House

Theatrical Release Date: 2010 01 15 (USA - Limited) / 1977 (USA)

UPC: 715515062213

Studio: Criterion

Summary: This satirical murder mystery pits a woman who is the epitome of glamour (played by Haruko Wanibuchi) against a clever murderer during a holiday stay at a strange ghostly mansion. Seven young women, who have chosen as nicknames the brand names of much-advertised consumer products, begin to disappear in a decidedly suspicious manner. Are they fashion victims? How else can one explain the eerie coordination between their pastel outfits and the pastels of the rooms in which they appear? It is up to the heroine -- whose every screen appearance is heralded by special lighting, gentle breezes, and a soft camera focus -- to find out what is going on. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

Category: Avant-garde / Exp

Awards: Film Presented – New York Asian Film Festival

Features: Constructing A "House," a New Video piece featuring interviews with Director Nobuhiko Obayashi, Story Scenarist and Daughter of the Filmmaker Chigumi Obayashi, and Screenwriter Chiho Katsura
Emotion, a 1966 experimental film by Obayashi
New Video Appreciation by Director Ti West (House of the Devil)
Theatrical Trailer
Plus: A Booklet featuring an Essay by critic Chuck Stephens

House

Format: DVD

Release Date: 10/26/2010

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 88 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Subtitles: English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- House
1. A Movie [:56]
2. Summer Plans [2:44]
3. Daddy's Big Surprise [3:05]
4. Box of Memories [2:05]
5. The Girls [2:21]
6. A Letter to Auntie [2:59]
7. To the Countryside [3:24]
8. A Kiss of Fire [2:18]
9. Satoyama Village [2:58]
10. House [2:43]
11. Lonely No More [4:13]
12. Looking Tasty [2:29]
13. Searching for Mac [4:54]
14. Not Illusions [4:05]
15. Auntie's Promise [2:00]
16. Mirror, Mirror [5:16]
17. A Witch Cat [2:09]
18. Vanished [3:39]
19. "We're Trapped!" [6:15]
20. Keys with Teeth [3:45]
21. Unexplainable, Unnatural [3:52]
22. Auntie's World [2:36]
23. Kung Fu to the Rescue [3:26]
24. Eaten [5:07]
25. Forever [6:39]
26. "Time Passes On" [1:44]
1. Color Bars [:00]

Cast and Crew: Chiho Katsura  Screenwriter 
Nobuhiko Obayashi  Director 
Nobuhiko Obayashi  Producer 
Aesi Kobayashi  Composer (Music Score) 
Kimiko Ikegami  Actor 
Eriko Tanaka  Actor 
Kumiko Oba  Actor 
Ai Matsubara  Actor 
Masayo Miyako  Actor 
Miki Jinbo  Actor 
Mieko Sato  Actor 
Yoko Minamida  Actor 
Saho Sasazawa  Actor 
Haruko Wanibuchi  Actor 
Kiyohiko Ozaki  Actor 

Country: Japan