A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Basara - The Princess Goh (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
Nakadai Tatsuya
| Mikuni Rentaro
| Nagasawa Toshiya
| Miyazawa Rie (Actor)
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| Product Title: | A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Basara - The Princess Goh (Hong Kong Version) 日本映畫百年史：豪姬 (香港版) 日本映画百年史：豪姬 (香港版) 日本映畫百年史：豪姫 (海外版) A Century Of Japanese Cinema - Basara - The Princess Goh (Hong Kong Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Nakadai Tatsuya | Mikuni Rentaro | Nagasawa Toshiya | Miyazawa Rie (Actor) 仲代 達矢 | 三國連太郎 | 永澤俊矢 | 宮澤理惠 (Actor) 仲代 达矢 | 三国连太郎 | 永泽俊矢 | 宫泽理惠 (Actor) 仲代達矢 | 三国連太郎 | 永澤俊矢 | 宮沢りえ (Actor) Nakadai Tatsuya | Mikuni Rentaro | Nagasawa Toshiya | Miyazawa Rie (Actor) |
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| Release Date: | 2003-05-22 |
| Language: | Japanese |
| Subtitles: | English, Traditional Chinese |
| Country of Origin: | Japan |
| Picture Format: | NTSC What is it? |
| Color Information: | Black & White |
| Sound Information: | Dolby Digital 2.0 |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it? |
| Duration: | 142 (mins) |
| Publisher: | Panorama (HK) |
| Package Weight: | 105 (g) |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1002819618 |
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導演：勅使河原宏
Director: Teshigahara Hiroshi
《豪姬》是日本電影著名大師勅使河原宏的最後遺作。影片延續了他上一個作品《利休》(獲蒙特里爾世界電影節最佳藝術貢獻奬) 的故事，描寫日本十六世紀茶道大師利休死後，他的徒弟與豐臣秀吉的養女豪姬之間的一段感人情誼。勅使河原宏要探討的仍是政治怎樣迫害藝術家的主題。影片對時代氣氛和細節的考據做得一絲不苟,極盡華麗之能事。兩名主角中，仲代逹矢早已是知名的情格巨星，著名作品包括小林正樹的《切腹》和黑澤明的《影武者》及《亂》；女主角宮澤里惠當時雖只是初露頭角，但已光芒四射，去年更憑著山田洋次的《黃昏清兵衞》橫掃日本全年的最佳女主角奬，重登首席女星寶座，可謂美談。
The last film of Teshigahara Hiroshi, the renowned Japanese director of The Woman in the Dunes, Basara - The Princess Goh is a sumptuous piece of filmmaking set in the late 16th century. The title heroine is played by Miyazawa Rie, who is famous as a singer as well as the first Japanese actress to pose in full frontal nudity. Miyazawa proved her talent in acting by winning the Best Actress Award at the Moscow Film Festival with Hongkong filmmaker Yonfan's The Peony Pavilion in 2000. She also won wide acclaim with her performance in last year's The Twilight Samurai. The male lead of the film is played by Nakadai Tasuya who appeared in Kurosawa's Kagemusha and Ran. The film continues to explore the conflict between art and politics following the death of Rikyu, master of traditional tea ceremonies as well as the title hero of Teshigahara's previous film, Rikyu.
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Sumptuous sequel to 'Rikyu'
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'Basarah - Princess Goh' continues both the plot and the style of Rikyu, a historical drama. The major characters this time are the princess of the title, who is the adopted daughter of Hideyoshi. She seems almost like two different characters, as the action in the film is separated by a jump of several years. The new tea-master, successor to Rikyu, is Oribe, who is a quite different personality, younger, and a little more flamboyant than his predecessor. Another major character is Usu, the gardener of Oribe. His centrality in much of the story, I think, is what tips this film away from the politics and intrigue of Rikyu towards a more character-based drama. There is the usual array of governors and petty warlords to flesh out the political intrigues underlying the story, though they hardly dominate the screen-time, even if essential for the plot. The photography is superb, and with some stunning outdoor scenes for contrast, it looks even better than Rikyu. The director Teshigahara spent his time between film-making and flower-arranging, of which he was also a master. His eye for detail, shot-framing, colour and movement are superb. I'm glad the plot moved forward relatively slowly, so I had time to take in the visuals. Everything on screen seemed to belong there, like brush-strokes on a masterpiece. Scenery and sets aside, the actors have been well-cast and convincingly present the story, which seems to repeat similar themes to those of 'Rikyu': political power versus artistic refinement, represented by the tea master and the intricate tea rituals, paraphernalia and etiquette. However, even these emphases seem less strong here than in Rikyu. The characters, accordingly, seem less like types, and more like real people. They do not 'represent' political power vs. artistic refinement so clearly as in Rikyu, and as mentioned above, the significance of Usu, the tea master's gardener, and his reciprocated feelings for the princess, add an additional element of love across class boundaries, though this is never made explicit (thankfully, since is a tired theme, much better left, as here, in the substrata). Overall, this is essential viewing for anyone that enjoyed 'Rikyu'. If you didn't like 'Rikyu', don't expect anything else from this film. If you can stand slow pace, and enjoy sumptuous visuals, I heartily recommend it, but if you haven't seen 'Rikyu', see it first. As for the DVD, the video transfer is lovely, with brilliant colours and detail. The English subtitles are okay, though I wish they could start sentences with a capital letter. The DVD also comes with a pamphlet inside, with a more detailed plot outline, as well as some information on the director Teshigahara. In sum: superb film, well presented. I hope the people at Panorama can release more of his films such as 'The Ruined Map', 'Face of Another', 'Pitfall', 'Summer Soldiers,' and 'Woman in the Dunes'. |
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