Sansho the Bailiff
[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2015.
Format: DVD
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Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 124 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
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 drivers.
Other Authors:
Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985.
Yahiro, Fuji, 1904-1986.
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991.
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977.
Hanayagi, Yoshiaki, 1924-1978.
Kagawa, Kyōko.
Shindō, Eitarō, 1899-1977.
Daiei Terebi.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985.
Yahiro, Fuji, 1904-1986.
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991.
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977.
Hanayagi, Yoshiaki, 1924-1978.
Kagawa, Kyōko.
Shindō, Eitarō, 1899-1977.
Daiei Terebi.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Subjects:
Governors -- Drama.
Governors' spouses -- Japan -- Drama.
Exile (Punishment) -- Japan -- Drama.
Slave traders -- Japan -- Drama.
Japan -- Drama.
Governors -- Drama.
Governors' spouses -- Japan -- Drama.
Exile (Punishment) -- Japan -- Drama.
Slave traders -- Japan -- Drama.
Japan -- Drama.
ISBN:
9781604659856
UPC: 715515144810
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
DVD FOREIGN Sansho | Ballentine Indoors | DVD | In |
More Formats
04/14/2015
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by Japanese literature professor Jeffrey Angles; new video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokugo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance; a book featuring a new essay by scholar Mark Le Fanu; the story on which the film was based, Mori Ogai's "Sansho dayu," from 1915, in an acclaimed translation by J. Thomas Rimer; a written form of an oral variation of the same tale, dating back to the fifteenth century, in a rare English translation.
Videorecording.
Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Mitsuzô Miyata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka, Tamekichi Mochizuki, Kanahiachi Odera ; production designers, Kisaku Ito, Shozaburo Nakajima.
Director, Kenji Mizoguchi.
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô.
Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyoko Kagawa.
DVD.
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
Special features: New, restored high-definition digital transfer; audio commentary by Japanese literature professor Jeffrey Angles; new video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokugo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance; a book featuring a new essay by scholar Mark Le Fanu; the story on which the film was based, Mori Ogai's "Sansho dayu," from 1915, in an acclaimed translation by J. Thomas Rimer; a written form of an oral variation of the same tale, dating back to the fifteenth century, in a rare English translation.
Videorecording.
Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Mitsuzô Miyata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka, Tamekichi Mochizuki, Kanahiachi Odera ; production designers, Kisaku Ito, Shozaburo Nakajima.
Director, Kenji Mizoguchi.
Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô.
Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kinuyo Tanaka, Kyoko Kagawa.
DVD.
Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.