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
Kenji Mizoguchi
Director
Yoshikata Yoda
Screenplay
Masaichi Nagata
Producer
Fumio Hayasaka
Original Music Composer
Tamekichi Mochizuki
Original Music Composer
Ichirō Saitō
Original Music Composer
Mitsuzô Miyata
Editor
Kazuo Miyagawa
Director of Photography
Matsutarō Kawaguchi
Adaptation
Masatsugu Hashimoto
Production Design
Kosaburō Nakajima
Set Decoration
Tadaoto Kainoshō
Costume Design
Shima Yoshizane
Costume Design
Yoshiya Fukuyama
Makeup Artist
Ritsu Hanai
Hairstylist
Kisaku Ito
Art Direction
Akinari Ueda
Original Story
Kenichi Okamoto
Lighting Technician
Iwao Ôtani
Sound Recordist
Tokuzō Tanaka
Assistant Director
Akira Suzuki
Sound Recordist
Hisakazu Tsuji
Idea
Media.
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.