Contributor
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
Edition Statement:Special ed. double-disc set.
Imprint:[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2005.
Description2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (72 p. : b&w photos. ; 19 cm.).
Note:Based on "Tales of moonlight and rain" by Akinari Ueda.
Note:Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Note:Features: optional audio commentary by filmmaker and critic Tony Rayns, interviews, theatrical trailers, chapter selection.
Note:Bonus DVD contains documentary "Kenji Mizoguchi: the life of a film director." Booklet contains three short stories that influenced the director in making the film and an essay by film critic Phillip Lopate.
Target AudienceMPAA rating: Not rated.
Note:Set in sixteenth-century Japan, an ambitious potter is haunted by a beautiful ghost and a farmer dreams of becoming a samurai.
Note : PerformerMachiko Kyo, Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka.
System Details NotesDVDs, Dolby digital mono.
Location Note : REQUEST AT THE CHECK-OUT DESK.