Yukinojō henge
Subtitle: An actor's revenge
By: producer, Masaichi Nagata ; screenplay, Natto Wada ; directed by Kon Ichikawa
Contributors: Hasegawa, Kazuo, 1908-1984, actor; Yamamoto, Fujiko, 1931- actor; Wakao, Ayako, 1933- actor; Mikami, Otokichi, 1891-1944
Edition: Blu-ray special edition.
Series: The Criterion collection -- 912; Criterion collection -- 912.
Published: 2018
Language: jpn
Format: [videorecording] =
Number of pages: 113
Subjects: Female impersonators; Drama; Kabuki; Film adaptations; Male actors; Revenge
Other titles: Actor's revenge
Description: A female impersonator in Japan's nineteenth-century Kabuki theater executes an intricately planned retaliation against the three men responsible for the death of his parents.
Notes: Originally released as a motion picture in 1963.

Based on the novel by Otokichi Mikami.

Uncompressed mono, wide screen 2.39:1.

Booklet featuring an essay by critic Michael Sragow and a 1955 article by Ichikawa on the beginnings of his work in an anamorphic widescreen format in container.

Features: rare 1999 Directors Guild of Japan interview with director Kon Ichikawa, conducted by film critic Yuki Mori; new interview with critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns; new English subtitle translation.

Kazuo Hasegawa, Fujiko Yamamoto, Ayako Wakao, Eiji Funakoshi, Narutoshi Hayashi.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

This is a Blu-ray disc made for Blu-ray disc players and will not play in standard DVD players.

For private home use only.

In Japanese with optional English subtitles.