Shinjū ten no Amijima : Double suicide /
In this stylized dramatization of the puppet theater play, Jihei abandons business, family and self respect for a passionate love affair with a geisha whose freedom he cannot afford. As the world closes in upon him, he finds his only course of action to be death together with the lover he is unable...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
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[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2000]
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| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
104. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) |
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| Summary: | In this stylized dramatization of the puppet theater play, Jihei abandons business, family and self respect for a passionate love affair with a geisha whose freedom he cannot afford. As the world closes in upon him, he finds his only course of action to be death together with the lover he is unable to obtain in life. |
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| Item Description: | Based on: Shinjū ten no Amijima / Chikamatsu Monzaemon. Originally released as a motion picture in 1969. Aspect ratio 1.33:1. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (104 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([6] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.) |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Narushima Tōichirō ; music, Takemitsu Tōru. |
| ISBN: | 0780023293 |