Sansho The Bailiff (Criterion Collection) (1954) On Blu-Ray

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SANS7936

Actor : Kinuyo Tanaka, Yoshiaki Hanayagi, Kyôko Kagawa, Eitarô Shindô, Akitake Kôno
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Genre: Drama
Year: 1954
Studio:   Criterion Collection
Length: 124
Released: February 26, 2013
Rating:    Unrated (Video)
Format:   Blu-Ray
Misc: Black & White
Language:Japanese
Subtitles : English

DESCRIPTION:

When an idealistic governor disobeys the reigning feudal lord, he is cast into exile, his wife and children left to fend for themselves and eventually separated by vicious slave traders. Under the dazzling direction of Kenji Mizoguchi (Ugetsu), this classic Japanese story became one of cinema’s greatest masterpieces, a monumental, empathetic expression of human resilience in the face of evil.

Special Features

Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Audio commentary by Japanese-literature professor Jeffrey Angles

Video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa, on the making of the film and its lasting importance

PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film writer Mark Le Fanu and two versions of the story on which the film was based: Ogai Mori’s 1915 “Sansho Dayu” and a written form of an earlier oral variation

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DESCRIPTION:

Special Features

Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack

Audio commentary by Japanese-literature professor Jeffrey Angles

Video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa, on the making of the film and its lasting importance