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Ugetsu.1953.Criterion.NTSC.DVDR-EMERALD
Ugetsu Monogatari
Tales Of Ugetsu

THEATRE DATE....: 3/26/1953 (Japan)
RELEASE DATE....: 11/9/2005
STORE DATE......: 11/8//2005
GENRE...........: Drama/Thriller
RATiNG..........: 7.8/10 (1,396 votes)
NO. SCREENiNGS..: ???

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RUNTiME.........: 97 Minutes
ViDEO BiTRATE...: 4391 kBit/sec 6-pass CCE
AUDiO BiTRATE...: 192 kBit/s AC3 DD 1.0 at 48KHZ, JA
AUDiO2 BiTRATE..: 192 kBit/s AC3 DD 2.0 at 48KHZ, EN Commentary
ASPECT RATiO....: 4:3
ARCHiVES........: emd-ugetsu.rar  *95x50MB*
DVD SiZE........: *4.37 GB* *4,477 MB* *4,584,970 KB*
SUBTiTLES.......: EN

p l o t  s u m m a r y

Presented in a manner as eerie as it is heartbreaking, this film is a gorgeous
supernatural fable about the folly of men with dreams larger than their
abilities and their women who suffer as a result. Genjuro (Masuyaki Mori) is a
potter who longs for wealth and luxury, while Tobei (Sakae Ozawa), a farmer,
dreams of the glories of the samurai to the point of ignoring his wife. Though
a war rages around them, they venture to town to sell their wares. Genjuro
becomes bewitched by a beautiful though vengeful ghost (Machiko Kyo), while
his wife is murdered by a soldier; Tobei becomes a noted warrior, while his
wife descends into prostitution after being raped while searching for her
husband.

Director ........  Kenji Mizoguchi

Masayuki Mori ...  Genjuro
Machiko Kyo .....  Lady Wakasa
Kinuyo Tanaka ...  Miyagi
Eitaro Ozawa ....  Tobei
Ikio Sawamura ...  Genichi

n o t e s

At last, Mizoguchi done up right by Criterion. The extras were plentiful and
good on this first disc of the 2-disc set, so I thought I'd better keep them.
They include "Two Worlds Intertwined", an appreciation of Ugetsu by director
Masahiro Shinoda (14:08, 5-pass@2000), "Process and Production", a new video
interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu, about the
making of the film (20:13, 6-pass@2150), a video interview with
cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa (10:31, 5-pass@2300), and 3 trailers for the
film (different lengths and bitrates).
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046478/
RETAIL DVD: http://www.dvdempire.com/exec/v4_item.asp?item_id=745456

DVD REVIEW: http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews16/ugetsu_monogatori_dvd_review.htm
FILM REVIEW: http://www.eufs.org.uk/films/ugetsu_monogatari.html

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