Chikamatsu monogatari = Story from Chikamatsu / Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha seisaku ; seisaku Nagata Masaichi ; kyakuhon Yoda Yoshikata ; kantoku Mizoguchi Kenji = Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; adapted as a play by Matsutaro Kawaguchi ; screenplay by Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi.

近松物語 = Story from Chikamatsu / 大映株式會社製作 ; 製作永田雅一 ; 脚本依田義賢 ; 監督溝口健二 = Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; adapted as a play by Matsutaro Kawaguchi ; screenplay by Yoshitaka Yoda ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi..

溝口健二, 1898-1956, film director.依田義賢, 1909-1991, screenwriter.永田雅一, 1906-1985, film producer.長谷川一夫, 1908-1984, actor.香川京子, actor.宮川一夫, 1908-1999, director of photography.早坂文雄, 1914-1955, composer (expression)Motion picture adaptation of (work): 近松門左衛門, 1653-1725. 大経師昔暦.大映株式会社 (1945-1971), production company. 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.). Kagawa, Kyōko, (actor.). Minamida, Yōko, 1933-2009 (actor.). Shindō, Eitarō, 1899-1977 (actor.). Ozawa, Sakae, (actor.). Sugai, Ichiro, (actor.). Tanaka, Haruo, 1912-1992 (actor.). Ishiguro, Tatsuya, 1911-1965 (actor.). Naniwa, Chieko, (actor.). Miyagawa, Kazuo, 1908-1999 (director of photography.). Hayasaka, Fumio, 1914-1955 (composer (expression)). Chikamatsu, Monzaemon, 1653-1725 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Daikyōji mukashigoyomi. (Added Author). Daiei Kabushiki Kaisha (1945-1971), (production company.). Criterion Collection (Firm), (publisher.). 長谷川一夫, 香川京子, 南田洋子, 進藤英太郎, 小沢栄, 菅井一郎, 田中春男, 石黒達也, 浪花千栄子. Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Yoko Minamida, Eitaro Shindo, Sakae Ozawa, Ichiro Sugai, Haruo Tanaka, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Chieko Naniwa. (Cast).

Summary:

"An 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.

Item details

ISBN: 9781681435190
ISBN: 1681435195
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Edition: Special edition.
Publisher: [New York, N.Y.] : The Criterion Collection, [2018]

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Based on a jōruri (bunraku puppet drama) by Monzaemon Chikamatsu. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954. Title and credits in Japanese; English title and credits taken from English subtitles. Full screen (1.37:1). Special edition features: New 4K digital restoration; new interview with actor Kyoko Kagawa; Mizoguchi: the auteur behind the "Metteur en scène," a new illustrated audio essay by film scholar Dudley Andrew; new English subtitle translation; essay by film scholar Haden Guest.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Cinematographer, Kazuo Miyagawa ; music, Fumio Hayasaka.
Participant or Performer Note:	Kazuo Hasegawa, Kyoko Kagawa, Yoko Minamida, Eitaro Shindo, Sakae Ozawa, Ichiro Sugai, Haruo Tanaka, Tatsuya Ishiguro, Chieko Naniwa. 長谷川一夫, 香川京子, 南田洋子, 進藤英太郎, 小沢栄, 菅井一郎, 田中春男, 石黒達也, 浪花千栄子.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; monaural, Dolby digital ; fullscreen (1.37:1 aspect ratio).
Language Note:	Japanese dialogue; optional English subtitles.