Product Details

• Actors: Isuzu Yamada, Daijiro Natsukawa, Ichiro Yoshizawa, Shin Shibata, Yoko Umemura
• Directors: Kenji Mizoguchi
• Format: NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English, Korean, Chinese
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: Digital Meme
• DVD Release Date: October 24, 2007
• Run Time: 113 minutes
• ASIN: 4903759075
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,666 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Lively and bustling with sounds, movie screenings in Japan during the silent film era were anything but silent. (Tadao Sato, film critic) Silent films in Japan were rarely silent. Screenings were accompanied by live music performed by bands of musicians and narration by katsudo benshi or motion picture narrators. Movie theaters in Japan were home to exciting live performances where the trinity of images, music and narrating conjured up the magic of cinema. The Talking Silents series from Digital Meme recreates this unique Japanese screening format. --Tadao Sato, film critics

Product Description

Orizuru Osen The theme of the film, the strength of a woman who gives everything for the man she loves, is a theme Mizoguchi explored his whole life. The moving camera technique and bold retrospective scenes reflect Mizoguchi's experimental approach. Even in the overall shift to talkie movies, Mizoguchi preferred to have his films screened with benshi narration. Our DVD allows you to enjoy this film with benshi narration as well. Tojin Okichi In the story of Japanese film, Tojin Okichi is very popular, but this product includes only publicity images. We hope you enjoy the valuable publicity from that time.