Directed by: Kenji Mizoguchi
Year: 1953
Time: 97 min.
Series: The Criterion Collection
Edition #: 309
Licensor
Kadokawa Herald Pictures
Release Date: Tuesday, 08 November 2005
MSRP: $39.95
DVD
2 Discs
1.33:1
Japanese Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Subtitles: English
Region 1
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
A book featuring film critic Phillip Lopate and three short stories that influenced Mizoguchi in making the film