| Description |
1 videodisc (approximately 109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 EX surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo. surround. |
| Cast |
Sei Ashina, Michael Pitt, Toni Bertorelli, Keira Knightley, Kenneth Welsh, Martha Burns, Alfred Molina, Michael Golding, Carlo Cecchi, Chiara Stampone. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Alain Dostie ; film editor, Pia Di Ciaula ; composer, Ryuichi Sakamoto ; costume designers, Kazuko Kurosawa, Carlo Poggioli ; production designer, François Séguin. |
| Note |
Based on the novel by Alessandro Baricco. |
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2007. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality and nudity. |
| Summary |
Herve Joncour is a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France. He travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo after his original shipment was destroyed. While in Japan, he spots a beautiful Japanese woman who is the concubine of a local baron. He immediately becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins to suspect something is going on with her husband. |
| Language |
English dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Silkworms -- Japan -- Drama.
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Smugglers -- France -- Drama.
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Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Drama.
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Communication and culture -- Drama.
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Concubinage -- Japan -- Drama.
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Japan -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Historical films.
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Films for the hearing impaired.
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Historical -- Feature.
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Romance -- Feature.
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Feature films.
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Historical films.
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| Added Author |
Fichman, Niv.
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Procacci, Domenico, 1960-
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Girard, François, 1963-
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Golding, Michael.
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Pitt, Michael, 1981-
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Bertorelli, Toni.
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Knightley, Keira, 1985-
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Welsh, Kenneth.
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Burns, Martha.
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Molina, Alfred, 1953-
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Cecchi, Carlo, 1939-
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Baricco, Alessandro, 1958-
Seta. English.
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New Line Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Warner Home Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0780680057 |
| Standard No. |
794043113079 |
| Music No. |
1000036755 New Line Home Entertainment |
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