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Bantsuma - Bando Tsumasaburo no Shogai
(Bantsuma: The Life of Tsumasaburo Bando)

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Price (including tax): ¥4,179

 

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"Full depiction of the greatness of Bantsuma, an unparalleled big name star of Japan - that is the theme of this film." Tadao Sato (Film critic)

An outstanding documentary film on the life of Tsumasaburo Bando, a prominent actor in Japanese film history, with highlight scenes from his movies and interviews with related people now brought to you on DVD-Video in both Japanese and English.

 

(c) 2006 Digital Meme

Planning/Production: Digital Meme, Matsuda Film Productions

Distributor: Urban Connections

 

 

Format: 4:3
(standard size) 		91 minutes Produced in 1980
NTSC Single side, single layer Color & Monochrome
MPEG2 Copy protected Copy protection: Analog ON/Digital ON
Audio: Japanese stereo Subtitles: Japanese/English Region All

 

Features of the Film Bantsuma - Bando Tsumasaburo no Shogai (Bantsuma: The Life of Tsumasaburo Bando):

Produced by Matsuda Film Productions in 1980

91 minutes (Color/Standard screen)

Producer/Director: Shunsui Matsuda

Planning/Interviewer: Tadao Sato

Cinematography: Hiroshi Takasaka, Masayuki Ike, Iichiro Sakamoto

Narrators: Shunsui Matsuda, Midori Sawato

 

Officially invited to be screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Sao Paulo International Film Festival, the London International Film Festival and more.

 

Excerpts from

Goketsu Jiraiya (The Gallant Jiraiya) (1921, Nikkatsu), Tsukigata Hanpeita (Hanpeita, Master Swordsman) (1925, Association of Film Artists), Kimura Nagatonokami (The Tale of Nagatonokami Kimura) (1928, Teikine), Kageboshi (A Shadowy Character) (1925, Makino Production), Kosuzume Toge (Kosuzume Pass) (1923, Makino Production), Gyakuryu (Backward Current) (1924, Toa), Orochi (Serpent) (1925, Bantsuma Productions), Ranto no Chimata (Street Brawl) (1926, Bantsuma Productions), Sakamoto Ryoma (The Legend of Ryoma Sakamoto) (1928, Bantsuma Productions), Shinpan Ooka Seidan (New Story of Ooka the Statesman) (1928, Nikkatsu), Kurama Tengu (Tengu Goblin of Kurama) (1928, Kanjuro Productions), Hatamoto Taikutsu Otoko (The Idle Vassal) (1930, Utaemon Productions), Kyokaku Harusame-gasa (Umbrella for Spring Rain) (1933, Shochiku), Kokushi Muso (The Unmatched) (1932, Chiezo Productions), Niino Tsuruchiyo (The Secret of Tsuruchiyo Niino) (1935, Shinko Kinema), Chushingura (Forty Seven Ronin) (1938, Nikkatsu), Muhomatsu no Issho (The Life of Matsu the Untamed) (1943, Daiei), Oushou (Shogi King) (1948, Daiei), Abare-jishi (Rampaging Lion) (1953, Shochiku), Jigoku no Mushi (Hell Worms) (1979, Matsuda Film Productions)

 

Interviews with

Takahiro Tamura (actor), Shizuko Mori (actress), Utako Tamaki (actress), Daisuke Ito (director), Hiroshi Inagaki (director), and Ryu Kuze (swordplay coach)

 

DVD-Video Special Features

  • Bantsuma Digital Album (includes 78 treasured still photographs as well as 38 posters and other valuable items owned by Matsuda Film Productions)
  • Booklet with an essay by Midori Sawato, a katsudo shashin benshi (motion picture narrator), and more.