Otoshiana = Pitfall
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Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Japanese
UPC
715515024624

Notes

General Note
Based on the television play by Kōbō Abe.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1962.
General Note
Issued in set: Three films by Hiroshi Teshigahara which includes Pitfall, Woman in the dunes, The face of another.
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Special features: video essay by film critic James Quandt (19 min.) ; theatrical trailer.
Creation/Production Credits
Cinematography, Hiroshi Segawa ; editor, Fusako Shuzui ; music, Toru Takemitsu, Toshi Ichiyanagi, Yuji Takahashi.
Participants/Performers
Hisashi Igawa, Sumie Sasaki, Sen Yano, Hideo Kanze, Kunie Tanaka, Kei Sato, Kazuo Miyahara, Akemi Nara, Tadashi Fukuro, Kikuo Kaneuchi, Kan'ichi Omiya.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD; region 1, NTSC; full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital mono.
Language
In Japanese with optional English subtitles.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Teshigahara, H., Ōno, T., Abe, K., Igawa, H., Sasaki, S., Yano, S., Kanze, H., Tanaka, K., Satō, K., Miyahara, K., Kaneuchi, K., Omiya, K., Takemitsu, T., Ichiyanagi, T., Takahashi, Y., Abe, K., & Quandt, J. (2007). Otoshiana =: Pitfall (Special ed., full screen.). Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hiroshi, Teshigahara et al.. 2007. Otoshiana =: Pitfall. [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hiroshi, Teshigahara et al.. Otoshiana =: Pitfall [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection, 2007.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Teshigahara, H., Ōno, T., Abe, K., Igawa, H., Sasaki, S., Yano, S. and Kanze, H. et al (2007). Otoshiana =: pitfall. Special ed., full screen. [Irvington, N.Y.]: Criterion Collection.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Teshigahara, Hiroshi,, et al. Otoshiana =: Pitfall Special ed., full screen., Criterion Collection, 2007.

Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.

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