04122cgm a2200853Ia 4500 83549 20230410123857.0 vd bvaizm 051026p20051953xxu097 vljpn d (OCoLC)ocm62465531 UPM UPM EMU OCLCA WIS OCLCA OCLCQ OCLCA OCLCG OCLCA AU@ HLS $1 0780030303 9780780030305 037429209325 UGE020 Criterion Collection NZ1 10743369 AU@ 000040510579 AU@ 000043669688 AU@ 000044825987 (OCoLC)62465531 jpn eng a-ja--- CM DVD 01212 791.43/75 22 GRAL Ugetsu monogatari (Motion picture) Ugetsu [videorecording] / Janus Films ; a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. Special ed. [United States] : Criterion Collection, 2005. 2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (69 p. : ill.) The Criterion collection ; 309 DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital, mono. Japanese language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English. Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Masayuki Mori, Sakae Ozawa. Cinematography, Kazuo Miyagawa; art direction, Kisaku Ito; music, Fumio Hayasaka. 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. MPAA rating: Not rated. 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. Venice Film Festival, 1953: Silver lion. Potters Japan Drama. Japan History 1333-1600 Drama. Ghosts Drama. Man-woman relationships Drama. Feature films. Motion pictures Japan. Cine Japonés (inglés) Japanese language films. local Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956. Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985. Kawaguchi, Matsutaråo, 1899-1985. Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909- Kyo, Machiko, 1924- Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977. Mito, Mitsuko. Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973. Ozawa, Sakae. Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999. Itåo, Kisaku, 1899-1967. Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955. Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893. Shindåo, Kaneto, 1912- Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809. Ugetsu monogatari. Janus Films. Daiåe, Kabushiki Kaisha. Criterion Collection (Firm) Kenji Mizoguchi, the life of a film director. Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 309. lcc dvd C0 DRFGD 67621 67621 0 0 lcc 0 0 BJB BJB CM 2023-04-10 0 CM DVD 01212 00000066918 2018-10-25 00:00:00 2018-10-25 dvd