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Yume (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams) (Limited Edition) (English / French Subtitled) (Japan Version)
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All Editions Rating: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7.7 out of 10 (3)

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A unique title in Kurosawa Akira's unparalleled filmography, his 1990 work Yume (a.k.a. Akira Kurosawa's Dreams) consists of eight dream sequences based on the director's actual dreams at different points in his life. Kurosawa is the undisputed grand master of Japanese cinema, and Yume is perhaps the work that is closest to the director himself, a masterpiece that drifts through time, fables, and imagined worlds. Spare in dialogue and rich in imagery, the anthology captures the hypnotic dreams and harrowing nightmares of a singular mind.

A young boy surreptitiously watches a fox spirit wedding procession in a forest on a sunny rainy day. Dolls come alive in a treeless peach orchard. A mysterious woman appears to a group of mountaineers caught in an unforgiving blizzard. An army officer encounters the ghosts of his past in a seemingly endless dark tunnel. An art student travels through a world made up of Van Gogh's works, encountering the artist (played by Martin Scorceses) in a field. The sky turns bloody red after a nuclear power plant meltdown, and five people stay behind as everyone flees for the ocean. A man encounters a demon-like man while drifting in a wasted post-apocalyptic land. A young traveler comes to a quiet, idyllic village where the people have decided to return to simpler times to reverse the damage caused by modern technology. Though eight separate stories, the themes and imagery painted in the shorts weave together into a message-laden whole.

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Product Title: Yume (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams) (Limited Edition) (English / French Subtitled) (Japan Version) Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (DVD) (英法文字幕) (期間限定生產) (日本版) Akira Kurosawa's Dreams (DVD) (英法文字幕) (期间限定生产) (日本版) 夢 <WHV年末年始大特価キャンペーン 980円> (生産完了) Yume (Akira Kurosawa's Dreams) (Limited Edition) (English / French Subtitled) (Japan Version)
Artist Name(s): Terao Akira | Baisho Mitsuko | Harada Mieko | Martin Scorsese | Igawa Hisashi | Kasatomi Shu 寺尾聰 | 倍賞美津子 | 原田美枝子 | 馬田史高西斯 | Igawa Hisashi | 笠智眾 寺尾聪 | 倍赏美津子 | 原田美枝子 | 马田史高西斯 | Igawa Hisashi | 笠智众 寺尾聰 | 倍賞美津子 | 原田美枝子 | マーティン・スコセッシ | 井川比佐志 | 笠智衆 Terao Akira | Baisho Mitsuko | Harada Mieko | Martin Scorsese | Igawa Hisashi | Kasatomi Shu
Director: Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa Akira 黒澤明 Kurosawa Akira
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Release Date: 2007-12-07
Publisher Product Code: DADP-11911
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Japanese, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Thai
Country of Origin: United States, Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Other Information: DVD
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1005088529

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タイトル:夢: <WHV年末年始大特価キャンペーン 980円>
出演:寺尾聰/マーティン・スコセッシ/倍賞美津子/笠智衆/原田美枝子/井川比佐志
監督:黒澤明

スピルバーグとルーカスを製作協力に迎えて贈る、黒澤明監督第28作目のオムニバス・ファンタジー!

スティーブン・スピルバーグ&ジョージ・ルーカスを製作協力に迎え、"世界のクロサワ"が放つオムニバス作品。黒澤監督自身が見た夢を映像化したという8つの物語は、幻想的なものから残酷で現実的なものまで様々な内容に彩られており、その各々が深遠なテーマを抱えているかのようだ。さらに全篇を通して貫かれる絵画的映像美は巨匠・クロサワならではの見事さ。彼が追い求めたヒューマニズムの集大成とでも言うべき芸術作品となっている。CGを担当したのは「スターウォーズ」シリーズのILM。また、第5話「鴉」では「グッドフェローズ」のマーティン・スコセッシ監督が出演して話題を呼んだ。
■収録話
第1話「日照り雨」
第2話「桃畑」
第3話「雪あらし」
第4話「トンネル」
第5話「鴉」
第6話「赤富士」
第7話「鬼哭」
第8話「水車のある村」

テクニカル・インフォメーション
:カラー
画面:16:9/4:3(LB)
言語/音声:日本語:DD(2chサラウンド)

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製作年:1990
日本小売価格:¥933

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Average Customer Rating for All Editions of this Product: Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7.7 out of 10 (3)

Kevin Kennedy
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July 20, 2008

This customer review refers to Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
Breathtaking imagery Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10
"Akira Kurosawa's Dreams" is a collection of short subjects or 'dreams', all of which are visually arresting. My favorites are the first two. The first involves a young boy who gets an unauthorized glimpse of a wedding procession of fox spirits. The second shows the same boy witnessing a dance of peach tree spirits. Both of these stories draw strength from their roots in Japanese folklore. The second half of the film is much less successful, as it presents a series of "dreams" that rather clumsily retail a brand of anti-technology, back-to-nature environmentalism. All in all, "Dreams" is well worth watching, but a bit of a disappointment after its great start.
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Anonymous

April 28, 2003

This customer review refers to Akira Kurosawa's Dreams
A collection of Kurosawa shorts Customer Review Rated Bad 7 - 7 out of 10
Kurosawa's second-to-last film is almost like a short story collection, covering subject matters that range from apocalypic and haunting to wonderfully imaginative. The favorite seems to be his playful mini-biography of Vincent Van Gogh, giving the artist a chance to walk through a landscape of his own visual creations. But the most memorable is a simple Japanese ghost story, a period piece that tells of a child destined to become a changeling.

Kurosawa has never shown his visual flair to such advantage. While interest does vary from one story to the next, there's always the feeling that you're in the hands of a filmmaker able to tell a story from any time or genre.
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Dan
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November 6, 2001

This customer review refers to Akira Kursawa's Dreams (Deleted item - duplicated to 1002846372)
Incredible Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
This is one of if not THE best movies I have ever seen! All the depth of every movie buffs favorite Orson Welles movie but much more accesible. I highly recommend it.
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