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PUBLISHED
[2003.], c2002
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1 videodisc (119 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
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Originally released as a motion picture in 2002
O-Shin, a beautiful young geisha in 19th century Japan, meets a samurai named Fusanosuke, who is on the run for killing a man. She assists him by cutting his hair. Despite the protests of O-Shin's friend, the two fall in love. Eventually he leaves O-Shin, only to return later and reveal that he is engaged. O-Shin, eventually, falls in love again - to Ryosuke, who is also a samurai
Based on the short stories "The smell of an unknown flower" and "Before the dew dries" by Shugoro Yamamoto
Director of photography, Kazuo Okuhara ; editor, Osamu Inoue ; music, Teizo Matsumura ; costume designer, Kazuko Kurosawa ; production designer, Takeo Kimura
Misa Shimizu, Nagiko Tohno, Masatushi Nagase, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Renji Ishibashi, Eiji Okuda
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality
DVD, Region 1 encoding, Widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, Dolby Digital
Japanese dialogue, English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Portuguese, Thai subtitles