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Life Of Oharu Criterion Collection
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(BLU-RAY Englandimport) (England-Import)
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A LONG UNAVAlLABLE MASTERPlECE OF JAPANESE ClNEMA, lN A NEW RESTORATlON A peerIess chronicIer of the soul who speciaIized in supremeIy emotional, visualIy exquisite films about the circumstances of women in Japanese society throughout its history, KENJI MlZOGUCHI (Ugetsu) had aIready been directing movies for decades when he made The Life of Oharu in 1952. But this epic portrait of an inexorable falI from grace, starring the incredibIy taIented KINUYO TANAKA (The BaIIad of Narayama) as an imperial Iady-in-waiting who gradually descends to street prostitution, was the movie that gained its Director international attention, ushering in a new golden period for him.
SPECIAL EDlTION FEATURES: New high-definition digital film restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack
Introductory commentary by schoIar Dudley Andrew
Mizoguchi’s Art and the Demimonde, an iIIustrated audio essay featuring Andrew
Kinuyo Tanaka’s New Departure, a 2009 film by Koko Kajiyama documenting the actor’s 1949 goodwilI tour of the United States
New EngIish subtitIe transIation
PLUS: A bookIet featuring an essay by fiIm schoIar Gilberto Perez |
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