NEW DREAMS DVD AKIRA KUROSAWA CLASSIC JAPANESE YUME
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Movie Description
In Akira Kurosawa’s 28th theatrical film, the late great filmmaker presents us with his personal journey through Dreamland. Backing up on the film’s technical side are ILM’s CGI division, and Sony’s high-definition technology. Costume design is by Emi Wada who won an Oscar for Kurosawa’s “Ran.” The cast includes Mitsuko Baisho, Mitsunori Isaki, Mieko Harada, Akira Terao, Martin Scorsese, Hisashi Igawa, Chosuke Ikariya, Chishu Ryu, et al. Comes in a Japanese-style designed packaging.
This is essentially eight separate short films, though with some overlaps in terms of characters and thematic material - chiefly that of man’s relationship with his environment. ‘Sunshine Through The Rain’: a young boy is told not to go out on the day when both weather conditions occur, because that’s when the foxes hold their wedding procession, which could have fatal consequences for those who witness it. ‘The Peach Orchard’: the same young boy encounters the spirits of the peach trees that have been cut down by heartless humans. ‘The Blizzard’: a team of mountaineers are saved from a blizzard by spiritual intervention. ‘The Tunnel’: a man encounters the ghosts of an army platoon, whose deaths he was responsible for. ‘Crows’: an art student encounters Vincent Van Gogh and enters the world of his paintings. ‘Mount Fuji in Red’: nuclear meltdown threatens the devastation of Japan. ‘The Weeping Demon’: a portrait of a post-nuclear world populated by human mutations. ‘Village of the Watermills’: a sunny portrait of a village whose population is entirely at one with nature.
Eight stories, eight dreams, are presented to us in a feast of visual and poetic beauty by one of Japan’s masters of film:
1) Sun under the rain - a naughty child ventures out into the forest where he witnesses a fox’s wedding ceremony.
2) The peach orchard - on the day of the spring festival a dead orchard blooms back to life thanks to the `spirits’.
3) The snowstorm - four mountaineers trapped in the cold and the wind fight to survive. A strange brown creature known as the snow fairy appears before them.
4) The tunnel - the entrance to a railway tunnel is guarded by a god. A Japanese soldier, unaware that the war is over, begins to daydream.
5) The crows - an artist admirer of Van Gogh enters the latter’s paintings.
6) Mount Fuji in red - the Third World War forces civilians to seek refuge on a (red and melting) beach next to Mount Fuji in fusion.
7) The meaning demons - the war is over but all living things undergo transformation… here come the demons!
The village of the watermills - in an idyllic village a procession is organised in order to honour a very wise centenarian.
Akira Kurosawa uses the magical media of film to bring to life these eight stories he dreamt up. Some are more moving and more beautiful than others, but all are stunning in their own way, precious and powerful. Each narrative unfolds in a weird and wonderful fashion, sometimes uncomprehensively so, such is the nature of dreams. The costumes and photography are simply breathtaking.
Kurosawa lets his sensitivity express itself freely, the outcome of which is a film that is a celebration of the beauty of the poetic mind and of the imagination. Simply a must!
Condition: Sealed and Unopened
NOTE: This is the 1 Disc Version
Language: Japanese
Subtitles (removable):English / Japanese / Chinese (traditional)
Region Code: No Region Code NTSC (will play in most DVD players)
Audio: Dolby Digital
Video Format: Widescreen
Running Time: 120 minutes
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