The Abe Clan (1995 film)
The Abe Clan | |
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Abe ichizoku" by Mori Ōgai | |
Screenplay by | Kinji Fukasaku Tsutomu Furuta Tsutomu Yamazaki Kōichi Satō Keizō Kanie Shōchiku Kabushiki Kaisha |
Story by | Mori Ōgai |
Directed by | Kinji Fukasaku |
Starring | |
Narrated by | Nakamura Kichiemon II |
Country of origin | Japan |
Original language | Japanese |
Production | |
Producer | Seichi Ichiko |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Original release | |
Release | 1995 |
The Abe Clan (阿部一族, Abe ichizoku) is a
Plot
The film is set during the
Cast
- Tsutomu Yamazaki as Abe Yaichi'emon
- Kōichi Satō as Abe Yagobei
- Hiroyuki Sanada as Matashichirō
- Yumi Asō as Tae
- Mariko Fuji as O'ichi
- Renji Ishibashi as Hayashi Geki
- Keizō Kanie as Abe Gonbei
- Noboru Nakaya as Hosokawa Tadatoshi
- Tetta Sugimoto as Takeuchi Kazuma
Production
The film is a television film adaptation of the 1913 short story "
Broadcast
The television film was broadcast in Japan on the Fuji Television show Friday Entertainment at 9:00 p.m. on November 24, 1995.
Video release
The film was released on Region 1 DVD as part of the four-DVD collection 深作欣二監督 シリーズ1 (Fukasaku Kinji Works Vol.1) on Aug 23, 2003.[8] The film was released on DVD in Japan by Japan Video Distribution (JVD) Co. Ltd. on January 24, 2004. A Director's Cut is available.[9][10][11] The film is available from the library of the Humboldt University of Berlin, where it is recommended viewing for a lecture on Mori Ōgai within the Seminar for East Asian Studies.[12] The Director's Cut of the film is available in the University of Hamburg library.[13]
Reception
The film was shown as part of the Historica Focus category for period films at the 7th Kyoto Historica International Film Festival, which described the film as "A true tragedy that happened within the Hosokawa clan during the early Edo era. The film captures various human reactions and the subtleties of the samurai's code. Director Kinji Fukasaku takes on the megaphone to turn Mori Ogai's historical novel into a piece of period entertainment. Tsutomu Yamazaki, Keizo Kanie and Koichi Sato take on the role to play out the tragedy of a vassal struggling to serve loyalty at the death of his lord. A masterpiece with a luxurious cast of veterans including Noboru Nakaya, Hiroyuki Sanada and Renji Ishibashi."[14]
References
- OCLC 62716183.
- ISBN 9780231157292– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9783447058049– via Google Books.
- ^ ISBN 9780810875418– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780824829988– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9780824813666– via Google Books.
- ISBN 9783839418932– via Google Books.
- ^ "深作欣二監督 シリーズ1 FUKASAKU KINJI WORKS Vol.1" – via Amazon.
- ^ "Abe Ichizoku (The Abe Clan) Director's Cut Digitally Remastered TV Drama DVD". CDJapan.
- ^ "YESASIA: Abe Ichizoku -Director's Cut Digitally Remastered (Japan Version) DVD - Motomu Furuta, Yamazaki Tsutomu, Shochiku Home Video - Japan TV Series & Dramas - Free Shipping - North America Site". www.yesasia.com.
- OCLC 915952609.
- ^ h0652egc. ""Möwenfern". Ôgai Mori Rintarô und die Seinen - ein Kaleidoskop japanischer Kultur — Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften". www.iaaw.hu-berlin.de.
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- ^ "ABE ICHIZOKU".
External links
- The Abe Clan at IMDb