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Sansho the bailiff [videorecording] / [Daiei Studios ; a Kenji Mizoguchi film ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; written by Fuji Yahiro, Yoshikata Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi].

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: CC1692D | Criterion CollectionLanguage: Japanese Summary language: English Original language: Japanese Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 386.Publication details: [Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection : Janus Films ; S.l. : Kadokawa Pictures, c2007.Description: 1 videodisc (124 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (77 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1934121479
  • 9781934121474
Other title:
  • Sanshão dayãu
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • CM DVD 01206
Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Mitsuzão Miyata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka, Tamekichi Mochizuki, Kanahiachi Odera ; production designers, Kisaku Ito, Shozaburo Nakajima.
Cast: Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyãoko Kagawa, Eitarão Shindão.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 drivers. Accompanying booklet features an 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.
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DVD DVD Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Colección Multimedia (Humanidades 4to. Piso) CM DVD 01206 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 00000066912

DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 1.0 mono..

Japanese dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyãoko Kagawa, Eitarão Shindão.

Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Mitsuzão Miyata ; music, Fumio Hayasaka, Tamekichi Mochizuki, Kanahiachi Odera ; production designers, Kisaku Ito, Shozaburo Nakajima.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.

Not rated.

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. Accompanying booklet features an 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.

Special features: Commentary by Japanese literature professor Jeffrey Angles; Video interview with actress Kyoko Kagawa recalling the making of Sansho the Bailiff; Video interview with assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka; Video interview with film critic and historian Tadao Sato.

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