Cover Image

The dragon painter /

Show other versions (2)

Restoration of "The dragon painter", full-length 1919 feature in which Hayakawa plays Tatsu, a wild youth living in the mountain forests of Japan, spending all his time painting. Although Tatsu creates beautiful art, local villagers believe that he is insane, as he claims that he has a bel...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Haworth Pictures, Milestone Film & Video, American Film Institute. National Center for Film and Video Preservation, International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House, Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), New Yorker Video (Firm), George Eastman House
Other Authors: Hayakawa, Sesshū, 1889-1973, Aoki, Tsuru, 1892-1961, Fujita, Tōyō, Borzage, Frank, Arbuckle, Roscoe, 1887-1933, Murray, Charlie, 1872-1941, Worthington, William, 1872-1941, Williams, Frank D., Schayer, Richard E. (Richard Ernest), 1882-1956, Izu, Mark, Ince, Thomas H., Clifford, William, 1877-1941, Barker, Reginald, 1886-1945, West, Raymond B., 1886-1918, Lienhard, Marco, Cohn, Jack, 1889-1956, Lewyn, Louis, 1891-1969, Fenollosa, Mary McNeil, Ponting, Herbert George, Taves, Brian, 1959-
Format: Video DVD
Language:No linguistic content
Language Notes:Silent, with English subtitles.
Published: Harrington Park, N.J. : Milestone Film & Video : [2008]
Series:Milestone cinematheque.
Subjects:
Recluses > Japan > Drama.
Painters > Japan > Drama.
Romanticism in art > Japan > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Japan > Drama.
Japan > Social life and customs > 1868-1912 > Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Silent films.
Melodrama.
Film adaptations.
Description
Summary:Restoration of "The dragon painter", full-length 1919 feature in which Hayakawa plays Tatsu, a wild youth living in the mountain forests of Japan, spending all his time painting. Although Tatsu creates beautiful art, local villagers believe that he is insane, as he claims that he has a beloved princess fiancée who has been turned into a dragon. When an renowned-but-aging artist hears of the young hermit's talent, Tatsu is brought to civilization with the hope that he will both become the student of the old artist and marry the elderly man's daughter to continue the family lineage and traditions.
Restoration of "The wrath of the gods, or, the destruction of Sakura-Jima", Thomas Ince's full-length 1914 feature film as a restored tinted print featuring Hayakawa as the patriarch of a family carrying a curse.
"Screen snapshots," a 1921 comedy short teaming Hayakawa with silver screen legend "Fatty" Arbuckle, as a pair of fresh army recruits and their drill seargent, played by Charles Murray.
Item Description:Based on the novel : The dragon painter / by Mary McNeil Fenollosa.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1919.
"Genius. Madman. Lover" -- Container.
Special features: Gallery of illustrations from original novel; stills gallery of Herbert G. Ponting's photos of turn-of-the century Japan; stills gallery of archival photos and correspondence notes of Hayakawa and Aoki; gallery of promotional materials from the original production; "The dragon painter" press kit PDF (18 pages); "Hollywood's first Asian cycle" essay by film historian Brian Taves PDF (12 pages); "How to build a volcano" PDF (3 pages); "The dragon painter" novel PDF (206 pages); "The wrath of the gods" original script PDF (50 pages).
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1; NTSC.
ISBN:9781933920078
1933920076