Ugetsu

Blu-ray 2017

Two men have dreams bigger than their abilities and their wives suffer horribly because of their dreams. Genjuro falls for a beautiful ghost while his wife is killed. Tobei becomes a great soldier but his wife is raped while searching for him.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Ambition Drama

Man-woman relationships Japan Drama

Marriage Japan Drama

Potters Japan Drama

More in this Genre:

Drama Fantasy films Feature films Foreign films -- Japan Ghost films Japanese language materials Video recordings

Part of a Series:

Criterion collection

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ISBN:

9781681433141

Edition:

Special edition

Description:

1 Blu-ray disc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical
video file Blu-Ray region A
monochrome

Target Audience Note:

CHVR: PG

Notes:

Title from sell sheet
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953
Wide screen (1.37:1)
Special features: audio commentary by filmmaker, critic, and festival programmr Tony Rayans; Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director (1975), a 150-minute documentary by Kaneto Shindo; Two worlds intertwined, a 2005 appreciation of Ugetsu by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda; Process and production, a 2005 interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu; Interview from 1992 with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa; trailers; an essay by film critic Phillip Lopate and three short stories that influenced Mizoguchi in making the film
Mitsuko Mito, Masayuki Mori, Sakae Ozawa, Kinuyo Tanaka
Blu-ray; requires Blu-ray player
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles

Control Number:

2105643

UPC:

715515198516

Other Authors:

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Mito, Mitsuko, actor
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, film director
Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973, actor
Ozawa, Sakae, actor
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, actor

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