| Description |
3 videodiscs (390 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital optical mono rda |
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LPCM 1.0 |
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HDTV rda |
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video file region A rda |
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Blu-ray video |
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region A rdare |
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Motion picture |
| Note |
Originally released as motion pictures 1970-1972. |
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LPCM 1.0, full screen 1.33:1. |
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Features: introductions to all three films by David Desser; scene-select commentaries on all three films by Desser; theatrical trailers for Mandara & Poem. |
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Includes collector's book (80 pages) featuring illustrations and new writings on the film by Anton Bitel and Tom Mes. |
| Contents |
This transient life (1970) / produced by Toyoaki Dan ; written by Toshirō Ishidō ; directed by Akio Jissōji -- Mandala (1971) / written by Toshirō Ishidō ; directed by Akio Jissōji -- Poem (1972) / produced by Kinshirō Kuzui, Akira Tojo ; written by Toshirō Ishidō ; directed by Akio Jissōji. |
| Cast |
This transient life: Michiko Tsukasa, Ryō Tamura ; Mandala: Kōji Shimizu, Akiko Mori ; Poem: Shin Kishida, Hiroko Sakurai. |
| Summary |
A young man falls in love with his sister and gets her pregnant near a Buddhist monastery; two young couples discover a cult whose purpose is to promote the primordial human state by means of rape and agriculture; when a young boy dedicates himself to his spiritual duty, his teacher looks to turn over his grandfther's estate to realtors for financial gain. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| System Details |
These are Blu-ray discs which can only be played on Blu-ray disc players and will not play on standard DVD players ; region A ; mono 1.0. |
| Language |
In Japanese with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Buddhism -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Incest -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Buddhist cults -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Exploitation -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Foreign films, Japanese.
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Blu-ray video discs.
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| Added Author |
Jissōji, Akio, 1937-2006, director.
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Tsukasa, Michiko, actor.
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Tamura, Ryō, 1946- actor.
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Shimizu, Kōji, 1944- actor.
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| Added Title |
Buddhist trilogy |
| Standard No. |
760137130789 |
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00760137130789 gtin-14 |
| Music No. |
AA030 Arrow Academy |
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