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Yasha ga ike = Demon pond / a Shochiku film ; directed by Masahiro Shinoda ; original story by Kyoka Izumi ; screenplay by Haruhiko Miura, Tsutomu Tamura.

夜叉ヶ池 = Demon pond / a Shochiku film ; directed by Masahiro Shinoda ; original story by Kyoka Izumi ; screenplay by Haruhiko Miura, Tsutomu Tamura.

篠田正浩, 1931- film director.三村晴彦, screenwriter.田村孟, 1933-1997, screenwriter.坂東玉三郎, V, 1950- actor.加藤剛, 1938-2018, actor.山崎努, 1936- actor.Motion picture adaptation of (work): 泉鏡花, 1873-1939. 夜叉ヶ池.松竹キネマ株式会社, production company. Shinoda, Masahiro, 1931- (film director.). Mimura, Haruhiko, (screenwriter.). Tamura, Tsutomu, 1933-1997 (screenwriter.). Bandō, Tamasaburō, V, 1950- (actor.). Katō, Gō, 1938-2018 (actor.). Yamazaki, Tsutomu, 1936- (actor.). Izumi, Kyōka, 1873-1939 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Yasha ga ike. (Added Author). Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). Tamasaburo Bando, Go Kato, Tsutomu Yamazaki. (Cast).

Summary:

Japanese New Wave renegade Masahiro Shinoda transforms a classic Kabuki tale with his own extravagant visual style in this dimension-shattering folk-horror fantasia. When a lone traveler stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town's inhabitants--including lovers Akira (Go Kato) and Yuri (Kabuki legend Tamasaburo Bando, who also plays the ethereal princess reigning over the water) in their hands. Set to the swirling strains of electronic-music pioneer Isao Tomita's synth score, Demon Pond blends theatrical artifice with cinematic surrealism for an aquatic-apocalyptic fable of human love and folly caught in the current of nature's wrath.

Record details

ISBN: 9798886072006
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert
Edition: DVD edition.
Publisher: [New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2024]
Copyright: c ©2024

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the play by Kyoka Izumi. Originally released as a motion picture in 1979. Wide screen (1.85:1). Special features: New interview with film scholar Dudley Andrew; "A deluge of special effects," program on the film's special effects; Essay by film critic Michael Atkinson.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematography, Masao Kosugi, Noritaka Sakamoto; editors, Zen Ikeda, Sachiko Yamachi; music, Isao Tomita.
Participant or Performer Note:	Tamasaburo Bando, Go Kato, Tsutomu Yamazaki.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1; wide screen (1.85:1); Dolby audio monaural.
Language Note:	Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.