Sansho the Bailiff (#386) (Criterion Collection)[USA]

Jun 10, 2012
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Norway
Release Date: 26. Feb
Pre-Order: N/A

Japan
1954
124 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1

• Restored high-definition digital transfer, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
• Audio commentary by Japanese-literature professor Jeffrey Angles
• Video interviews with critic Tadao Sato, assistant director Tokuzo Tanaka, and legendary actress Kyoko Kagawa, on the making of the film and its lasting importance
• PLUS: A book featuring an essay by film writer Mark Le Fanu and two versions of the story on which the film was based: Ogai Mori’s 1915 “Sansho Dayu” and a written form of an earlier oral variation

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