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Sansho The Bailiff (Criterion Collection) (1954) On Blu-Ray

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Actor :       Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Akitake Kôno
Director:   Kenji Mizoguchi
Genre:       Drama
Year:         1954
Studio:      Criterion Collection
Length:     124
Released: February 26, 2013

Rating:       Unrated (Video)
Format:     
Blu-Ray
Misc:          Black & White
Language:Japanese
Subtitles : English


DESCRIPTION:

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 separated by vicious slave traders. Under the dazzling direction of Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), this classic Japanese story became one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil.


Special Features

  • Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Audio commentary by Japanese-literature professor Jeffrey Angles
  • Video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa, on the making of the film and its lasting importance
  • PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film writer Mark Le Fanu and two versions of the story on which the film was based: Ogai Mori’s 1915 “Sansho Dayu” and a written form of an earlier oral variation
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    Actor :       Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Akitake Kôno
    Director:   Kenji Mizoguchi
    Genre:       Drama
    Year:         1954
    Studio:      Criterion Collection
    Length:     124
    Released: February 26, 2013

    Rating:       Unrated (Video)
    Format:     
    Blu-Ray
    Misc:          Black & White
    Language:Japanese
    Subtitles : English


    DESCRIPTION:

    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 separated by vicious slave traders. Under the dazzling direction of Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), this classic Japanese story became one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil.


    Special Features

  • Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
  • Audio commentary by Japanese-literature professor Jeffrey Angles
  • Video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa, on the making of the film and its lasting importance
  • PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film writer Mark Le Fanu and two versions of the story on which the film was based: Ogai Mori’s 1915 “Sansho Dayu” and a written form of an earlier oral variation
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