| Description |
1 videodisc (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 90 |
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Classic collection |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 90.
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Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.)
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
In Japanese, with optional English subtitles. |
| Performer |
Cast for Kurokami: Aratama Michiyo, Watanabe Misako, Mikuni Rentarō. |
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Cast for 黒髪: 新珠三千代, 渡辺美佐子, 三国連太郎. |
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Cast for Yuki-onna: Nakadai Tatsuya, Kishi Keiko. |
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Cast for 雪女: 仲代達矢, 岸恵子. |
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Cast for Mimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi: Nakamura Katsuo, Tanba Tetsurō. |
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Cast for 耳無し芳一の話: 中村賀津雄, 丹波哲郎. |
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Cast for Chawan no naka: Nakamura Kanʼemon, Takizawa Osamu, Sugimura Haruko. |
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Cast for 茶碗の中: 中村翫右衛門, 滝沢修, 杉村春子. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Yoshio Miyajima ; editor, Hisashi Sagara ; music, Tōru Takemitsu. |
| Note |
Based on the writings of folklorist Lafcadio Hearn (aka: Yakumo Koizumi). |
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Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965. |
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"Enhanced for 16x9 televisions" -- Container. |
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Special features: original theatrical trailer (in Japanese with English subtitles); color bars. |
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Program notes on container insert include an essay by film critic David Ehrenstein. |
| Summary |
Consists of four stories of the supernatural based on Japanese folk material. In The black hair, a poor young samurai leaves his first wife to marry a rich woman. When he is unhappy in his second marriage, he returns to his first wife, who at first appears unchanged from when he last saw her. In The woman of the snow, a woodcutter is spared by a mysterious ghost-like woman in the snow, but must promise never to tell anyone what he has seen. In Hoichi, the earless, a blind musician-monk named Hoichi is commanded by a gathering of ghosts to sing the saga of their ancient deeds. The head monk paints Hoichi's body with prayer verses to protect him, but unfortunately overlooks Hoichi's ears. In In a cup of tea, a writer wonders what would happen to a person who drinks another's soul and finds out. |
| Contents |
Black hair -- Woman of the snow -- Hoichi, the earless -- In a cup of tea. |
| Subject |
Ghost plays -- Videodiscs.
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DVDs.
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| Local Subject |
FOREIGN FILMS (JAPANESE), VIDEODISCS.
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| Genre |
Feature films Japan.
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Motion pictures, Japanese.
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Horror films Japan.
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Fantasy films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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| Added Author |
Wakatsuki, Shigeru, 1914-
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若槻繁, 1914-
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Mizuki, Yōko, 1910-2003.
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水木洋子, 1910-2003
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Kobayashi, Masaki, 1916-1996.
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小林正樹, 1916-1996.
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Aratama, Michiyo.
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新珠三千代.
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Watanabe, Misako, 1932-
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渡辺美佐子, 1932-
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Mikuni, Rentarō, 1923-2013.
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三国連太郎, 1923-2013
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Nakadai, Tatsuya, 1932-
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仲代達矢, 1932-
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Kishi, Keiko.
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岸恵子
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Nakamura, Katsuo.
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中村賀津雄.
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Tanba, Tetsurō, 1922-2006.
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丹波哲郎, 1922-2006.
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Nakamura, Kanʼemon, 1901-1982.
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中村翫右衛門, 1901-1982.
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Takizawa, Osamu, 1906-2000.
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滝沢修, 1906-2000.
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Sugimura, Haruko, 1909-1997.
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杉村春子, 1909-1997.
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Miyajima, Yoshio, 1909-1998.
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✹島義勇, 1909-1998.
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Takemitsu, Tōru.
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武満徹.
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Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
Kwaidan.
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Hearn, Lafcadio, 1850-1904.
談.
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Ehrenstein, David.
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Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha.
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東宝株式会社.
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Ninjin Kurabu.
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にんじんくらぶ.
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| Note |
Title on container: Masaki Kobayashi's Kwaidan |
| Added Title |
Kaidan |
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Kurokami.
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黒髪.
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Black hair.
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Yuki-onna.
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雪女.
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Woman of the snow.
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Mimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi.
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耳無し芳一の話.
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Hoichi, the earless.
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Chawan no naka.
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茶碗の中.
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In a cup of tea.
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| ISBN |
0780023552 |
| Standard No. |
037429152027 |
| Music No. |
KWA020 Criterion Collection |
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