The dragon painter
(DVD) 

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Subjects

LC Subjects
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Japan -- Social life and customs -- 1868-1912 -- Drama.
Man-woman relationships -- Japan -- Drama.
Melodramas (Drama)
Painters -- Japan -- Drama.
Recluses -- Japan -- Drama.
Romanticism in art -- Japan -- Drama.
Silent films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings.

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Published
Harrington Park, N.J. : Milestone Film & Video :, [2008].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, black and white, tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
zxx
ISBN
9781933920078, 1933920076
UPC
784148010847

Notes

General Note
Based on the novel : The dragon painter / by Mary McNeil Fenollosa.
General Note
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1919.
General Note
"Genius. Madman. Lover" -- Container.
General Note
Special features: Gallery of illustrations from original novel; stills gallery of Herbert G. Ponting's photos of turn-of-the century Japan; stills gallery of archival photos and correspondence notes of Hayakawa and Aoki; gallery of promotional materials from the original production; "The dragon painter" press kit PDF (18 p.); "Hollywood's first Asian cycle" essay by film historian Brian Taves PDF (12 p.); "How to build a volcano" PDF (3 p.); "The dragon painter" novel PDF (206 p.); "The wrath of the gods" original script PDF (50 p.).
Participants/Performers
Cast for The dragon painter: Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Edward Piel, Toyo Fujita.
Participants/Performers
Cast for The wrath of the gods, or, the destruction of Sakura-Jima: Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Frank Borzage.
Participants/Performers
Cast for Screen snapshots: Sessue Hayakawa, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Charles Murray.
Description
Restoration of "The dragon painter", full-length 1919 feature in which Hayakawa plays Tatsu, a wild youth living in the mountain forests of Japan, spending all his time painting. Although Tatsu creates beautiful art, local villagers believe that he is insane, as he claims that he has a beloved princess fiancée who has been turned into a dragon. When an renowned-but-aging artist hears of the young hermit's talent, Tatsu is brought to civilization with the hope that he will both become the student of the old artist and marry the elderly man's daughter to continue the family lineage and traditions.
Description
Restoration of "The wrath of the gods, or, the destruction of Sakura-Jima", Thomas Ince's full-length 1914 feature film as a restored tinted print featuring Hayakawa as the patriarch of a family carrying a curse.
Description
"Screen snapshots, " a 1921 comedy short teaming Hayakawa with silver screen legend "Fatty" Arbuckle, as a pair of fresh army recruits and their drill seargent, played by Charles Murray.
System Details
DVD, region 1; NTSC.
Language
Silent, with English subtitles.
Local note
DVD

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Hayakawa, S., Aoki, T., Fujita, T., Borzage, F., Arbuckle, R., Murray, C., Worthington, W., Williams, F. D., Schayer, R. E. 1., Izu, M., Ince, T. H., Clifford, W., Barker, R., West, R. B., Lienhard, M., Cohn, J., Lewyn, L., Fenollosa, M. M., Ponting, H. G., & Taves, B. (2008). The dragon painter . Milestone Film & Video :.

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

Sesshū Hayakawa et al.. 2008. The Dragon Painter. Milestone Film & Video.

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

Sesshū Hayakawa et al.. The Dragon Painter Milestone Film & Video, 2008.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Hayakawa, Sesshū, et al. The Dragon Painter Milestone Film & Video :, 2008.

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