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The World (DVD) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2

Jia Zhangke (Director)
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The World (DVD) (Japan Version)

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The World is the first government-sanctioned feature by China's 6th Generation director Jia Zhang-ke, whose previous underground works such as Platform and Unknown Pleasures have been widely acclaimed among film critics and movie lovers alike. The film title The World actually refers to the Window of the World amusement park in Beijing. While the park promotes itself as a place for you to travel around the world without stepping out of Beijing, the film revolves around some migrant workers' helplessness of failing to escape from this park to enjoy the freedom in the outside world. Far more dramatic than his previous works, The World is no less critical of social issues and Jia Zhang-ke continues to show his humanitarian concerns in a film replete with animated sequences and extravagant pageantry.

Lovely Zhao Tao, also stars in Unknown Pleasure, becomes Jia Zhang-ke's muse once again. She plays a dancer Xiao Tao in the amusement park who walks around Indian palace, Eiffel Tower, Egyptian pyramids, prosperous Manhattan... and her boyfriend is the chief guard protecting The World. While their seemingly fabulous lives are indeed routine and mundane, Xiao Tao receives a phone call from his ex-boyfriend who is departing for Ulan Bator, a symbol of the outside world in the film...

The World captured the prizes for Best Feature Film and Best Cinematography at the Sixth Las Palmas International Film Festival in Spain and the Grand Prix du Jury at the 11th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema in France. It was also chosen as the closing film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival in 2005.

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Product Title: The World (DVD) (Japan Version) 世界 (日本版) 世界 (日本版) 世界 The World (DVD) (Japan Version)
Artist Name(s): チャオ・タオ | リウ・チュエン | チャン・チョンウェイ | チェン・タイシェン | ジン・ジュエ | シャン・ワン
Director: Jia Zhangke 賈樟柯 贾樟柯 賈樟柯 (ジャ・ジャンクー) Jia Zhangke
Release Date: 2006-07-28
Publisher Product Code: BCBF-2550
Subtitles: Japanese
Country of Origin: China
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: Bandai Visual
Other Information: DVD
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004314847

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タイトル:世界
出演:チャオ・タオ[趙濤]/チェン・タイシェン[成泰□]/ジン・ジュエ[景□]/チャン・チョンウェイ[蒋中偉]/シャン・ワン[向□]/リウ・チュエン[劉娟]/ワン・ホンウェイ[王宏偉]/リャン・チントン[梁景東]
監督:ジャ・ジャンクー[賈樟柯](監督)/ジャ・ジャンクー[賈樟柯](脚本)/森昌行(エグゼクティブ・プロデューサー)/ヘンガメ・パナヒ(エグゼクティブ・プロデューサー)/チョウ・キョン(エグゼクティブ・プロデューサー)/吉田多喜男(プロデューサー)

北京郊外にあるアミューズメント・パーク「世界公園」。エッフェル塔やピラミッド、タージ・マハールや五重塔といった世界40ヶ国109ヶ所のモニュメントが10分の1に縮小、再現されている観光スポットだ。この公園でダンサーとして働くタオは、毎日あでやかな衣装を身にまとい舞台に立っている。あるときはインドや日本の民族衣装を、またあるときはスチュワーデスのいでたちで ……。 職場では同僚たちから「姐さん」と慕われ、プライベートでは世界公園の警備主任として働くタイシェンという恋人もいるが、観客に振りまく笑顔とは裏腹に、将来に対して漠然とした不安を抱えている。より多くのお金を稼ぐために転職する友人、恋人との結婚が決まった同僚、女であることを利用してキャリアアップをはかろうとする後輩、そして年上の女性に心を動かされてはじめたタイシェン。憧れ、不安、嫉妬、失望、そしてささやかな喜び——さまざまな思いを抱えながら、ひたむきに踊り続けるタオ。北京の街も2008年のオリンピック開催を前に日々変わってゆく… …。

・ジャ・ジャンクー監督インタビュー/・劇場公開予告編

テクニカル・インフォメーション
:カラー
画面:Cinemascope-squeeze(16:9LB)
言語/音声:中国語:ドルビーデジタルステレオ

その他の情報
製作年:2004
備考:1枚組
映像特典:ジャ・ジャンクー監督インタビュー、劇場公開予告編
日本小売価格:¥5000

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