Sansho the bailiff

9781604659856

Special edition

1 videodisc (124 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
digital optical surround Dolby Digital monaural
video file DVD video region 1
monochrome
NTSC

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not Rated
14A

Original Japanese title: Sanshō-dayū
Also known as: Sansho Dayu

Originally released as a motion picture in 1954
Previously released on DVD by Criterion Collection in 2007
Based on the novel by Ogai Mori
Special edition: High-definition digital restorations; audio commentary featuring Japanese literature scholar Jeffrey Angles; interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance; insert includes The Lessons of Sansho by film scholar Mark Le Fanu
Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; art director, Kisaku Ito and Kozaburo Nakajima ; editor, Mitsuzo Miyata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo
DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital monaural
For private home use only
In Japanese with English subtitles

2619402

715515144810

Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, production company
Hanayagi, Yoshiaki, 1924-1978, actor
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955, composer
Itō, Kisaku, 1899-1967, art director
Kagawa, Kyōko, actor
Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999, director of photography
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, film director
Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985, film producer
Shindō, Eitarō, 1899-1977, actor
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977, actor
Yahiro, Fuji, 1904-1986, screenwriter
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991, screenwriter
motion picture adaptation of (work): Mori, Ōgai, 1862-1922. Sanshō Dayū