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Eclipse Series 48: Kinuyo Tanaka Directs Blu-ray
Criterion | 1953-1962 | 6 Movies | 607 min | Not rated | Apr 28, 2026
Video
Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Original aspect ratio: 1.37:1, 2.35:1
Audio
Japanese
Subtitles
English
Discs
Blu-ray Disc
Three-disc set (3 BD)
UPC 715515333016
Eclipse Series 48: Kinuyo Tanaka Directs (1953-1962)
Kinuyo Tanaka was already one of Japan's greatest actors—celebrated for her collaborations with auteurs such as Kenji Mizoguchi, Yasujiro Ozu, and Mikio Naruse—when she took a brave leap by embarking on a directing career in a studio system that actively discouraged female filmmakers. The six features she made over the course of a decade center on women characters who refuse to conform to restrictive roles as they seek independence. With compassion and insight, Tanaka critiques the social conditions and forces that shape her heroines' struggles: sex work and social shaming, the expectation of passively entering arranged marriages, taboos surrounding illness and the female body, imperialism, and religious persecution and forbidden love.
Director: Kinuyo Tanaka
Writers: Yasujirô Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Natto Wada, Ryôsuke Saitô
Starring: Chishû Ryû, Kinuyo Tanaka, Sadako Sawamura, Yumeji Tsukioka, Yaeko Izumo, Masayuki Mori
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