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ECLIPSE SERIES 7: POSTWAR KUROSAWA
complete 5-disc boxset
Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 6.48 + 6.10 + 6.76 + 5.72 + 6.60 GB - Exact Untouched Copy

Time (total): 593 minutes

Type: Black and White

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Sound (main features): Japanese

Subtitles: optional English



DISC DETAILS
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DISC ONE
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ONE WONDERFUL SUNDAY
criterion.com/films/888
1947, 109 min.
This affectionate paean to young love is also a frank examination by Akira Kurosawa of the harsh realities of postwar Japan. During a Sunday trip into war-ravaged Tokyo, Yuzo and Masako look for work and lodging, as well as affordable entertainments to pass the time. Reminiscent of Frank CapraÆs social-realist comedies and echoing contemporaneous Italian neorealism, One Wonderful Sunday touchingly offers a sliver of hope in dark times.

Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese


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DISC TWO
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I LIVE IN FEAR
criterion.com/films/897
1955, 103 min.
Both the final film of this period in which Akira Kurosawa would directly wrestle with the demons of the Second World War and his most literal representation of living in an atomic age, the galvanizing I Live in Fear presents Toshiro Mifune as an elderly, stubborn businessman so fearful of a nuclear attack that he resolves to move his reluctant family to South America. With this mournful film, the director depicts a society emerging from the shadows but still terrorized by memories of the past and anxieties for the future.

Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese


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DISC THREE
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THE IDIOT
criterion.com/films/895
1951, 166 min.
After finishing what would become his international phenomenon Rashomon, Akira Kurosawa immediately turned to one of the most daring, and problem-plagued, productions of his career. The Idiot, an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's nineteenth-century masterpiece about a wayward, pure soulÆs reintegration into society -- updated by Kurosawa to capture Japan's postwar aimlessness -- was a victim of studio interference and, finally, public indifference. Today, this 'folly' looks ever more fascinating, a stylish, otherworldly evocation of one manÆs wintry mindscape.

Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese


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DISC FOUR
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SCANDAL
criterion.com/films/893
1950, 105 min.
A handsome, suave Toshiro Mifune lights up the screen as painter Ichiro, whose circumstantial meeting with a famous singer (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) is twisted by the tabloid press into a torrid affair. Ichiro files a lawsuit against the seedy gossip magazine, but his lawyer, Hiruta (Kurosawa stalwart Takashi Shimura), is playing both sides. A portrait of cultural moral decline, Scandal is also a compelling courtroom drama and a moving tale of human redemption.

Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese


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DISC FIVE
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NO REGRETS FOR OUR YOUTH
criterion.com/films/887
1946, 110 min.
In Akira KurosawaÆs first film after the end of World War II, future beloved Ozu regular Setsuko Hara gives an astonishing performance as Yukie, the only female protagonist in KurosawaÆs body of work and one of his strongest heroes. Transforming herself from genteel bourgeois daughter to independent social activist, Yukie traverses a tumultuous decade in Japanese history.

Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese

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