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Sansho the bailiff = Sanshō dayū Cover Image DVD DVD

Sansho the bailiff = Sanshō dayū / Daiei Studios ; a Kenji Mizoguchi film ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; written by Fuji Yahiro, Yoshikata Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956 (film director.). Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985 (film producer.). Yahiro, Fuji, 1904-1986 (screenwriter.). Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991 (screenwriter.). Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977 (actor.). Hanayagi, Yoshiaki, 1924-1978 (actor.). Kagawa, Kyōko, (actor.). Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 (composer.). Mori, Ōgai, 1862-1922 Based on (work): Sanshō-dayū. (Added Author). Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha, (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (distributor.). Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo. (Cast).

Summary:

"When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually wrenched apart by vicious slave traders"--Container.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781604659856
  • ISBN: 1604659858
  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: DVD special edition.
  • Publisher: [New York, New York] : Criterion Collection, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on a story by Ogai Mori.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1954.
Previously released on DVD by Criterion Collection in 2007.
Special features: High-definition digital restoration; Audio commentary featuring Japanese literature scholar Jeffrey Angles; Interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance.
Inserted leaflet includes The Lessons of Sansho by film scholar Mark Le Fanu.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; director of art, Kisaku Itō ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participant or Performer Note:
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyoko Kagawa, Eitaro Shindo.
Target Audience Note:
Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, NTSC, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural.
Language Note:
In Japanese with English subtitles.

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Genre: Foreign films > Japan.
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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Sage Library System.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Hood River County Library District. (Show)

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