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A story from Chikamatsu
Title
A story from Chikamatsu / directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.
ISBN
9781681435183
1681435187
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Publication
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
1.37:1 aspect ratio.
Special features: New interview with actor Kyoko Kagawa; Mizoguchi: the auteur behind the "Metteur-en-scène," a new illustrated audio essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew; 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 maker₂s 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.
Variant and related titles
Also known as: Crucified lovers
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Japanese
Added to Catalog
November 21, 2018
Series
Criterion collection ; 949
Credits
Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa.
Cast
Kyoko Kagawa, Kazuo Hasegawa.
System details note
Blu-ray; region A; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Videorecording number
CC2961BD The Criterion Collection
949 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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