by Mizoguchi, Kenji; Nagata, Masaichi; Yahiro, Fuji; Yoda, Yoshikata; Mori, Ōgai; Kazuo, Miyagawa; Kisaku, Itō; Shōzaburō, Nakajima; Hayasaka, Fumio; Mitsuzo, Miyata; Tanaka, Kinuyo; Hanayagi, Yoshiaki; Shindō, Eitarō; Kyōko, Kagawa; Kôno, Akitake; Shimizu, Masao; Angles, Jeffrey; Satō, Tadao; Le Fanu, Mark; Daiē, Kabushiki Kaisha; Criterion Collection (Firm)
DVD / 1954

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TitleSanshō dayū = Sansho the baliff
Item typeDVD
Alternate titleSansho the baliff
Author(s)
  • Mizoguchi, Kenji
  • Nagata, Masaichi
  • Yahiro, Fuji
  • Yoda, Yoshikata
  • Mori, Ōgai
  • Kazuo, Miyagawa
  • Kisaku, Itō
  • Shōzaburō, Nakajima
  • Hayasaka, Fumio
  • Mitsuzo, Miyata
  • Tanaka, Kinuyo
  • Hanayagi, Yoshiaki
  • Shindō, Eitarō
  • Kyōko, Kagawa
  • Kôno, Akitake
  • Shimizu, Masao
  • Angles, Jeffrey
  • Satō, Tadao
  • Le Fanu, Mark
ImprintJapan Kadokawa Herald Pictures, 1954
SeriesCriterion collection
ISBN
  • 1934121479
  • 9781934121474
Other number715515023627
Volume386
LanguageJapanese
URLLink to original record
Notes
  • Based on a story by Mori Ogai.
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1954.
  • Accompanying book includes a new essay by scholar Mark Le Fanu ; the story on which the film was based, Mori Ogai's "Sansho dayu," from 1915, in an acclaimed translation by J. Thomas Rimer ; a written form of an oral variation of the same tale, dating back to the fifteenth century, in a rare English translation.
  • Special features: audio commentary by Japanese literature professor Jeffrey Angles; new video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokugo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa on the making of the film and its lasting importance.
  • Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.
  • Cinematographer, Miyagawa Kazuo ; editor, Miyata Mitsuzo ; music, Hayasaka Fumio ; Japanese music, Odera Kanahichi, Mochizuki Tamekichi ; production designers, Itō Kisaku, Nakajima Shōzaburō.
Physical description1 videodisc of 1 (124 min.) (DVD NTSC) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/ 4 in. + 1 book (77 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
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1954
Author: 
Mizoguchi, KenjiNagata, MasaichiYahiro, FujiYoda, YoshikataMori, ŌgaiKazuo, MiyagawaKisaku, ItōShōzaburō, NakajimaHayasaka, FumioMitsuzo, MiyataTanaka, KinuyoHanayagi, YoshiakiShindō, EitarōKyōko, KagawaKôno, AkitakeShimizu, MasaoAngles, JeffreySatō, TadaoLe Fanu, Mark
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Kadokawa Herald Pictures
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