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Kwaidan, Janus Films ; Tōhō Kabushiki Kaisha ; Ninjin Kurabu ; seisaku Wakatsuki Shigeru ; kyakuhon Mizuki Yōko ; kantoku Kobayashi Masaki = Janus Films ; Toho Scope ; a Ninjin Club production ; produced by Wakatsuki Shigeru ; screenplay by Mizuki Yoko ; directed by Kobayashi Masaki

Based on the writings of folklorist Lafcadio Hearn (aka: Yakumo Koizumi)Originally produced as a motion picture in 1965Widescreen (2.35:1)Special features: Disc 1: Commentary (features film scholar Stephen Prince). Disc 2: Masaki Kobayashi (conversation between director Kobayashi and filmmaker Masahiro Shinoda about the making of the film in 1993); Kiyoshi Ogasawara (assistant director Ogasawara discusses working with director Kobayashi and the original version of the film); Lafcadio Hearn (English literature scholar Christopher Benfey, profiles Lafcadio Hearn who played a crucial role in popularizing Japanese folklore for Western audiences, his stories providing the basis for the film); Trailers. Insert includes an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien

Midwest Tape

multicolored

monaural

Director of photography, Yoshio Miyajima ; music, Tōru Takemitsu ; production designer, Shigemasa Toda ; editor, Hisashi Sagara

other

Two-DVD special edition.

9781681430591

videodisc

Kurokami: Aratama Michiyo, Watanabe Misako, Mikuni Rentarō, Ishiyama Kenjiro, Akagi RankoYuki-onna: Nakadai Tatsuya, Kishi Keiko, Mochizuki YukoMimi nashi Hoichi no hanashi: Nakamura Katsuo, Tanba Tetsurō, Shimura Takashi, Hayashi Yoichi, Muramatsu Eiko, Tanaka Kunie, Tomotake Masanori, Hanazawa TokueChawan no naka: Nakamura Kan'emon, Takizawa Osamu, Sugimura Haruko, Nakamura Ganjiro, Nakaya Noboru, Miyaguchi Seiji, Sato Kei, Naraoka Tomoko

2 videodiscs (183 minutes), sound, color, 4 3/4 in. +, 1 insert.

sound on medium

videodisc

1186900(Sirsi) o921154558(OCoLC)921154558

DVD, NTSC region 1, anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby Digital monaural

715515159012

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