Otoshiana = Pitfall
Title:
Otoshiana = Pitfall
JLCTITLE245:
Janus Films ; Toho ; Sogetsu Foundation ; Teshigahara Productions ; a film by Hiroshi Teshigahara ; producer, Tadashi Ono ; screenplay, Kobo Abe ; director, Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Edition:
Special ed., full screen.
Publication Information:
[Irvington, N.Y.] : Criterion Collection, 2007.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9781934121412
9781934121672
Series:
General Note:
Based on the television play by Kōbō Abe.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962.
Issued in set: Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara which includes Pitfall, Woman in the dunes, The face of another.
Special features: video essay by film critic James Quandt (19 min.) ; theatrical trailer.
Abstract:
When a miner leaves his employer and treks out with his young son to become a migrant worker, he finds himself moving from one eerie landscape to another, intermittently followed (and photographed) by an enigmatic man in a clean, white suit, and eventually coming face-to-face with his inescapable destiny.
Genre:
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Added Title:
Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Title (vernacular script):
おとし穴 = Pitfall / Janus Films ; Toho ; Sogetsu Foundation ; Teshigahara Productions ; a film by Hiroshi Teshigahara ; producer, Tadashi Ono ; screenplay, Kobo Abe ; director, Hiroshi Teshigahara.
Variant Title:
Also known as: Kashi to kodomo
Parallel title: Pitfall
Contents:
Pitfall = Otoshiana (1962) -- Woman in the dunes = Suna no onna (1964) -- The face of another = Tanin no Kao (1966).
Credits:
Cinematography, Hiroshi Segawa ; editor, Fusako Shuzui ; music, Toru Takemitsu, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Yuji Takahashi.
Performer:
Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano, Hideo Kanze, Kunie Tanaka, Kei Sato, Kazuo Miyahara, Akemi Nara, Tadashi Fukuro, Kikuo Kaneuchi, Kan'ichi Omiya.
Technical Details:
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language:
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.