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Ugetsu [videorecording] / Janus Films ; a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay by Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

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.

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Contributor
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956.
Kawaguchi, Matsutaro, 1899-
Yoda, Yoshitaka.
Kyo, Machiko, 1924-2019.
Mito, Mitsuko.
Tanaka, Kinuyo, 1909-1977.
Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955.
Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809 Ugetsu monogatari.
Janus Films.
Daie, Kabushiki Kaisha.
Series Statement
Buhl Library Video Collection
Series Added Entry
Criterion collection
Subject:
Ueda, Akinari, 1734-1809 -- Film and video adaptations.
Subject:
Ghosts -- Japan -- Drama.
Samurai -- Japan -- Drama.
Japan -- History -- 1333-1600 -- Drama.
Index Term - Genre/Form
Fantasy films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Black and white films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Historical films.
Fiction films.