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Ugetsu Cover Image Video Video

Ugetsu

Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956 (Added Author). Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985 (Added Author). Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991 (Added Author). Kyo, Machiko, 1924- (Added Author). Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977 (Added Author). Mito, Mitsuko. (Added Author). Mori, Masayuki, 1911-1973 (Added Author). Ozawa, Sakae. (Added Author). Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999 (Added Author). Itō, Kisaku, 1899-1967 (Added Author). Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 (Added Author). Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809 Ugetsu monogatari. (Added Author). Maupassant, Guy de, 1850-1893 (Added Author). Shindō, Kaneto, 1912-2012 (Added Author). Janus Films (Added Author). Criterion Collection (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

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  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videocassette
    1 DVD-video (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [New York] : Janus Films : Criterion Collection [distributor], c2006.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
From "Tales of Moonlight and Rain" by Akinari Ueda.
Released as part of the "Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films."
Accompanying book "Essential Art House : 50 Years of Janus Films" cataloged separately (PN1995.9 .F67 E87 2006).
Creation/Production Credits Note: a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi ; cinematography, Kazuo Miyagawa; art direction, Kisaku Ito ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participant or Performer Note: Machiko Kyo, Kinuyo Tanaka, Mitsuko Mito, Masayuki Mori, Sakae Ozawa.
System Details Note:
DVD ; region 1 ; NTSC ; 1.33:1 aspect ratio ; Dolby Digital, mono.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
Licensed for: home, classroom, library, ILL.
Language Note:
Japanese language soundtrack with optional subtitles in English.
Subject: Foreign films
Feature films -- Japan
Samurai films
Potters -- Japan -- Drama
Ghost plays
Feature films

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Emily Carr University of Art + Design PN1995.9 .F67 U3487 2006 (Text) 30216940 Video Volume hold Available -

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