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Ugetsu

!H=!5,!20!0Q, 1989-1956.!<4!5,!D-!9&!\g, 1899-1985.!1E!L$!RB!Z0, 1909-!0ai%^i%A!:M, 1924-!L$!04!Q>!0s, 1909-1977.!F\[0x6238]!2r!:M.!Ds!_D!0= 1911-1973.!0&!L$!O)!?b, 1734-1809. !_Q!C[!JU!Xl. Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956 (Added Author). Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985 (Added Author). Kawaguchi, Matsutarō, 1899-1985 (Added Author). Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991 (Added Author). Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019 (Added Author). Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977 (Added Author). Mito, Mitsuko. (Added Author). Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973 (Added Author). Ozawa, Sakae. (Added Author). Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999 (Added Author). Itō, Kisaku, 1899-1967 (Added Author). Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 (Added Author). Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 (Added Author). Shindō, Kaneto, 1912-2012 (Added Author). Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809 Ugetsu monogatari. (Added Author). Janus Films. (Added Author). Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha. (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author). Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Masayuki Mori, Sakae Ozawa. (Cast).

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.

DVD  - 2005
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Subject
Potters > Japan > Drama.
Japan > History > 1333-1600 > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Motion pictures > Japan.
Genre
Feature films.
Japanese language films.
Japanese language films.
Video recordings.
Drama.
  • ISBN: 9781681432755
  • Physical Description videodisc
    2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (69 pages : illustrations).
  • Edition Special ed.
  • Publisher [New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2005.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital, mono.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Aspect ratio 1.33:1.
Special 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.
Accompanying 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.
GMD: videodisc.
Formatted Contents Note: Disc 1. Ugetsu (97 min.) -- Disc. 2. Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director (150 min.).
Restrictions on Access Note:
Classroom use may be subject to licensing restrictions.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Cinematography, Kazuo Miyagawa; art direction, Kisaku Ito; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participant or Performer Note: Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Masayuki Mori, Sakae Ozawa.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
Japanese language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English.
Awards Note:
Venice Film Festival, 1953: Silver lion.

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