Ugetsu (1953)
Ugetsu (1953)


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Cast & Crew.

Machiko Kyō
Lady Wakasa

Mitsuko Mito
Ohama

Kinuyo Tanaka
Miyagi

Masayuki Mori
Genjurô

Eitarō Ozawa
Tôbei

Sugisaku Aoyama
Old Priest

Mitsusaburō Ramon
Captain of Tamba Soldiers

Ryōsuke Kagawa
Village Master

Kichijirō Ueda
Shop Owner

Shōzō Nanbu
Shintô Priest

Kikue Mōri
Ukon

Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Soldier

Ichirō Amano
Boatsman

Eigorō Onoe
Knight

Saburo Date
Vassal

Fumihiko Yokoyama
Meshiro

Ichisaburo Sawamura
Genichi

Koji Murata
Armored Knight

Yukio Horikita
Armored Knight

Akira Shimizu
Armored Knight

Shuntaro Tamamura
Armored Knight

Shirō Osaki
Armored Knight

Toshio Chiba
Armored Knight

Hachiro Okuni
Brothel Armored Knight

Shirō Miura
Brothel Guest

Hajime Koshikawa
Brothel Guest

Tetsu Mikami
Brothel Guest

Jun Fujikawa
Defeated Soldier

Takaji Fukui
Defeated Soldier

Eiji Ishikura
Defeated Soldier

Tokurin Takeda
Defeated Soldier

Koji Kanda
Defeated Soldier

Masayoshi Kikuno
Chôhatsu's Soldier

Michio Yuri
Chôhatsu's Soldier

Sô Funagami
Chôhatsu's Soldier

Shigeru Hasegawa
Chôhatsu's Soldier

Teruko Omi
Prostitute

Keiko Koyanagi
Prostitute

Masako Tomura
Prostitute

Tokiko Mita
Lady Attendant

Tokuko Ueda
Lady Attendant

Sachiko Soma
Lady Attendant

Reiko Kongō
Old Woman in Brothel

Ikkei Tamaki
Villager

Mitsuzô Miyata
Editor

Kenji Mizoguchi
Director

Tamekichi Mochizuki
Original Music Composer

Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay

Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer

Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer

Masaichi Nagata
Producer

Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography

Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Adaptation

Kosaburō Nakajima
Set Decoration

Shima Yoshizane
Costume Design

Masatsugu Hashimoto
Production Design

Tadaoto Kainoshō
Costume Design

Yoshiya Fukuyama
Makeup Artist

Ritsu Hanai
Hairstylist

Kisaku Ito
Art Direction

Akinari Ueda
Original Story

Akira Suzuki
Sound Recordist

Kenichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician

Iwao Ôtani
Sound Recordist
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Details.
Release DateMarch 26, 1953
Original Name雨月物語
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Filming LocationsJapan
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Ugetsu (雨月物語, Ugetsu Monogatari, lit. "Rain-moon tales") 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 of the jidaigeki (period drama) genre with a ghost story.
Drawing from Ueda's tales, the film is set in Japan's civil war–torn Azuchi–Momoyama period (1568–1600). In a small rural community, a potter leaves his wife and young son behind to make money selling pottery and ends up being seduced by a spirit that makes him forget all about his family. A subplot, inspired by Guy de Maupassant's 1883 short story "How He Got the Legion of Honor" ("Décoré !"), involves his brother-in-law, who dreams of becoming a samurai and chases this goal at the unintended expense of his wife.
The film won the Silver Lion Award at the 1953 Venice Film Festival and other honours. Ugetsu is one of Mizoguchi's most celebrated films, regarded by critics as a masterpiece of Japanese cinema, credited with simultaneously helping to popularize Japanese cinema in the West and influencing later Japanese film.
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