880-02 Yume / Warner Bros. presents ; an Akira Kurosawa USA production ; produced by Hisao Kurosawa, Mike Y. Inoue ; written and directed by Akira Kurosawa.
Title from container. Akira Terao, Mitsuko Baisho, Toshie Negishi, Mieko Harada, Mitsunori Isaki, Toshihiko Nakano, Yoshitaka Zushi, Hisashi Igawa, Chosuke Ikariya, Chishu Ryu, Martin Scorsese, Misato Tate, Mieko Suzuki, Masayuki Yui, Shu Nakajima, Sakae Kimura, Tessho Yamashita. Originally released as a motion picture in 1990. Widescreen (1.85:1). Special features: New audio commentary featuring film scholar Stephen Price; Making of “Dreams” (1990), a 150-minute documentary shot on set and directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi; new interview with production manager Teruyo Nogami; new interview with assistant director Takashi Koizumi; Kurosawa’s Way (2011), a fifty-minute documentary by Kurosawa’s longtime translator Catherine Cadou, featuring interviews with filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Martin Scorsese, Hayao Miyazaki, and others; Trailer; booklet featuring essay and script for never-filmed ninth dream.
Summary:
Unfolding in a series of mythic vignettes, this late work by Akira Kurosawa brings eight of the beloved director's own nighttime visions, informed by tales from Japanese folklore, to cinematic life.
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