Set in 16th-century Japan, a period of bloody civil war, the film is rooted in the postwar psyche of 1950s Japan. It focuses on an ambitious potter haunted by a beautiful ghost and a farmer who dreams of becoming a samurai.
Bibliographic Details
| Uniform Title: | Ugetsu monogatari (Motion picture) |
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| Corporate Authors: |
Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha,
Janus Films,
Criterion Collection (Firm) |
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| Other Authors: |
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956,
Kawaguchi, Matsutarō, 1899-1985,
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991,
Kyo, Machiko, 1924-,
Mito, Mitsuko,
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977,
Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973,
Ozawa, Sakae,
Aoyama, Sugisaku,
Kagawa, Ryosuke,
Mori, Kikue,
Sawamura, Ichisaburo,
Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809,
Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 |
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| Format: | Video
DVD
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| Language: | Japanese |
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| Language Notes: | In Japanese with optional new and improved English subtitles. |
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| Published: |
[Irvington, N.Y.] :
Criterion Collection,
[2005]
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| Edition: | Special ed. double-disc set. |
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| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
309.
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| Subjects: | |
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