Ugetsu
(2005, original release: 1953)
Fiction
DVD
Series:
Criterion collection
#309
Call Numbers:
DVD/FOREIGN/JAPANESE/UGETSU
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Homevision, 2005
DESCRIPTION
2 videodiscs (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
0780030303 UGE020, 6309673777, 037429209325
LANGUAGE
Japanese
SERIES
Criterion collection #309
NOTES
Release date: Nov. 8, 2005
Set in 16th century Japan, a period of bloody civil war, the film is rooted in the postwar psyche of 1950s Japan. It focuses on an ambitious potter haunted by a beautiful ghost and a farmer who dreams of becoming a samurai. Includes a 72 page booklet
MPAA rating: Not rated
DVD
In Japanese with optional English subtitles