Women of the Night DVD-5__Custom_Criterion.Eclipse Series #13

Country:Japan

Studio:Shochiku Films Ltd.

Genre:Drama

Year of release:1956

Duration: 01:13:58

Production: Criterion. Eclipse Series #13

Translation 1: Professional (two-voice voice-over)

Translation 2: Author (One-voice (voice-over) R. Yankelevich

Subtitles: English

Premiere (world): 05/28/1948

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi / Kenji Mizoguchi

Cast : Kinuyo Tanaka, Sanae Takasugi, Tomie Tsunoda, Mitsuo Nagata, Hiroshi Aoyama, Fusako Maki, Kikue Mori, Sadako Sawamura, Ken Tanaka, Minpei Tomimoto

Description: An adaptation of the novel by Kusaki, Mizoguchi wanted to make a film about prostitutes, women falling lower and lower on the social ladder hierarchy. The action takes place in Osaka, after the war, in a legalized brothel. The heroines are two sisters forced to become prostitutes in order to survive. In this film, the director acts as a defender of the female lot. He not only openly supports the movement for greater freedoms for women, but and puts Woman at the forefront, as a creature more worthy of respect and sympathy than Man.

Script: Eijiro Hisaita, Yoshikata Yoda

Producer: Hisao Itoi

Cinematographer: Kohei Sugiyama

Composer: Hisato Osawa

Artist: Hiroshi Mizutani

Editing: Tatsuko Sakane

Menu:English, static, unvoiced.

Release type:DVD5 (Custom)

Container:DVD-Video

Video:NTSC 4:3 (720x480) VBR, 7315 Kbps, 23.976 (24000/1001) fps Audio 1: Russian: AC3, 2 ch, 48.0 KHz, 192 Kbps / Professional (two-voice voiceover) Audio 2 :Russian:AC3, 1 ch, 48.0 KHz, 192 Kbps / Author (Single-voice (voiceover) R. Yankelevich Audio 3:Japanese:AC3, 1 ch, 48.0 KHz, 192 Kbps / Original Subtitle format: prerendered (DVD/ IDX+SUB)