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Ugetsu (Criterion Collection)
(1953)Ugetsu (Criterion Collection) - 1953 - BLU-RAY
Having refined his craft in the silent era, Kenji Mizoguchi was an elder statesman of Japanese cinema—fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other younger directors—by the time he made Ugetsu. And with this exquisite ghost story, a fatalistic wartime tragedy derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, he created a touchstone of his art, his long takes and sweeping camera guiding the viewer through a delirious narrative about two villagers whose pursuit of fame and fortune leads them far astr
BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration undertaken by The Film Foundation, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
- Audio commentary by filmmaker, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns
- Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975), a 150-minute documentary by Kaneto Shindo
- Two Worlds Intertwined, a 2005 appreciation of Ugetsu by filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda
- Process and Production, a 2005 interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu
- Interview from 1992 with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa
- Trailers
- An essay by film critic Phillip Lopate and three short stories that influenced Mizoguchi in making the film
- DIRECTOR: Kenji Mizoguchi
FEATURES:
- DRAMA
- WIDESCREEN
- B&W
- ASPECT RATIO: 1.37:1
- UNCOMPRESSED MONAURAL PCM
- 97 Minutes
- LANGUAGES: JAPANESE
- ENGLISH SUBTITLES
RATED: NR
Director: | Kenji Mizoguchi |
Studio: | Criterion Collection |
Release Date: | 6/6/2017 |
Theme: | Asian-American Heritage |
Item #: | 1798630X |
UPC #: | 715515198516 |
Product Type: | Blu-ray |
Street Date: | 6/6/2017 |