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- Janus Films Daiåe, Kabushiki Kaisha Criterion Collection (Firm) moving image videorecording Feature films. Japanese language films. xxu United States] Criterion Collection 2005 Special ed. monographic jpn eng

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2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (69 p. : ill.) 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. MPAA rating: Not rated. Janus Films ; a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. 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. Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Masayuki Mori, Sakae Ozawa. DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital, mono. Japanese language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English. Cinematography, Kazuo Miyagawa; art direction, Kisaku Ito; music, Fumio Hayasaka. Venice Film Festival, 1953: Silver lion. a-ja--- Potters Japan Drama Japan History 1333-1600 Drama Ghosts Drama Man-woman relationships Drama Motion pictures Japan Cine Japonés (inglés) CM DVD 01212 791.43/75 Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809 0780030303 9780780030305 UGE020 Criterion Collection 037429209325 UPM 051026 20230410123857.0 83549