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Revolving around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four sisters who have taken on their family's kimono manufacturing business, over the course of a number of years leading up to the Pacific War. A graceful study of a family at a turning point in history, and...

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Uniform Title:Sasameyuki (Motion picture)
Corporate Author: Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha
Other Authors: Ichikawa, Kon, 1915-2008 (Screenwriter, Director, Producer), Hidaka, Shinʼya (Screenwriter), Kishi, Keiko (Actor), Sakuma, Yoshiko, 1939- (Actor), Yoshinaga, Sayuri, 1945-, Kotegawa, Yūko, 1959-, Itami, Jūzō, 1933-1997, Tanizaki, Junʼichirō, 1886-1965
Format: Video DVD
Language:Japanese
Language Notes:Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Published: [Irvington, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2011]
Series:Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 567.
Subjects:
Sisters > Japan > Drama.
Family-owned business enterprises > Japan > Drama.
Japan > Social life and customs > Drama.
Film adaptations.
Fiction films.
Feature films.
Foreign films.
Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Summary:Revolving around the changing of the seasons, The Makioka Sisters follows the lives of four sisters who have taken on their family's kimono manufacturing business, over the course of a number of years leading up to the Pacific War. A graceful study of a family at a turning point in history, and a poignant evocation of changing times and fading customs.
Item Description:"Janus Films".
Based on the Japanese novel by Junichiro Tanizaki.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1983.
Special features: Original theatrical trailer.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, new high-definition digital restoration; Dolby Digital mono.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Kiyoshi Hasegawa ; film editor, Chizuko Osada ; music, Shinnosuke Okawa, Toshiyuki Watanabe ; executive producers, Tomayuki Tanaka, Kon Ichikawa.
ISBN:9781604654332
1604654333