Mizoguchi – what else survives?

[SYBIL.THORNTON at asu.edu]

Hi,
Quick question:  what are you using for originals?  I ask because the only 
subtitled video version of Chikamatsu monogatari was a third or fourth 
generation print and gave no indication of the quality of the cinematography 
or set design, etc.
Cheers,
SA Thornton
ASU, History


Quoting "Trond S. Trondsen" <trondsen at shaw.ca>:

> 
> As an aside, I'd like to mention that we will release the
> following Mizoguchi titles shortly, on English subtitled
> DVD – as part of the Masters of Cinema Series:
> 
> Oyu-sama (Miss Oyu, 1951)
> Ugetsu Monogatari (1953)
> Gion bayashi (Gion Festival Music, 1953)
> Sansho Dayu (Sansho the Bailiff, 1954)
> Uwasa no onna (The Woman of Rumour, 1954)
> Chikamatsu mongatari (1954)
> Yohiki (The Empress Yang Kwei Fei, 1955)
> Akasen chitai (Street of Shame, 1956)
> 
> ...though it's not yet listed on the web site itself
> http://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc/catalogue/
> 
> --
> Trond S. Trondsen
> Masters of Cinema . org
> http://www.mastersofcinema.org/
> 
> 
> On 24-Sep-06, at 11:23 AM, Michael E Kerpan wrote:
> 
> > I saw most of these via materials NOT subtitled in English --  
> > including
> > French-subtitled DVDs and Japanese videos and DVDs.  also I managed 
> 
> > to see
> > copies of some English-subbed broadcasts of rarities (originally
> from
> > Australia, I suspect).
> >
> > I watch whatever I can get (except I did pass on a Spanish _dub_ of 
> 
> > "Madam
> > Yuki"). ;~}
> >
> > MEK
> >
> > On Saturday 23 September 2006 21:03, Mark R. Harris wrote:
> >> How did you manage to track all of these down? Did most of your  
> >> viewing
> >> take place in Japan, and were most of the films un-subtitled in  
> >> English?
> >> I'm quite impressed.
> 
>