Nippon konchūki = The insect woman /

Nippon konchūki = The insect woman /

にっぽん昆虫記 /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	Special ed., widescreen.
Imprint:	[United States] : The Criterion Collection, 2009.
Description:	1 videodisc (123 min.) :+ sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([14] p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language:	Japanese
Series:	The Criterion collection ; 473 The Criterion collection ; 471 Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 473. Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 471.
Subject:	Women -- Japan -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama. Prostitution -- Japan -- Drama. Prostitution. Women -- Social conditions. Japan. Feature films. Fiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Fiction films. Drama. Feature films.
Format:	DVD Video E-Resource
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8057909

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:	Insect woman
Other title:	Pigs, pimps & prostitutes.
Other authors / contributors:	Imamura, Shōhei, 1926-2006. Hasebe, Keiji. Himeda, Shinsaku, 1916-1997. Mayuzumi, Toshirō, 1929-1997 Hidari, Sachiko. Kishi, Teruko. Sasaki, Sumie, 1928-2019 Nagato, Hiroyuki, 1934-2011 Harukawa, Masumi, 1935- Rayns, Tony. Lim, Dennis, 1973- 今村昌平, 1926-2006. 長谷部慶次, 1914- 姬田真佐久, 1916-1997. 黛敏郎, 1929-1997. 左幸子. 岸輝子. 佐々木すみ江, 1928- 長門裕之, 1934- 春川ますみ, 1935- Nikkatsu Kabushiki Kaisha. Criterion Collection (Firm) 日活株式会社.
ISBN:	9781604651539 1604651539 9781604651553 (set) 1604651555 (set)
Notes:	Originally produced as a motion picture in 1963. Issued in box set with title: Pigs, pimps & prostitutes : 3 films by Shohei Imamura (Criterion collection ; 471). Special features: conversation between Imamura and Tadao Sato about the film ; interview with Tony Rayns ; booklet essay by Dennis Lim. Producers, Kano Ōtsuka, Jirō Tomoda ; cinematographer, Shinsuku Himeda ; music, Toshiro Mayuzumi ; art, Kimihiko Nakamura ; editor, Mutsuo Tanji ; writers, Keiji Hasebe, Shohei Imamura. Producers, 大塚和, 友田二郎; cinematographer, 姬田真佐久; music, 黛敏郎; art, 中村公彦; editor, 丹治睦夫. Sachiko Hidari, Teruko Kishi, Sumie Sasaki, Hiroyuki Nagato, Masumi Harukawa. 左幸子, 岸輝子, 佐々木すみ江, 長門裕之, 春川ますみ. DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. In Japanese with optional English subtitles.
Summary:	Portrays 45 years in the life of a woman and her struggles to survive. The story progresses from her life as a country girl to her years as a successful and ruthless madam in Tokyo and back again to her native village.
Target Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Standard no.:	715515046015
Publisher's no.:	CC1812D The Criterion Collection

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Call Number:	DVD PN1997.2.N57 2009
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