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Zangiku monogatari [digital videodisc] / Janus Films ; Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha Kyōto Satsueijo ; Mizoguchi Kenji kantoku sakuhin ; kyakushoku Yoda Yoshikata ; kōsei Kawaguchi Matsutarō ; sōkantoku Shirai Shintarō.

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[New York, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2016]

Actors -- Japan -- Drama.

Spouses -- Japan -- Drama.

Kabuki -- Japan.

Social classes -- Japan -- Drama.

Motion pictures, Japanese.

Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1868-1912 -- Drama.

Criterion collection ; 832.

1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out booklet (12 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).

"This heartrending masterpiece by Kenji Mizoguchi about the give-and-take between life and art marked the director's first use of the hypnotic long takes and eloquent camera movements that would come to define his films. Kikunosuke (Shotaro Janayagi), the adopted son of legendary kabuki actor, who is striving to achieve stardom by mastering female roles, turns to his infant brother's wet nurse for support and affection -- and she soon gives up everything for her beloved's creative glory. Offering a fascinating glimpse behind the scenes of kabuki theater in the late nineteenth century, The Story of the Last Chrysamthemum provides a critique of the oppression of women and the sacrifices required of them, and represents the pinnacle of Mitzoguchi's early career" -- Container.

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