Kenji Mizoguchi's fallen women.
(DVD)

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Contributors
Mizoguchi, Kenji, 1898-1956, film director,
Yoda, Yoshikata, 1909-1991, screenwriter.
Narusawa, Masashige, screenwriter.
Nagata, Masaichi, 1906-1985, film producer.
Itoya, Toshio, 1908-1997, film producer.
Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2008.
Format
DVD
ISBN
9781604650938, 1604650931, 9781604650969, 1604650966, 9781604650976, 1604650974, 9781604650983, 1604650982, 9781604650990, 1604650990
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (299 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Lawson McGhee Library - Foreign Films - Media collection
DVD FOREIGN KENJ
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Published
[New York, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2008.
Language
jpn
ISBN
9781604650938, 1604650931, 9781604650969, 1604650966, 9781604650976, 1604650974, 9781604650983, 1604650982, 9781604650990, 1604650990
UPC
715515033527

Notes

General Note
Women of the night based on the novel 'Joseimatsuri' by Eijiro Hisaita. Street of shame based on the novel 'Susaki no Onna' by Yoshiko Shibaki.
General Note
Originally released as Japanese motion pictures in 1936-1956.
General Note
Full screen (1.33:1).
Creation/Production Credits
Osaka elegy: cinematography, Minoru Miki ; editor, Tatsuko Sakane ; music, Koichi Takagi.
Creation/Production Credits
Sisters of the Gion: cinematography, Minoru Miki ; editor, Tatsuko Sakane.
Creation/Production Credits
Women of the night: cinematography, Kohei Sugiyama ; editor, Tatsuko Sakane ; music, Hisato Osawa ; production design, Hiroshi Mizutani.
Creation/Production Credits
Street of shame: cinematography, Kazuo Miyagawa ; editor, Kanji Sugawara ; music, Toshiro Mayuzumi ; art direction, Hiroshi Mizutani.
Participants/Performers
Osaka elegy: Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura, Chiyako Okura, Shinpachiro Asaka, Benkei Shiganoya, Eitaro Shindo, Kunio Tamura, Seiichi Takekawa, Kensaku Hara, Takashi Shimura.
Participants/Performers
Sisters of the Gion: Isuzu Yamada, Yoko Umemura, Benkei Shiganoya, Kazuko Hisano, Fumio Okura, Taizo Fukami, Eitaro Shindo, Sakurako Iwama, Somenosuke Hayashiya, Reiko Aoi, Shizuko Takizawa, Kozo Tachibana.
Participants/Performers
Women of the night: Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda, Mitsuo Nagata.
Participants/Performers
Street of shame: Machiko Kyo, Ayako Wakao, Yasuko Kawakami, Michiyo Kogure, Aiko Mimasu, Kenji Sugawara.
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.
Description
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.
Description
Women of the night. The story of two sisters, Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko, in an affair with a narcotics smuggler, who, along with their younger friend Kumiko, descend into prostitution and moral chaos amid the postwar devastation surrounding them.
Description
Street of shame: In a brothel in Tokyo's red-light district, a group of working women, their profession on the verge of being outlawed, deal with life's disappointments, large and small.
Target Audience
Not rated.
System Details
DVD; region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Mizoguchi, K., Yoda, Y., Narusawa, M., Nagata, M., Itoya, T., Yamada, I., Umemura, Y., Ōkura, C., Asaka, S., Shiganoya, B., Shindō, E., Tamura, K., Takegawa, S., Hara, K., Shimura, T., Hisano, K., Okura, F., Fukami, T., Iwama, S., Hayashiya, S., Aoi, R., Takizawa, S., Tachibana, K., Tanaka, K., Takasugi, S., Tsunoda, T., Nagata, M., Kyō, M., Wakao, A., Kawakami, Y., Kogure, M., Mimasu, A., Sugawara, K., Miki, M., Sugiyama, K., Miyagawa, K., Sakane, T., Suganuma, K., Takagi, K., Ōsawa, H., Mayuzumi, T., Mizutani, H., Hisaita, E., & Shibaki, Y. (2008). Kenji Mizoguchi's fallen women . Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kenji Mizoguchi et al.. 2008. Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women. Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kenji Mizoguchi et al.. Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women Criterion Collection, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Mizoguchi, Kenji, et al. Kenji Mizoguchi's Fallen Women Criterion Collection, 2008.

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