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UGETSU MONOGATARI (1953)

AKAs:
Tales of Ugetsu (USA) (literal English title)
Tales of a Pale and Mysterious Moon After the Rain (informal literal English title)
Ugetsu (USA) (DVD box title)


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Criterion Collection # 309

DVD Release Date: November 8, 2005

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Director: Kenji Mizoguchi

Description:
'Quite simply one of the greatest of filmmakers,' said Jean-Luc Godard of Kenji Mizoguchi. And Ugetsu, a ghost story like no other, is surely the Japanese director's supreme achievement. Derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, this haunting tale of love and loss -- with its exquisite blending of the otherworldly and the real -- is one of the most beautiful films ever made.

Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.78 + 7.66 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 97 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 | Anamorphic

Sound (main feature): Japanese

Subtitles: optional English


SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:

# New, restored high-definition digital transfer.
# Audio commentary by filmmaker, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns.
# Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975), a comprehensive, 150-minute documentary by filmmaker Kaneto Shindo, with new and improved subtitles.
# Two Worlds Intertwined, a new, 14-minute appreciation of Ugetsu by director Masahiro Shinoda.
# Process and Production, a new, 20-minute video interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu.
# Ten-minute video interview with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, from 1992.
# Theatrical trailers.
# New and improved English subtitle translation.



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