Chikamatsu monogatari = A story from Chikamatsu /
"An exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his apprentice after each is unfairly accused of wrongdoing. B...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Language Notes: | Japanese dialogue; optional English subtitles. |
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[New York, N.Y.] :
The Criterion Collection,
[2018]
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| Edition: | Special edition. |
| Series: | Criterion collection ;
949. |
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| Summary: | "An exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his apprentice after each is unfairly accused of wrongdoing. Bound by fate in an illicit, star-crossed romance, they go on the run in search of refuge from the punishment prescribed them: death"--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Title and credits in Japanese; English title and credits taken from English subtitles. Based on a jōruri (bunraku puppet drama) by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954. Full screen (1.37:1). Special edition features: New 4K digital restoration; new interview with actor Kyoko Kagawa; Mizoguchi: the auteur behind the "Metteur en scène," a new illustrated audio essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew; new English subtitle translation; essay by film scholar Haden Guest. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert. |
| Format: | DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; monaural, Dolby digital ; fullscreen (1.37:1 aspect ratio). |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa ; music, Fumio Hayasaka. |
| ISBN: | 9781681435190 1681435195 |