Scandal [VHS]

Scandal [VHS]
by Akira Kurosawa

Scandal [VHS]

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Actor: Eitar? Ozawa, Noriko Sengoku, Shirley Yamaguchi, Toshir? Mifune, Y?ko Katsuragi
Director: Akira Kurosawa
Cinematographer: Toshio Ubukata
Writer: Akira Kurosawa
Producer: S?jir? Motoki
Producer: Takashi Koide
Writer: Ry?z? Kikushima
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Running Time: 105 minutes
Release Date: 2002-02-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Homevision
Studio: Homevision

VHS Movie Reviews of Scandal [VHS]

Movie Review: the story line is only part of the story
Summary: 4 Stars

1950 Japan was still reeling in the after effects of their defeat but average life must and did continue. This movie was advertised as a light comedy but it is,in fact a profound view of the average life of many within the Janese society still trying to find themselves in a whole new world. What was not previously mentioned is a scene when a Japanese opera star sings Silent Night and another that has drunken bar goers try to sing Auld Lang Sang, however spelled. The storyline is one matter, peek at daily life in an era we have seldom seen filmed at the time it happen is quite another. Most highly recommended.

Movie Review: Forgotten Classic
Summary: 5 Stars

As a film duo, Shimura and Mifune have a chemistry that is unmatched, and Scandal's themes are perfect holiday fare. I watch this film every season, right after A Christmas Carol.

Movie Review: A good film that gives u look into past pop culture in Japan
Summary: 4 Stars

The movie was pretty classic with a great plot going and interesting characters. The movie was hopeful and moving, and at many times, funny and thoughtful. the thing that bothered me was the ending. It left u wanting more. And there was a development within the movie that never really went through. Buy the movie and u'll see.

Movie Review: A good film that gives u look into past pop culture in Japan
Summary: 4 Stars

The movie was pretty classic with a great plot going and interesting characters. The movie was hopeful and moving, and at many times, funny and thoughtful. the thing that bothered me was the ending. It left u wanting more. And there was a development within the movie that never really went through. Buy the movie and u'll see.

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Summary of Scandal [VHS]

Greed, dishonesty and scandal are at the heart of this dark comedy from Academy AwardT winning director, Akira Kurosawa. The brilliant Toshiro Mifune (Stray Dog, Seven Samurai) portrays a sensitive young artist dragged through the mud by a pulp entertainment magazine after an innocent encounter with a pop singer. Another Kurosawa regular, Takashi Shimura (Ikiru, Rashomon) is the corrupt yet sympathetic lawyer hired to sue the opportunistic tabloid editors. This highly entertaining satire criticizes the same inhumanity Kurosawa placed on trial a year later in his international smash hit Rashomon.

Scandal could be considered the last film of Akira Kurosawa's early career, and in part a thematic rehearsal for his next film, the internationally successful Rashomon. Scandal is more generically melodramatic, but like Rashomon it deals in the nature of truth and the consequences of falsehood. It's also a personal film; Kurosawa fully intended this harsh attack on foul ethics in yellow journalism, for he had recently been romantically linked to an actress in Japanese scandal-rags. Here, the story involves a successful painter (Toshir? Mifune) and a popular singer (Yoshiko Yamaguchi) who become embroiled in public scandal after an innocent photo is published as "proof" of their secret romance. The singer feels helpless and remains passive; the painter decides to pursue a lawsuit (giving Mifune a chance to flaunt his intimidating presence).

The film switches gears--and focus--with the introduction of a rather pathetic lawyer (the great Takashi Shimura) who takes Mifune's case to court. He's a sad but well-meaning man whose devotion to his chronically ill daughter (and constant need for money) leaves him vulnerable to corruptive influence, making Scandal an engrossing study of moral ambiguity and misguided zeal. It's surprising to see how maudlin Kurosawa can be in his handling of the sickly daughter, and certainly Kurosawa is guilty of total imbalance in his rabid treatment of the press. Still, this is a splendid film, rich with detail about postwar Japan and blessed by an abundance of superb performances, most notably that of Shimura, who would later achieve greater prominence in Ikiru and Seven Samurai. --Jeff Shannon

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