Japan a village potter and his brother-in-law set out for the city to seek their fortunes in the spoils of war. Their neglected wives suffer the bitter consequences of their husbands' ambition as one is murdered by soldiers and the other is raped and becomes a prostitute. |
| Note |
Special features: Audio commentary by renowned critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns ; Two Worlds Interwined, a new, 14 minute appreciation of Ugetsu by director Masahiro Shinoda ; Process and Production, a new, 20 minute video interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu ; Ten-minute video interview with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, from 1992 ; Theatrical trailers. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Marriage -- Japan -- Drama.
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Ambition -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Foreign films.
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Foreign language films.
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Feature films.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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| Added Author |
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
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Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809.
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Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985.
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Kawaguchi, Matsutarō, 1899-1985.
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Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991.
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Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019
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Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977.
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Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973.
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Ozawa, Sakae.
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Mito, Mitsuko.
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Shindō, Kaneto, 1912-2012.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Janus Films.
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| Added Title |
Ugetsu monogatari |
| ISBN |
0780030303 disc 1 |
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9780780030305 disc 1 |
| Standard No. |
037429209325 |
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715515194617 |
| Music No. |
UGE020 Janus Films |
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