The Ozu Collection (3 Gangster Films) - 2-DVD Set ( Hogaraka ni ayume / Sono yo no tsuma / Hijôsen no onna ) ( Walk Cheerfully / That Night's Wife / Dragnet Girl )

The Ozu Collection (3 Gangster Films) - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Hogaraka ni ayume / Sono yo no tsuma / Hijôsen no onna
Alternate Title: Walk Cheerfully / That Night's Wife / Dragnet Girl
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Japanese ( Subtitles )
Silent ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
251 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1930 - 1933 and produced in:
Japan ( India, Eastern Asia )

Directed By:
Yasujiro Ozu

Written By:
Tadao Ikeda
Hiroshi Shimizu
Kôgo Noda
Oscar Shisgall
Yasujiro Ozu

Actors:
Satoko Date ..... Chieko
Kanji Kawahara ..... Yasue Sugimoto
Hiroko Kawasaki ..... Yasue's sister
Kenji Kimura ..... Gunpei
Nobuko Matsuzono ..... Ono, the company's president
Teruo Môri ..... The mother
Takeshi Sakamoto ..... Kenji Koyama
Utako Suzuki ..... Senko
Minoru Takada
Hisao Yoshitani
Mitsuko Ichimura ..... Michiko, daughter
Tokihiko Okada ..... Shuji Hashizume, husband
Chishu Ryu ..... Policeman
Tatsuo Saitô ..... Suda, doctor
Emiko Yagumo ..... Mayumi, wife
Togo Yamamoto ..... Detective Kagawa
Kinuyo Tanaka ..... Tokiko
Joji Oka ..... Jyoji
Sumiko Mizukubo ..... Kazuko
Kôji Mitsui ..... Hiroshi
Yumeko Aizome ..... Misako
Yoshio Takayama ..... Senko
Koji Kaga ..... Misawa
Yasuo Nanjo ..... Okazaki
Shunsaku Kashima ..... Bad guy at Dance Hall
Seiji Nishimura ..... Policeman
Nobuo Takemura ..... Boss at Boxing Club
Reikô Tani ..... Secretary

Synopsis:

Yasujiro Ozu (Tokyo Story) honed his craft in the early 1930s, a time when young Japanese directors were experimenting with cinematic conventions. This 2-disc set features three gangster-genre films in which Ozu mixes a Hollywood-infused dynamism with elements of his later style. WALK CHEERFULLY (Hogaraka ni ayume) Kenji 'the Knife' Koyama, leader of a gang of hooligans, falls for the virtuous Yasue. Will he go straight to win her heart or carry on his life of petty crime? Reminiscent of Sternberg's Underworld with its expressionist lighting, Walk Cheerfully combines international cinematic influences with Ozu's own comic touches. THAT NIGHT'S WIFE (Sono yo no tsuma) Young father Shuji turns to crime to pay his daughter's medical bills. Enter Detective Kagawa for a tense night-time stand-off with Shuji's wife, Mayumi. That Night's Wife demonstrates Ozu's masterly handling of drama as the film reaches its emotional climax. DRAGNET GIRL (Hijosen no onna) By day sweet-faced Tokiko (played by Tanaka Kinuyo [Equinox Flower]) is an ordinary typist but come nightfall she's a fun-loving gangster's moll. When her boyfriend strays, Tokiko is forced to reassess her life. Hugely popular when it was released, Ozu's Dragnet Girl remains one of his most enduring silent films.

Walk Cheerfully (1930)
Kenji is a small thief who likes drinking and fighting. When he falls in love with sweet and simple Yazue, and she finds out what kind of guy he really is, she leaves him 'until he becomes an honest person'. But it is not easy to get rid of one's past…
That Night's Wife (1930)
A desperate man with a sick daughter decides to commit a robbery in order to help her. He begins to feel remorse though, which makes him question his decision.
Dragnet Girl (1933)
A gangster tries to find redemption with the inadvertent help of an innocent shop girl and his jealous girlfriend will do anything to keep him.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 25 February, 2015.

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