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A story from Chikamatsu = Chikamatsu monogatari
Title
A story from Chikamatsu = Chikamatsu monogatari / directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
ISBN
9781681435190
1681435195
Edition
Special edition; fullscreen.
Publication
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Copyright Notice Date
©2018,1954
Physical Description
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Fullscreen.
Special edition features: New 4K digital restoration ; new interview with actor Kyoko Kagawa; Mizoguchi: the auteur behind the "Metteur en scène," a new illustrated audio essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew new English subtitle translation ; essay by film scholar Haden Guest.
Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa.
Japanese dialogue; English subtitles.
Summary
"An exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his apprentice after each is unfairly accused of wrongdoing. Bound by fate in an illicit, star-crossed romance, they go on the run in search of refuge from the punishment prescribed them: death."--Container.
Variant and related titles
Chikamatsu monogatari
Called also: Crucified lovers
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
November 20, 2018
Series
Criterion collection.
Credits
Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa.
Cast
Kyoko Kagawa, Kazuo Hasegawa.
System details note
DVD ; monaural ; Dolby audio ; NTSC, region 1 ; fullscreen (1.37:1 aspect ratio).
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC2962D The Criterion Collection
CC2962DDVD The Criterion Collection
Subjects
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Romance films.
Historical films.
Fiction films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Romance films.
Also listed under
Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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