Ugetsu
Daiei Film Production, Ltd.; a Kenji Mizoguchi film; producer, Masaichi Nagata; original story by Akinari Ueda; screenplay, Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda; director, Kenji Mizoguchi
- Resource Type:
- DVD Video
- Creation:
- 1953
- Publication:
- [New York] : Janus Films ; [Place of publication not identified] : Criterion Collection, 2005
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- Summary:
- In sixteenth century Japan a village potter and his brother-in-law set out for the city to seek their fortunes in the spoils of war. Their neglected wives suffer the bitter consequences of their husbands' ambition as one is murdered by soldiers and the other is raped and becomes a prostitute.
- Table of Contents:
- Disc 1. Ugetsu (97 min.)
- Disc. 2. Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director (150 min.).
- Contributors:
- Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 , composer
- Language Notes:
- In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
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- System Details:
- DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
- Performers:
- Cast: Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sakae Ozawa, Mitsuko Mito.
- Production Credits:
- Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Mitsuzo Miyata ; composer, Fumio Hayasaka.
- General Notes:
- Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953.
Based on the stories of Akinari Ueda.
Documentary (disc 2) called: Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director; directed by Kaneto Shindo (1975).
Special features: Audio commentary by renowned critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns ; Two Worlds Interwined--a new 14 min. appreciation of Ugetsu by director Masahiro Shinoda ; Process and Production--a new 20 min. video interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu ; Ten min. video interview with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, from 1992 ; and theatrical trailers. - Physical Description:
- 2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, black & white(disc 1) and color (disc 2) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (69 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
- Physical Characteristics:
- plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; polychrome; monochrome
- Audio Characteristics:
- digital; optical
- Digital Characteristics:
- video file; DVD video; region 1
- Call Numbers:
- UGE 1953 DVD
- ISBNs:
- 0780030303 (disc 1)
9780780030305 (disc 1) - Other Standard Numbers:
- Universal Product Code: 037429209325
Publisher Number, Janus Films: UGE020 - OCLC Numbers:
- 62326862
