Chikamatsu monogatari = A story from Chikamatsu
(Blu-ray)

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Contributors
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, film director.
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991 screenwriter.
Kawaguchi, Matsutarō, 1899-1985, screenwriter.
Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985, film producer.
Hasegawa, Kazuo, 1908-1984 actor.
Published
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
ISBN
9781681435183, 1681435187
Status
On Shelf
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Oak Lawn Public Library - AVBLU-RAY FOREIGN STORYOn Shelf
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Subjects

LC Subjects
Adultery -- Japan -- Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Historical films.
Japan -- Commerce -- Drama.
Married people -- Japan -- Drama.
Merchants -- Japan -- Drama.
Romance films.
Social classes -- Japan -- Drama.
Women -- Japan -- Drama.

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Published
[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2018].
Format
Blu-ray
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray disc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet
Language
Japanese
ISBN
9781681435183, 1681435187
UPC
715515222914

Notes

General Note
Title and credits in Japanese; English title and credits taken from English subtitles.
General Note
Based on the puppet play Daikyoji mukashi-goyomi by Monzaemon Chikamatsu.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
General Note
1.37:1 aspect ratio.
General Note
Special features: New interview with actor Kyoko Kagawa; Mizoguchi: the auteur behind the "Metteur-en-scène," a new illustrated audio essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew; essay by film scholar Haden Guest.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Kanji Suganuma ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participants/Performers
Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Yoko Minamida, Eitaro Shindo, Sakae Ozawa, Ichiro Sugai, Haruo Tanaka, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Chieko Naniwa.
Description
"[A]n exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his apprentice after each is unfairly accused of wrongdoing. Bound by fate in an illicit, star-crossed romance, they go on the run in search of refuge from the punishment prescribed them: death."--Container.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details
Blu-ray; region A; 1.35:1 aspect ratio; monaural; requires Blu-ray player.
Language
Japanese dialogue; optional English subtitles.
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BLU-RAY

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mizoguchi, K., Yoda, Y., Kawaguchi, M., Nagata, M., Hasegawa, K., Kagawa, K., Minamida, Y., Shindō, E., Ozawa, S., Sugai, I., Tanaka, H., Ishiguro, T., Naniwa, C., Miyagawa, K., Suganuma, K., Hayasaka, F., Chikamatsu, M., Andrew, D., & Guest, H. (2018). Chikamatsu monogatari =: A story from Chikamatsu (Blu-ray special edition.). The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kenji Mizoguchi et al.. 2018. Chikamatsu Monogatari =: A Story From Chikamatsu. [New York, NY]: The Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kenji Mizoguchi et al.. Chikamatsu Monogatari =: A Story From Chikamatsu [New York, NY]: The Criterion Collection, 2018.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Mizoguchi, K., Yoda, Y., Kawaguchi, M., Nagata, M., Hasegawa, K., Kagawa, K. and Minamida, Y. et al (2018). Chikamatsu monogatari =: a story from chikamatsu. Blu-ray special edn. [New York, NY]: The Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mizoguchi, Kenji, et al. Chikamatsu Monogatari =: A Story From Chikamatsu Blu-ray special edition., The Criterion Collection, 2018.

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