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Ugetsu (1953)
Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
Fantasy, Drama, Mystery · 1h 36m
In 16th century Japan, peasants Genjuro and Tobei sell their earthenware pots to a group of soldiers in a nearby village, in defiance of a local sage's warning against seeking to profit from warfare. Genjuro's pursuit of both riches and the mysterious Lady Wakasa, as well as Tobei's desire to become a samurai, run the risk of destroying both themselves and their wives, Miyagi and Ohama.
Cast
Machiko Kyō
Lady Wakasa
Mitsuko Mito
Ohama
Kinuyo Tanaka
Miyagi
Masayuki Mori
Genjurô
Eitarō Ozawa
Tôbei
S
Sugisaku Aoyama
Old Priest
M
Mitsusaburō Ramon
Captain of Tamba Soldiers
Ryōsuke Kagawa
Village Master
Kichijirō Ueda
Shop Owner
Shōzō Nanbu
Shintô Priest
K
Kikue Mōri
Ukon
Ryūzaburō Mitsuoka
Soldier
Crew
- Director
- Kenji Mizoguchi
- Screenplay
- Yoshikata Yoda
- Director of Photography
- Kazuo Miyagawa
- Original Music Composer
- Fumio Hayasaka, Tamekichi Mochizuki, Ichirō Saitō
- Editor
- Mitsuzō Miyata
- Producer
- Masaichi Nagata
Details
- Original title
- 雨月物語
- Release date
- 1953-03-26
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama, Mystery
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Daiei Film