Rent To Sleep So as to Dream (1986)
3.6 of 5 from 52 ratings
1h 21min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- Two private detectives hunt for an actress trapped within the reel of a silent ninja film in the dreamlike debut of Kaizo Hayashi, a magical double-handed cinephilic homage to the movie worlds of the 1910's and 1950's. When private eye Uotsuka (Shiro Sano) and his sidekick Kobayashi are approached by an aged former actress, Madame Cherryblossom (Fujiko Fukamizu), to go in search of her kidnapped daughter Bellflower (Moe Kamura), their investigations lead them to the studios of the mysterious M. Pathe company.
- Actors:
- Morio Agata, Kenji Endo, Fujiko Fukamizu, Baiken Jukkanji, Moe Kamura, Kyôko Kusajima, Shunsui Matsuda, Tatsuo Nakamoto, Tsuneo Nakamoto, Koji Otake, Kazunari Ozasa, Shirô Sano, Yoshio Yoshida, Akira Ôizumi
- Directors:
- Kaizô Hayashi
- Producers:
- Kaizô Hayashi
- Writers:
- Kaizô Hayashi
- Aka:
- Yumemiru yôni nemuritai
- Genres:
- Classics, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Countries:
- Japan
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/03/2022
- Run Time:
- 83 minutes
- Languages:
- Japanese LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Brand new audio commentary by Japanese film experts Tom Mes and Jasper Sharp
- Audio commentary with director Kaizo Hayashi and lead actor Shiro Sano recorded in 2000
- How Many Eggs? Actor Shiro Sano Talks, a brand new interview with the film's lead actor
- Talking Silents: Benshi Midori Sawato Talks, a brand new interview on early Japanese film culture and the art of the benshi silent film commentator
- Midori Sawato Performs 'The Eternal Mystery', an exclusive benshi performance to the film within the film
- The Restoration of 'To Sleep So as to Dream' featurette
- Fragments from Japan's Lost Silent Heyday, a selection of scenes from silent jidai-geki films from the Kyoto Toy Museum archives
- Original Theatrical trailer and English-language restored re-release trailer
- Image gallery
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