Product Details

• Actors: Takako Irie, Tokihiko Okada, Ichiro Sugai, Koju Murata, Kumeko Urabe
• 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: 140 minutes
• ASIN: 4903759067
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,115 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Review

Lively and bustling with sounds, movie screening in Japan during the silent film era were anything but 'silent'.(Tadao Sato, film critics) Silent film 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 narration conjured up to the magic of cinema. The Talking Silents series from Digital Meme recreates this unique Japanese screening format. --Tadao Sato (film critics)

Product Description

Taki no Shiraito One of the most popular titles from the silent film work of Kenji Mizoguchi, Venice International Film Festival Lion Award winner for Ugetsu, this tale of tragic love realistically depicts the beauty and strength of the women of the Meiji Era. Takako Irie, who plays the main character,the water magician Taki no Shiraito, was one of the greatest stars of Japanese cinema in that period, and a symbol of glomour and dignified beauty. The presence of co-star Tokihiko Okada enriches the film. Tokyo Koshinkyoku This classic melodramatic love tragedy addresses social inequality in feudal Japan, depicted in Kenji Mizoguchi's typical style. The nostalgic scenes of Tokyo in the 1920s are a valuable visual experience, and are set against the background of the title song, Tokyo March