雨月物語

Ugetsu

DVD 2017

"By the time he made Ugetsu, Kenji Mizoguchi was already an elder statesman of Japanese cinema, fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other younger directors of a younger generation. And with this exquisite ghost story, a fatalistic wartime tragedy derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, he created a touchstone of his art, his long takes and sweeping camera guiding the viewer through a delirious narrative about two villagers...

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ISBN:

9781681432755

Edition:

Two-DVD special edition

Description:

2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (12 panels : illustrations ; 19 cm)
4 3/4 in
digital optical mono Dolby Digital 1.0
full screen (1.37:1) 24 fps
NTSC
video file DVD video Region 1

Target Audience Note:

MPAA: Not rated
CHVR: PG

Other Title:

Container of (work): Ugetsu monogatari (Motion picture)

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1953
Based on "Tales of Moonlight and Rain" by Akinari Ueda
Full screen (1.37:1)
Special features: New 4K digital restoration; Audio commentary by critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns; Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director, a 1975 documentary by Kaneto Shindo; Two Worlds Intertwined, a 2005 appreciation of Ugetsu by Masahiro Shinoda; Process and Production, a 2005 interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu; Interview from 1992 with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa; Trailers. Container insert includes the essay "From the Other Shore" by film critic Phillip Lopate
Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Mitsuzo Miyata ; composer, Fumio Hayasaka
Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sakae Ozawa, Mitsuko Mito
雨月物語: 京マチ子, 水戶光子, 田中絹代, 森雅之, 小澤榮
DVD, NTSC region 1, full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural
In Japanese with optional English subtitles

Control Number:

2115988

UPC:

715515194617

Other Authors:

Criterion Collection (Firm), film distributor
Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha (1945-1971), production company
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955, composer (expression)
Janus Films
Kawaguchi, Matsutarō, 1899-1985, screenwriter
Kyō, Machiko, 1924-2019, actor
Mito, Mitsuko, actor
Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999, director of photography
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, film director
Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973, actor
Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809. Ugetsu monogatari
Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985, film producer
Ozawa, Sakae, actor
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, actor
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991, screenwriter
京マチ子, 1924-2019, actor
小澤榮, actor
川口松太郎, 1899-1985, screenwriter
森雅之, 1911-1973, actor
水戶光子, actor
永田雅一, 1906-1985, film producer
溝口健二, 1898-1956, film director
田中絹代, 1909-1977, actor

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