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Summary:

When a miner leaves his employer and treks out with his young son to become a migrant worker, he finds himself moving from one eerie landscape to another, intermittently followed (and photographed) by an enigmatic man in a clean, white suit, and eventually coming face-to-face with his inescapable destiny.

Contributors:

Teshigahara, Hiroshi

Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993

Ono, Tadashi

Igawa, Hisashi

Tanaka, Kunie

Kanze, Hideo, 1927-2007

Miyahara, Kazuo

Sasaki, Sumie

Omiya, Kanichi

Satō, Kei, 1928-2010

Yano, Sen

Shimada, Ton

Matsuo, Shigeru

Kaneuchi, Kikuo

Segawa, Hiroshi

Morimichi, Fusako

Janus Films

Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha

Sogetsu Foundation (Firm)

Teshigahara Purodakushon

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

Related Series:

Criterion collection; [volume] 393

Alternate Titles:

Title on set container: Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara

Subjects:

Coal miners — Japan — Drama

Migrant labor — Japan — Drama

Ghosts — Japan — Drama

Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993 — Television adaptations

Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993 — Film adaptations

Japanese language films

Abe, Kōbō, 1924-1993

Migrant labor

Ghosts

Coal miners

Foreign films

Japan

Genres:

Feature films

Foreign films — Japan

Melodrama

Fantasy films

Experimental films

Film adaptations

Foreign language films

Television adaptations

Drama

System Details:

DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono., NTSC.

Performers:

Cast: Hisashi Igawa, Kunie Tanaka, Hideo Kanze, Kazuo Miyahara, Sumie Sasaki, Kanichi Omiya, Kei Sato, Sen Yano, Ton Shimada, Shigeru Matsuo, Kikuo Kaneuchi.

Production Credits:

Cinematographer, Hiroshi Segawa ; editor, Fusako Morimichi.

General Notes:

Title from container and disc sleeve.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Set contains three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; video essay on the film by critic and festival programmer James Quandt; theatrical trailer.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; monochrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

PIT DVD

ISBNs:

1934121673 (set)
9781934121672 (set)
193412141X (disc)
9781934121412 (disc)

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515024624
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection (set): CC1700D
Publisher Number, Criterion Collection (disc): CC1701D

OCLC Numbers:

1050156419
156912655 [Invalid]