UGETSU MONOGATARI (1953) - (The Criterion Collection - #309) [2 DVD9] [2005]

“Quite simply one of the greatest of filmmakers,” said Jean-Luc Godard of Kenji Mizoguchi. And Ugetsu, a ghost story like no other, is surely the Japanese director’s supreme achievement. Derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, this haunting tale of love and loss—with its exquisite blending of the otherworldly and the real—is one of the most beautiful films ever made.





Cast & Credits

Cast
Lady Wakasa Machiko Kyo
Genjuro Masayuki Mori
Miyagi Kinuyo Tanaka
Tobei Sakae Ozawa
Ohama Mitsuko Mito
Ukon Kikue Mouri







Credits

Director Kenji Mizoguchi
Producer Masaichi Nagata
Original story Akinari Ueda
Screenplay Matsutaro Kawaguchi and Yoshikata Yoda
Cinematography Kazuo Miyagawa
Editing Mitsuzo Miyata
Art director Kisaku Ito
Scenery Tasaburo Ota
Settings Uichiro Yamamoto
Costumes Shima Yoshimi
Music Fumio Hayasaka
Sound Iwao Otani
Lighting Kenichi Okamoto
Period authenticity Kusune Kainosho
Makeup Zenya Fukuyama
Hair Ritsu Hanai






DVD:
DVD RELEASE: November 8, 2005
STUDIO: Criterion
CATALOG: 309
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.33:1
Black and White
AUDIO: Japanese Dolby Digital Mono
SUBTITLES: English
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 97 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab
DVD: 2 Full Dual-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO Image
FILE SIZE: Disc 1: 7.77 GB | Disc 2: 7.66 GB
SCANS (72-page book included): 24 MB









SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:

* New, restored high-definition digital transfer
* Audio commentary by filmmaker, critic, and festival programmer Tony Rayns
* Kenji Mizoguchi: The Life of a Film Director (1975), a comprehensive, 150-minute documentary by filmmaker Kaneto Shindo, with new and improved subtitles
* Two Worlds Intertwined, a new, 14-minute appreciation of Ugetsu by director Masahiro Shinoda
* Process and Production, a new, 20-minute video interview with Tokuzo Tanaka, first assistant director on Ugetsu
* Ten-minute video interview with cinematographer Kazuo Miyagawa, from 1992
* Theatrical trailers
* New and improved English subtitle translation
* A 72-page book featuring film critic Phillip Lopate and three short stories that influenced Mizoguchi in making the film