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Pitfall = Otoshiana
Title
Pitfall = [videorecording] Otoshiana / produced by Teshigahara Productions ; producer, Tadashi Ono ; screenplay, Kobo Abe ; directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Published
[London] : Eureka Video, c2005.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Notes
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
"Digitally restored transfer and audio"--container.
Special features include: audio commentary by Tony Rayns ; stills gallery.
Cinematography, Hiroshi Segawa ; art direction, Masao Yamazaki ; music, Toru Takemitsu, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Yuji Takahashi ; editing, Fusako Shuzui ; sound, Shigenosuke Okuyama.
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Summary
"A wandering miner, looking for work with his young son, is pursued by a mysterious, silent assassin in a white suit and hat. As mistrust and killings spread through the barely populated, rundown mining community, ghosts of the dead appear, unheard by the living, yet imploring them for answers. Who is the man in white and why does he sow confusion?"--Container.
Variant and related titles
Otoshiana
Pitfall
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2006
Credits
Cinematography, Hiroshi Segawa ; art direction, Masao Yamazaki ; music, Toru Takemitsu, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Yuji Takahashi ; editing, Fusako Shuzui ; sound, Shigenosuke Okuyama.
Cast
Hisashi Igawa, Sen Yano, Sumie Sasaki, Kunie Tanaka, Hideo Kanze, Kazuo Miyahara, Kei Sato.
System details note
DVD PAL, Dolby digital, 1.33:1 original aspect ratio, produced for region 2 ( Japan, Europe, South Africa, and Middle East (including Egypt)), user must have a DVD player that will play region 2 DVDs.
Videorecording number
EKA40085 Eureka Video
VFC68451 Eureka Video
Subjects
Also listed under
Teshigahara Purodakushon.
Eureka Video.
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