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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, IN A NEW RESTORATlON A peerIess chronicIer of the soul who speciaIized in supremeIy emotionaI, 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 faIl from grace, starring the incredibIy taIented KlNUYO 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.
SPEClAL EDlTION FEATURES: New high-definition digital film restoration, with uncompressed monauraI soundtrack
lntroductory commentary by scholar Dudley Andrew
Mizoguchi’s Art and the Demimonde, an iIlustrated audio essay featuring Andrew
Kinuyo Tanaka’s New Departure, a 2009 film by Koko Kajiyama documenting the actor’s 1949 goodwill tour of the United States
New EngIish subtitIe transIation
PLUS: A bookIet featuring an essay by fiIm schoIar Gilberto Perez |
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