Japan
1953
97 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
309
“Quite simply one of the greatest of filmmakers,” said Jean-Luc Godard of Kenji Mizoguchi. And Ugetsu, a ghost story like no other, is surely the Japanese director’s supreme achievement. Derived from stories by Akinari Ueda and Guy de Maupassant, this haunting tale of love and loss—with its exquisite blending of the otherworldly and the real—is one of the most beautiful films ever made.
| Lady Wakasa | Machiko Kyo |
| Genjuro | Masayuki Mori |
| Miyagi | Kinuyo Tanaka |
| Tobei | Sakae Ozawa |
| Ohama | Mitsuko Mito |
| Ukon | Kikue Mouri |
| Director | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Producer | Masaichi Nagata |
| Original story | Akinari Ueda |
| Screenplay | Matsutaro Kawaguchi and Yoshikata Yoda |
| Cinematography | Kazuo Miyagawa |
| Editing | Mitsuzo Miyata |
| Art director | Kisaku Ito |
| Scenery | Tasaburo Ota |
| Settings | Uichiro Yamamoto |
| Costumes | Shima Yoshimi |
| Music | Fumio Hayasaka |
| Sound | Iwao Otani |
| Lighting | Kenichi Okamoto |
| Period authenticity | Kusune Kainosho |
| Makeup | Zenya Fukuyama |
| Hair | Ritsu Hanai |
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Often appearing on lists of the ten greatest films of all time, called one of the most beautiful films ever made, or the most masterful work of Japanese cinema, Ugetsu comes to us awash in superlatives. No less acclaimed has been its maker, Kenji Mizoguchi: “Like Bach, Titian, and Shakespeare...
Two masterful postwar films awakened audiences worldwide to the rich heritage of Japanese cinema: Kurosawa’s Rashomon (1951) and Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu (1953). Mizoguchi stepped into the international limelight with his 78th film, which won the Silver Lion at the 1953 Venice Film Festival...
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