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Kadokawa Herald Pictures
Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi
Having refined his craft in the silent era, Kenji Mizoguchi was an elder statesman of Japanese cinema—fiercely revered by Akira Kurosawa and other younger directors—by the time he made Ugetsu. And with this exquisite ghost story, a fatalistic wartime tragedy derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, he created a touchstone of his art, his long takes and sweeping camera guiding the viewer through a delirious narrative about two villagers whose pursuit of fame and fortune leads them far astray from their loyal wives. Moving between the terrestrial and the otherworldly, Ugetsu reveals essential truths about the ravages of war, the plight of women, and the pride of men.
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Format: DVD
Aspect Ratio:
1.37:1
Audio:
Japanese 1.0 Dolby Digital Mono
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Subtitles:
English
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1
Discs:
2 Discs |
DVD-9
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Supplements
- 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
- An essay by film critic Phillip Lopate
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