The dragon painter : The wrath of the gods / Haworth Pictures Corporation ; directed by William Worthington ; scenario by E. Richard Schayer.
Hayakawa plays Tatsu, an artist living as a hermit in the wilds of Japan. Thought mad by the local villagers, he believes that his princess has been captured by a dragon. His obsession leads to artistic inspiration.
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| Language: | English |
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Harrington Park, N.J. : [New York, N.Y.] :
Milestone Film & Video ; Distributed by New Yorker Video,
2008.
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Variant Title: |
Wrath of the gods. |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Platform: | Videodiscs for adults. DVD-Video discs. |
| Summary: |
Hayakawa plays Tatsu, an artist living as a hermit in the wilds of Japan. Thought mad by the local villagers, he believes that his princess has been captured by a dragon. His obsession leads to artistic inspiration. |
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| Note: | Based on the novel by Mary McNeil Fenollosa. "Genius. Madman. Lover"--Container. DVD release of the 1919 Haworth Pictures motion picture. Silent with intertitles and original musical score by Mark Izu. Produced from tinted restorations done by George Eastman House. "A preservation and restoration project of The National Center for Film and Video Preservation at The American Film Institute, in conjunction with The International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House and the Museum of Modern Art." Deluxe bonus features: The full-length feature, Thomas Ince's The Wrath of the Gods (or, The destruction of Sakura-Jima) (1914), starring Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki and Frank Borzage; restored tinted print courtesy of George Eastman House; "How to bulid your own volcano," (DVD-ROM format); original script for The Wrath of the Gods, courtesy of George Eastman House; 1921 comedy short, Screen Snapshots, with Sessue Hayakawa, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Charles Murray (courtesy of Larcas Productions); stills gallery including illustrations from Mary McNeil Fenollosa's original novel and images of turn-of-the century Japan by photographer Herbert C. Pointing; Milestone's press kit for The Dragon Painter (DVD-ROM format); essay on "Hollywood's First Asian Cycle," by film historian Brian Taves (DVD-ROM format); Mary McNeil Fenollosa's novel The Dragon Painter (DVD-ROM format). Videorecording. |
| Call Number: | PN1995.75 .D73466 2008 VideoDVD |
| ISBN: | 9781933920078 1933920076 |
| Credits: | Camera, Frank D. Williams ; art direction Milton Menasco ; composer Mark Izu. |
| System Details: | DVD. |
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Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Edward Piel, Toyo Fujita. |