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Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 16 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A vivid, visceral Macbeth adaptation, directed by Akira Kurosawa (Seven Samurai), sets Shakespeare's definitive tale of ambition and duplicity in a ghostly, fog-enshrouded landscape in feudal Japan. The film fuses classical Western tragedy with formal elements taken from Noh Theater to create an unforgettable cinematic experience.
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth, set in feudal Japan. Tells the story of a Samurai lord who kills his master and usurps his power in fulfillment of a witch's prophecy.
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (440 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
The thick-walled room. Among the first Japanese films to deal directly with the scars of World War II, this drama about a group of rank-and file Japanese soldiers jailed for crimes against humanity was adapted by Abe Kōbō from the diaries of real prisoners.
I will buy you. Masaki Kobayashi's pitiless take on Japan's professional baseball industry is unlike any other sports film ever made. A condemnation of the inhumanity bred by a mercenary, bribery-fueled...
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (299 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Osaka elegy. Switchboard operator Ayako agrees to enter into an affair with her married boss after he promises to support her and her father--setting her off on a seemingly irreversible downward spiral.
Sisters of the Gion. Two geisha sisters--one modern-minded, the other staunchly traditional--disagree over how to deal with the men controlling their lives and livelihoods.
Women of the night. The story of two sisters, Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko,...
5) Yojimbo
Series
Criterion collection volume 52
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
In the year 1860, a wandering samurai-for-hire turns the war between two clans fighting for control of a small town to his own advantage. A satire on greed, violence, paranoia and human weakness.
Series
Criterion collection volume 239
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (89 min., 125 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Français
Description
Les bas-fonds: A Baron, forced by circumstances, gives up his life of luxury and to takes up residence in the slums of Paris. The Baron observes the frustrated romance between Wasska Pepel and Natacha, the thwarted dreams of an actor, and the oppressive cruelties of landlord Kostileff.
Donzoko: Sutekichi, a vulgar, comical thief takes up residence in a slum flophouse inhabited by many eccentric, destitute people. Osugi, the cruel landlady, and her...
7) Late Ozu
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
5 DVDs (636 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
日本語
Description
Early spring: A young salaryman in postwar Japan, dissatisfied with career and marriage, begins an affair with a flirtatious co-worker.
Tokyo twilight: Follows the parallel paths of two sisters contending with an absent mother, unwanted pregnancy, and marital discord.
Equinox flower: A stubborn businessman who disapproves of his daughter's fiancé must learn to embrace modern romance.
Late autumn: A widow tries to marry off her daughter with the...
8) Yōjimbō
Series
Criterion collection volume 52
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
Blu-ray special edition.
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (110 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm).
Language
日本語
Description
A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.