Japan
1948
74 minutes
Black and White
1.33:1
Japanese
After World War II, Mizoguchi was inspired by Italian neorealism to make one of the most emotionally and visually raw films of his career. Filmed on location in Osaka, Women of the Night concerns two sisters—Fusako, a war widow, and Natsuko, having an affair with a narcotics smuggler—who along with their younger friend Kumiko descend into prostitution and moral chaos amid the postwar devastation surrounding them.
| Fusako Owada | Kinuyo Tanaka |
| Natsuko Kimijima | Sanae Takasugi |
| Kumiko Owada | Tomie Tsunoda |
| Kenzo Kuriyama | Mitsuo Nagata |
| Director | Kenji Mizoguchi |
| Producer | Hisao Itoya |
| Screenplay | Yoshikata Yoda |
| Based on the novel by | Eijirô Hisaita |
| Cinematography | Kohei Sugiyama |
| Editing | Tatsuko Sakane |
| Music | Hisato Osawa |
| Art direction | Hiroshi Mizutani |
The ongoing rediscovery of the multitude of masterworks that made up the career of Kenji Mizoguchi continues with the release of Eclipse Series 13: Kenji Mizoguchi’s Fallen Women. The set, writes Dennis Lim in the http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-ca-secondlook19-2008oct19...
Though he had been directing films since the silent era, collaborating with many different film studios in various genres, Kenji Mizoguchi didn’t become an international sensation until after the Second World War, benefiting, as did his compatriot Akira Kurosawa, from a new fascination with Japan’s...
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