Fiction
DVD
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
©2003
EDITION
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
LANGUAGE
SERIES
Criterion collection #207
NOTES
In Japanese, with English subtitles
Ogata, a small time porno filmmaker in Osaka, lives on the edge of society's libido, struggling to cope with the corrupt sexual mores in his family, the world outside, and in himself. He peddles his 8mm loops to condescending executives and panders a little on the side, believing he provides a socially valuable service
Videodisc release of the 1966 motion picture
Based on the novel by Nozaka Akiyuki
"Contains comic treatment of such taboos as voyeurism and incest"
Special features: new high-definition digital transfer, original theatrical trailer, new and improved English subtitle translation, optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition
Director, Shohei Imamura ; producers, Shohei Imamura, Jiro Tomoda and Issei Yamamoto ; screenplay by Shohei Imamura and Koji Numata ; original music by Toshiro Mayuzumi
Ozawa Shoichi, Sakamoto Sumiko, Nakamura Ganjiro, Miyako Chōchō
NOt rated
DVD. Enhanced for widescreen TVs. Monaural