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Ugetsu (雨月物語, Ugetsu Monogatari, lit. "Rain-moon tales") [3] is a 1953 Japanese period fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō. It is based on the stories "The House in the Thicket" and "The Lust of the White Serpent" from Ueda Akinari 's 1776 book Ugetsu Monogatari, combining elements ...
Ugetsu: Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi. With Machiko Kyô, Mitsuko Mito, Kinuyo Tanaka, Masayuki Mori. A tale of ambition, family, love, and war set in the midst of the Japanese Civil Wars of the sixteenth century.
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- Drama, Fantasy, War
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- 1954-09-07
Moving between the terrestrial and the otherworldly, Ugetsu reveals essential truths about the ravages of war, the plight of women, and the pride of men. Ugetsu was restored by The Film Foundation and Kadokawa Corporation at Cineric Laboratories in
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Aug 1, 2021 · Ugetsu is a film based on stories by Ueda Akinari, about a couple who encounter supernatural events during the war. It is a restored version with English subtitles, available for free download and streaming on Internet Archive.
May 9, 2004 · Two brothers, one consumed by greed, the other by envy. In a time when the land is savaged by marauding armies, they risk their families and their lives to pursue their obsessions. Kenji Mizoguchi's "Ugetsu" (1953) tells their stories in one of the greatest of all films -- one which, along with Kurosawa's " Rashomon ," helped ...
Combining gritty realism with supernatural elements, Kenji Mizoguchi's Ugetsu sets its sights on mankind's misguided delusions of grandeur and the price that is ultimately...
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- Fantasy
Feb 21, 2024 · Ugetsu, also known as Tales of Ugetsu or Ugetsu Monogatari (雨月物語, lit. "Rain-moon tales"), is a 1953 Japanese historical drama and fantasy film directed by Kenji Mizoguchi starring Masayuki Mori and Machiko Kyō.
