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Summary:

When four sexually-hungry high school boys meet up with their drunk teacher, they are sent down a less-than-academic path.

Contributors:

Nakajima, Masayuki , producer

Ōshima, Nagisa, 1932-2013 , director

Tamura, Tsutomu, 1933-1997 , screenwriter

Araki, Ichirō, 1944- , actor

Itami, Jūzō, 1933-1997 , actor

Iwabuchi, Koji , actor

Koyama, Akiko , actor

Tajima, Kazuko, 1941- , actor

Hayashi, Hikaru, 1931-2012 , composer

Takada, Akira

Soeda, Tomomichi, 1902-1980

Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Languages:

Japanese
English

Language Notes:

Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.

Related Series:

Eclipse (Criterion Collection (Firm)) > Series 21, Oshima's outlaw sixties

Alternate Titles:

Title on disc menu and container: Sing a song of sex
Also known as: Treatise on Japanese bawdy songs

Subjects:

Apathy — Japan — Drama

High school boys — Japan — Drama

Bawdy songs — Japan — Drama

Japanese language films

Apathy

High school boys

Bawdy songs

Japan

Genres:

New wave films

Fiction films

Feature films

Foreign language films

Drama

System Details:

DVD; NTSC, 16:9, enhanced for widescreen TVs; Dolby digital mono.; region 1.

Performers:

Cast: Araki Ichirō, Koyama Akiko, Tajima Kazuko, Itami Ichizō, Iwabuchi Kōji.

Production Credits:

Cinematography, Akira Takada ; music, Hikaru Hayashi; songs, Tomomichi Soeda.

General Notes:

A foreign film (Japan).
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical

Video Characteristics:

NTSC

Digital Characteristics:

video file; DVD video; region 1

Call Numbers:

NIH 1967 DVD

ISBNs:

9781604652987
1604652985

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 715515059619
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection: ECL096
Publisher Number, The Criterion Collection (set): ECL093

OCLC Numbers:

1050161448
613422333 [Invalid]