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Japanese Masters Collection

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Number of Discs
4

Release Date
09/10/2006

Studio
Artificial Eye

format
DVD / Box Set

Duration
445

Certificate UK
PG

Description

A collection of four films, two by Yasujiro Ozu and two by Kenji Mizoguchi - considered to be two of the greatest Japanese film directors of all time. 'Floating Weeds' (1959), one of Yasujiro Ozu's final films, is a remake of one of his own silent features. Komajuro (Ganjiro Nakamura), is the leader of a travelling Kabuki acting troupe. After they arrive in a small coastal town, Komajuro is reunited with a former lover

- much to the consternation of his current one - and meets his illegitimate son, who does not know that the actor is his father. Ozu's penultimate film, 'The End of Summer' (1961), is an examination of the difficulties faced by the Kohayagawa family as they struggle to adapt their traditional values to a rapidly changing post-war Japan. Elderly patriach Manbei tries to marry off two of his daughters, struggles to keep the family's sake business going, and rekindles an old affair. 'The Life of O-Haru' (1952) is widely considered to be Kenji Mizoguchi's masterpiece. In 17th-century Japan, Oharu (Kinuyo Tanaka) loses her honour when she is defiled by a samurai. Her father then forces her to become the mistress of a great lord. However, once she has provided a male heir, Oharu is thrown out of the palace and descends into a life of degradation and poverty. 'The Lady of Musashino' (1951) is Mizoguchi's evocative portrayal of life in post-war Japan. The film captures the tension between the moral decadence of the post-war era, and the traditional values of Japanese society. It tells the story of Michiko (Kinuyo Tanaka), a young wife trapped in an empty, loveless marriage, who becomes involved in a disastrous affair - and ultimately finds herself let down by both men.

Director: Yasujirô Ozu
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Director: Claude Chabrol
Producer: Masaichi Nagata
Producer: Sanezuni Fujimoto
Producer: Toshiaki Hidaka
Producer: André Génovès
Producer: Masakatsu Kaneko
Producer: Hideo Koi
Writer: Yoshikata Yoda
Writer: Paul Gegauff
Writer: Kogo Noda
Writer: Claude Chabrol
Writer: Yasujirô Ozu
Writer: Tsuneari Fukuda
Music: Pierre Jansen
Music: Shoji Kageyama
Music: Takanori Saito
Music: Toshirô Mayuzumi
Actor: Kinuyo Tanaka
Actor: Yukiko Todoroki
Actor: Masayuki Mori
Actor: Akihiko Katayama
Actor: Ganjiro Nakamura
Actor: Machiko Kyô
Actor: Haruko Sugimura
Actor: Hiroshi Kawaguchi
Actor: Setsuko Hara
Actor: Yoko Tsukasa
Actor: Eitaro Shindo
Actor: Michel Duchaussoy
Actor: Caroline Cellier
Actor: Jean Yanne
Actor: Anouk Ferjac
Actor: Marc Di Napoli
Actor: Maurice Pialat
Actor: Louise Chevalier
Actor: Guy Marly
Actor: So Yamamura
Actor: Lorraine Rainer
Actor: Kiyoko Hirai
Actor: Stephane Di Napoli
Actor: Minako Nakamura
Actor: Noriko Sengoku
Actor: Satoru Nishida

Main Format
DVD

Keyword Index
Japanese Masters Collection|Kinuyo Tanaka

Alternative Title
Floating Weeds/The End of Summer/Life of O-Haru/Lady of Musashino

Colour
Colour

Region
Region 2

Subtitles
Subtitled

Extras 2
Languages(s): Japanese, Subtitles: English, Interactive Menu, Screen ratio 1:1.33, Dolby Mono

Extras 3
Bonus Footage, Filmographies

Catalogue Number
ART331DVD

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