Format:
2 DVDs, NTSC, Ländercode 1, 133 Min., s/w, mono
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Beih. (16 Bl.).
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12 cm
Edition:
Special ed. double-disc set
ISBN:
0780030060
Series Statement:
The Criterion collection 302
Uniform Title:
Seppuku
Content:
After an unemployed samurai is forced to commit harakiri before a feudal lord, his father-in-law returns to the scene, seemingly to play out the same agonizing suicide ritual.
Note:
Aspect ratio, 16:9 widescreen. - New, restored high-definition digital transfer
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Orig.: Japan 1962
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Enth. exclusive video introduction by Japanese-film historian Donald Richie (12 min.) ; rare excerpt of a Directors Guild of Japan video interview with director Masaki Kobayashi (9 min.), conducted by filmmaker Mashiro Shinoda ; new video interviews with star Tatsuya Nakadai (14 min.) and Screenwriter Shinobu Hashimoto (13 min.) ; a 32-page booklet featuring a new essay by film scholar Joan Mellen and a reprint of her 1972 interview with Kobayashi.
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In Japanese with optional Engl. subtitles
Language:
Japanese
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Foreign films
;
Sumurai films
;
Feature films - Japan
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