Akai satsui : Intentions of murder /

赤い殺意

Sadako is a typical Imamura heroine: one who revels in the pleasures of food, labor, sex, and self-preservation. Carrying the burden of her status as a lowly, poor, prostitute-birthed commoner wife, Sadako is subjected to an escalating series of belittlement both at home and in society.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha, Criterion Collection (Firm)
Other Authors:	Tomoda, Jirō (Producer), Takagi, Masayuki, 1906-1978 (Producer), Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006 (Director, Screenwriter), Hasebe, Keiji (Screenwriter), Fujiwara, Shinji, 1921-1984, Harukawa, Masumi, 1935- (Actor), Nishimura, Kō (Actor), Tsuyuguchi, Shigeru (Actor), Katō, Yoshi, 1913-1988, Kitamura, Kazuo, 1927-2007, Himeda, Shinsaku, 1916-1997 (Cinematographer), Mayuzumi, Toshirō, 1929-1997, Quandt, James, 1956-
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Japanese
Language Notes:	In Japanese, with optional English subtitles.
Published:	[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2009.
Edition:	Special ed.
Series:	Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 474. Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 471.
Subjects:	Women > Japan > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama. Abused wives > Japan > Drama. Murder > Japan > Drama. Rape > Japan > Drama. Foreign films. Motion pictures, Japanese. Feature films. Fiction films. Social problem films.

Description
Summary:	Sadako is a typical Imamura heroine: one who revels in the pleasures of food, labor, sex, and self-preservation. Carrying the burden of her status as a lowly, poor, prostitute-birthed commoner wife, Sadako is subjected to an escalating series of belittlement both at home and in society.
Item Description:	Based on the novel by Shinji Fujiwara. Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Issued in box set with title: Pigs, pimps & prostitutes : 3 films by Shohei Imamura (Criterion collection ; 471) Special features include: conversation between Imamura and critic Tadao Sato ; interview with Tony Rayns ; booklet essay by James Quandt. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (150 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:	DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono.
Audience:	Not rated.
Production Credits:	Cinematographer, Himeda Shinsuku; music, Mayuzumi Toshirō; art, Nakamura Kimihiko ; editor, Tanji Mutsuo.
ISBN:	9781604651546 1604651547 9781604651553 (Set) 1604651555 (Set)