Ugetsu (Ugetsu monogatari)

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Directed by

Kenji Mizoguchi

Starring (View all)

Machiko Kyô
Lady Wakasa

Mitsuko Mito
Ohama

Kinuyo Tanaka
Miyagi

Masayuki Mori
Genjurô

Eitarô Ozawa
Tôbei

Sugisaku Aoyama
Old Priest

Mitsusaburô Ramon
Captain of Tamba Soldiers

Ryôsuke Kagawa
Village Master

Written by (View all)

Matsutarô Kawaguchi
adaptation

Hisakazu Tsuji
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This love of ours...

8 years, 5 months ago at Jul 10 23:38

Lexi

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''This love...This love of ours...Has driven me to madness.''

In 16th Century Japan Potter Genjurô and Tobei set out with their wives in search of wealth and military glory. Two parallel tales ensue when the men are lured from their wives: Genjurô by the ghostly charm of Lady Wakasa and Tobei by the dream of being a famed great Samurai.

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Description: In the civil wars of 16th century Japan, two ambitious peasants want to make their fortunes. The potter Genjuro intends to sell his wares for vast profits in the local city, while his brother-in-law Tobei wishes to become a samurai. Their village is sacked by the marauding armies, but Genjuro's kiln miraculously survives, and they and their wives head for the city. However, Genjuro soon sends his wife Miyagi back home, promising to return to her soon, and Tobei, in his keenness to follow the samurai, abandons his wife Ohama. Meanwhile, a wealthy noblewoman, the Lady Wakasa, shows an interest in Genjuro's pots, and invites him to ... (more)

Release date: 7 September 1954

Tags: Japan (12), 1950s (11), 1953 (10), Samurai (8), Japanese (7), Greed (6), Ghost (5), Drama (5), Fantasy (5), Rape (4), Black And White (4), Marriage (4), Murder (4), Seduction (3), Ghost Story (2), War (2), AE (2), Jidaigeki (2), Pottery (2), Lake (2)

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" Ja niin siinä kävi sitten niin, että päästiin vihdoin puhumaan tästä elokuvasta: Kenji Mizoguchin Ugetsu - kalpean kuun tarinoita on yksi kaikkien aikojen klassikoista, kaikissa mahdollisissa äänestyksissä maailman parhaimpien ja merkittävimpien elokuvien joukkoon kuuluva teos, joka yhdessä O'Haru - naisen tien ja Akira Kurosawan Rashomonin kanssa popularisoivat japanilaisen elokuvan ympäri maailmaa. Ugetsu perustuu useampaankin erilaiseen kirjalliseen lähteeseen, jotka Mizoguchi"