Fiction
DVD
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Details
PUBLISHED
©2005
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (96 min) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
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Criterion collection #299
NOTES
DVD release of the 1964 motion picture
Volunteering as a "comfort woman" on the Manchurian front, where she is expected to service hundreds of soliders. Harumi is commandeered by the brutal Lieutenant Narita but falls for the sensitive Mikami, Narita's direct subordinate
"Based on a story by Taijiro Tamura"
Special features : Exclusive new video interviews with Director Seijun Suzuki, Production Designer Takeo Kimura, and film critic Tadao Sato, Theatrical trailer, New and improved English subtitle translation, New essay by film critic David Chute
2.40:1 aspect ratio
Cinematography, Kazue Nagatsuka ; Music, Naozumi Yamamoto ; Edited, Akira Suzuki ; Production design, Takeo Kimura ; Screenplay, Hajime Takaiwa
Tamio Kawachi, Yumiko Nogawa, Isao Tamagawa, Shoichi Ozawa, Tomiko Ishikawa, Kazuko Imai, Megumi Wakaba, Kayo Matsuo, Kentaro Kaji
Not rated
DVD ; Doby digital mono
In Japanese with English subtitles